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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-06

With the exception of about one
hundred votes Flanagan, Lynch, Morris
and Pigott received the full vote cast at
the Republican primary and Randall
and Fittro practically got them all, and
yet the Herald undertakes to persuade
the people that the county ticket is
not the choice of the party. Ii it were
not there would have been different
ticket nominated. 1t must not be sup
posed that one hundred men form the
Republican party as against 1000, and
it should also be remembered that of
the hundred that scratched there are
many who have awakened to The fact
that there are persons eonspirirg to
turn the county over to bhc Democratic
party and as the result they will vote
the Republican ticket straight. In the
face of these figures, the Herald stfl
makes false prctension of being Re
publican paper, and refues to support
the ticket, which the Republicans have
nominated. Republicans have their eyes
open on this point and they will show
that paper what they can do by electing
every man en- the ticket by an over
whelming majority.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-06
LlNcoLN's POETRY.
verncs That Were Drought to Light
oEIy 10 Be Destroyed.

verncs That Were brought to Light
unIy 10 Re Destroyed.
Il is a sentimental habit Of speech to
regret the songs never sung Yet
the dispassionato critic knows there is
quite enough poetry unless It is of the
very best. He has no tears for mute.
inglorious Miitons.". But there Is no
true American who would not. pay ?
price for certain batch of poems
probably long ago destroyed.
Gibson William Harris, who was o
law student in Lincoln & Herndon's
Office from 1915 to 1S47, has written
for the Woman's Home Companion
some Of his recollections of Abraham
Lincoln. In putting the Office in order
one morning lie came upon two or
three qulres OF letter paper stitched to.
gethcr inside u desk. He turned the
leaves and found that they were Gov
cred with stanzas in Mr.. Llncolns neat
running hand.
When Mr.. Lincoln came in. the young
man took the manuscript ont of the
desk again and held 1t up with the I'M
necessary and impertinent inquiry
whether the poems were his.
Where did you find IT." asked Mr..
Lincoln.
He took the manuscript, rolled 1t up
and stuffed 1t into his pocket. 1t was
never seen again. The theory OF the
writer who tells the story is that /;
was taken home and put into the fire.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-06

The little boomlet the News started
day or 50 ago at the Instance of the
Democratic clique for Weston man for
Judge shows the low degree of civic
pride, patriotism and love of home that
clique has. 1t certainly would be an
honor to Clarksburg and Harrison coun-
ty to furnish the judge of the district.
but the clique doc. not have the well
fare of the city and county enough at
heart to advance such a movement. That
Is sample OF their professed interest
in the good of the people OF Harri, on
county
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-06
S. r. BENTLEY.

= - A'As-' -
ohice-Room |, Leggett building
CLARK. burg, W. Va. iunG-l2d
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-06

Blessings on him who invented sleep
The mantle that covers all human
thoughts. the food that appeases hun.
ger, the drink that quenches thirst, the
ire that warns. the cold that moder.
ates heat and, lastly, tile general coin
that purchases all things, the balance
and weight that equals the shepherd
with the king and the simple with the
wise.-Cervnntes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-06
WILL OPEN BRIDGE
WITH CEREMONIES

On June %, 1904, the Clerksburg In.
dustrial Company, win formally open
their big steel bridge in East Clarlls.
burg, Hundreds of people will be there
from all over the state. You are cor.
daily invited to be present. The com,
pany win also sell some lots at public
auction. Two valuable OTIS given away
Good music and speaking. Sac begins
at 1000 a. m. Reduced rates on all
railroads:
HARRISBURG. INDUSTRIAL co.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-06

7 tell you, sir, kissing the hand thai
smites you Is nothing 10 what saw
In this hotel this morning"
what was thatY"
The Porter backing the boots TINT
had kicked him last niglit-r-Ncu
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22
MAKE WAR ON WARRANTS.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal
makes a strong plea for the enforce
ment of the vagrancy law based upon
The recent killing In Memphis Of 2
police officer and the wounding Of sew
eral others by a desperate negro
What the Commercial Appeal has to
say of Memphis applies with equal
force to Cairo. There is not city IN
the south of any size that does not
have to suffer from the lawlessness
bred from idleness. There Is not a city
that now and then Is not called upon
to mourn the loss of some one snot
down by some desperate who ought
to have been put to work or run out
of the community long before A
tragedy similar t. the deplorable one
in Memphis is apt TO occur at any
time in any city where the negro popu'
alton is large and where there IS a
worthless lot of men supported in idle
ness by the labor OF cooks AMI washer
women.
An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure, and the Cairo police
should at all times be alert to round
up the Migrants, Clean up the dives
and make the idle go to work on the
streets If they don't work elsewhere
Enforce the cocaine law and witt
these prosecutions the danger OF trag
edies like that at Memphis will be ma
terially lessened.
The Bulletin is glad to note the re
cent movement by Chief Price u
strictly enforce the vagrant law. Nue.
has been accomplished, but there
still more TO be done. All the vae
rants are not gone. There are still
too many in Cairo for the good of tn
!. city ana for the peace and security O
citizens. Let there be no let-up In Tn
work you have begun, Chief Price. Yo
can not too rigilly enforce the Lar
against the loafer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22
LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Really. il is getting to be very
serious matter in Cairo when a citi-
zen of the town cannot step out OF his
front door after dark without being
knocked In the head. Il is cordi-
ton that demands some sort OF ae-
ton. Last night wellknown citi-
zen started out to his yard to get his
evening paper and no sooner had he
gotten out his from. door than
he was assaulted by some prowler or
wouid-be robber and for some time
Law in his yard unconscious. That he
was not killed was no faur OF his des'
perate assaiiant.
The Bulletin doesn't mean It in a
spirit of criticism OF Chief Price
when IT suggests to him that be can
not do too much toward putting down
lawlessness in this town. A
few weeks ago The Bulletin
brought down imprecations upon its
head because it suggested that the
vagrant law of the city should b.
more strictly enforced. But The Bull
letin knew that it was right and wen
ahead and the police department be
gan 20 rosnd up the Migrants with
little more activity than usual
The Bulletin again calls attention
10 the yazrant Law and asks that il b
enforced with every vestige Of powe
at the command OF the police depart
mtnt Of this city and not only the va
graat Law. but all laws. And the pc
lice should exercise ali possible VIC
lance 70 ferret ont every crime. BIZ
and little. committed in this cits
Ard they should pay particaiar atter
ion 10 the questionable character
sinking around this tosh. There ar
kNo former ezaggse arenwO =
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

too many az them The police know
wlo are citizens and who are not
RIM xihe doubtful oneSSout.
AL the risk Of being criticised again
The Bulletin once more asserts that
there il too much lawiessneas going
~ Ia Cairo. HOUSEKEEPING, holdups
ana shooting scrapes are 100 com
mon Several hold-ups and attempt
ID hold-ups have occurred within the
past week which the police know moth
Ing about. Two members Of The Bul'
letin force have been stopped within
ana block of Commercial avenue the
mos. prominent street In the city.
eternal vigilance IL the price OF
liberty. In Cairo Ii Is the price OF
life itself, and Chief Price cannot too
rigidly look after the peace and se-
curity OF the town.
Ii is said that Cairo has always
been tough town, Is that any rea-
son why it mus always remain so?
Ii Ii said that our geographical posi-
ton makes ii a meeting place for the
vicious element of the three states
coming together here. This is 50, but
1t Is all the more reason why the laws
should be enforced more rigidly than
anywhere else. an why the police
force should be doubly alert and effi-
Client. To say that crime must run
riot In this town because i has bad
location Is an insult to law and the
spirit Of our order of government.
Cairo can be made safe place TO live
in Just as we'll as anywhere else And
when IL comes To a pass that the law
breakers become To emboldened and
SO bra2en that they dare to assault
citizens In their own homes il Is high
time an awakening was taking place.
Some of these nights the blood Of
some good citizen Is going TO be shed
and then an, indignant public Will as
sert itself But are we to wait until
that awful misfortune overtakes us?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22
JAPANESE AS FARMERS.

The Japanese have surprised the
world as fighters, but, according to
Harold Bolce. they are also the most
remarkable agricultural nation in the
world. They have only 10000 square
miles Of arabic land An automobile
going fifty miles an hour would skirt
this area in eleven hours. Yet il sup
ports an imperial nation-the rising
power OF the Far East. Experts az.
nit that the scientific skill of Jap
anese agriculturisls Is unapproached'
Patient diligence with knowledge of
the chemistry Of the soil and the ply
siology of plants. have yielded results
that have astounded the most advanc-
ed agriculturists in western nations.
London Globe.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22
WHITING DOWN THe BIG STICK.

President Roosevelt Is playing fast
politics" these days. to use the base.
ball vernacular.
Following his action in the Slocum
case. he has instructed Secretary Taft
to 90 to Panama to quiet the apprehen-
sions OF the people in regard TO the In
tentions Of the United States The
president wishes il understood that the
powers granted 70 us in the treaty
must be 50 exercised as 70 avoid
creating any suspicion, however IN
founded. as to our intentions in the IN
ture." we have not the slightest in
tention Of establishing an independent
colony in the middle Of the state Of
Panama" he says.
These assurances will be welcomed
in Panama. But there was a time wher
they would have been unnecessary
That was before the day o. the Bic
Stick and The Cuban letter. Il va'
before the days Ehen MT. Roosevelt
gave Panama an example % American
good faith by assisting the insurgents
10 piunder Colombia Of her canal pro
perry = New York World
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

The available farm land in Indian
territory is estimated at fifteen million
acres. These figures are taken from
the records of the Dawes commission.
OF this Is per cent was in cultivation
last year. There are about two million
acres OF land where pine is found IN
commercial quantities, and there Is an
abundance of hard woods OF all kinds
The latest statistics obtainable give
the value OF farm animals at $4,000
900. The per cent Of the population
engaged in agriculture Is exceeded IN
only three Mississippi, Okla
homa and Arkansas.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

The Wall Street Journal the official
organ of the corporations, denies Cor
telyou is making pledges to the trusts
in return for campaign contributions.
Still. all the trusts which we're a few
months ago fighting Mr.. Roosevelt, are
now lined mp solidly behind him and
are powerfully well pleased with
him." and Mr.. Cortelyou Is still milk.
ing the trusts The trusts explanation
says Mr.. Roosevelt has changed. ~
Yes. undoubtedly But what changed"
him? That's the question to be an
swered.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

/ BY larger hat band or a sweeping
haircut, En- PEASANT, Addicks's Pana-
ma had had its fifth enlargement TO
accommodate the successive bulges OF
his brow"
Just at this time Boston's contract
with the Bay state Gas company for
gas at Sf.25 was expiring, As a rel
suit Of disastrous telephone dialogue
between the mayor and the gas king
/ tAe new contract went 70 Rogers cor
poration AT sl-"standard Oil" had
captured the city hall.
So matters stood at the beginning
of the great Bay State Gas fight. The
early stages in that momentous strng'
gle consisted of the exchange OF the
most violent printed assaults by MT.
Lawson and Mr.. Rogers upon each
others systems-an exchange in which
MAJ Lawson had the last word, l.
| fvThas far says Mr., Lawson, the
campaign appeared to be working
smoothly, and proceeded next TO put
/ into play my rear attack. began ne
eottations with Mayor Matthews for
the withdrawal Of his support from
Rogers. 1t was difficult task, but
after much manenyering | landed my
big fish. promised him the presiden-
lev of the Boston, South Boston, Rox-
bury and Bay State Gas companies for
term bf three years, at salary OF 49,
600 per annum. with the explicit I'M
iderstanding that he was to allow me
as his vice-president. to see that the
bargain between us was lived up to-
When the trade was made, 1t was IN
derstood that the fact Of Matthew's
change of base should be kept secre'
and that he should not assume the of
fee until the end Of his term as mayor
of Boston. With that agreement the
deal was clinched, signed, sealed and
delivered. Like the premature burst
ing of a bomb shell at Fourth OF Ju
} ly celebration, the transaction leaked
! and the press announced in sable head
lines that Mayor Matthews had sold
out, that Addcks was on top, and tina
Rogers and Standard Oil would surely
be found beneath the debris"
, Mr.. Lawson then details a visit HI
{ maid TO the New York office of Henri!
! II. Rogers. of the Standard oil. durin'
7 which the latter tried to induce Law
5 son 10 cut loose from Addicks AM
e ioin him, promising to divide profit
J. and assuring Lawson that they coul'
make a big lot of money together.
g Here is Lawson answer;
/, Mr.. Rogers. If | accepted your pre-
v posal. | could no longer be true I
myself. even II Addicks and Bosto
:. Gas were out of IL. know that IN
I man who is standard or wears
| collar. and if did what you ask
8 should expect to wear collar and
l. anil can't do II stopped; ! wa
, not excited: could not be with tbs
!. calm figure: apparently cut from cry
e tai ice. so near me. but | was yer
e. much in earnest: | stopped; didn
. know what he would do. He slowl
'e lifted his hand and held it out to M
e. mine grasped 1t. and without woT
IS thus we stood long enough to put th'
seal on our friendship which none
n the many financial heils we joint
d. mas ed through in the after nine veal
lg was no. enough to melt"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22
YESTERDAYS RECORD or CRIME

Cart. John r. Rector. knocked in the
head on his own front porch by
unknown assallant.
Sob Williams, colored, fatally shot in
saloon by Snap" jackson.
c. A. Wooisey, held up at Big Four
depot at high noon.
p. n. Schulz, robbery at his residence
Tuesday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

chauncey Depew Is about 70 lose
his seat as a senator from New YORK.
The new candidate In the field Is Tor,
mer Governor Frank s, Black, and Y
Ii believed that Gov 0dell Ii assisting
him. Senator Platt and Mr.. DepeW
called on Gov. Odell Tuesday and
tried to exact a pledge from him 70
support DepeW's candidacy for re-eiec-
ton. bur the new republican boss re-
fused to make any promises,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

Robbery and murders seem to be the
order of the day among the Indians OF
Arizona. The redskins are on the war
path, and recently captured a mail
stage, killing the driver and detach'
ment of four soldiers of company ID,
Twenty-first U. s. Infantry, which act
ed as an escort. There were sixty
Apaches in the band under a CHIEF
named Cochise. Lieut.. Walters OF the
First Y. s. cavalry and twenty'sever
men were sent out after the Indians
overtaking them near Apache Pass AMI
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22
LAWSON ON GAS" ADDicks.


In the "Everybody's Magazine" for
November Thomas w. Lawson contin-
ues his expose of the business methods
| OF the Delaware eorrnptionist. Gas
Addicks. Like his previous articles,
| Mr.. Lawson writes with frankness and
without hesitation in dealing with the
schemes of Addicks. even when he
| himself was connected with the gas
king" as his business manager. The
whole story Is laid open with startling
| candor, and incidentally tells how the
moneyed men work to seduce public
officials who stand in their way. This
is revealed In methods employed by
Addicks and Lawson TO win over to
their side the young mayor OF Boston
in their fight against the standard
orr to get control of the gas interests
of that city.
Mr. Lawson reports two interesting
interviews with Mr. Addicks. arranged
by the latter with view of inducing
Mr. Lawson TO join him in his fight
with Rogers and standard on Dur
ing the course of the second conversa'
ton, which took place on Addick 4
, yacht the Now Then" Mr.. Lawson
said:
MIR Addicks, let's have no fooline
about this matter. 81 We do business
together. It will only be after there
is some plain--brutally plain-talk be
, tween us. It will do no good TO trick
because someone will get slaughtered
when the trick Is discovered, as Il
surely will be. after We hitch mp to
gether This seems the proper tim'
A for a clean statement from you as t.
just where you and your companies
, stand
> Il did not believe this man coul'
make an absolutely truthful sia;emen
on any subject of importance, but
knew enough of his real position t.
!. protect me from being fooled. Wha
A was my surprise. therefore. when II
= the most open way possible he ealmi
a spread before me condition of affair
A far worse than the worst | knew. II
!. was indeed bankrupt and his corpor.
4 ton was in little better shape.
=, After more than an hour of fenein
! between these TWO masters Of the ar
! Mr. Lawson terminated the interyie
- by saying:
It's unnecessary to say any NOR
I see the situation as you would hay
e. me see il. and il comes to this: II
IL refuse to link up with you. II mean
IL. another Standard Oil victory and al
o. other wreck for Boston. Rogers su
Is cess means that New England spec
III lators and investors will again. for II
d. three hundred and thirty-third tim
as be robbed OF their savings II &
ve in. we may avert all this or ! may
We ground mp at the same time you ar
OF However. it's too good a fight to mi
81 and SO here goes III link up
CT Within fortyseight hours Afr. Laws
Sc had mapped out his campaign for A
~ dicks Tie found that "chief amor
Id the enemies against Addicks AT IN
as time was the young and brilliant DO
by Of Boston. its reform mayor. the Ho
IN Nathan Matthews When the Addicl
go Rogers "a fight broke out IN Bosto
81 this Ma han Matthews vas al the -
IN ith Of his political career and was
as Their a greater man than even refoT
I'd mayors generally fancy themselves
n was at that phase in the lives OF
ne piring persons which eompels the
rs erage Spectator to debate whether {
ne swelling OF the Uranium should be N
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

French mining experts have been
making extensive examinations OF the
mineral resources of the northwest
ern procedures of Fuklen. China Tor
the last two years and have found
large deposits of coal and gold. These
both give promise of very proii'aoie
returns.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

MI cortelyou seems 20 be quite ~
successful a fat fryer as the late Marx
Ham. But then Hanna didn't nave
lot Of inside information to use as
bludgeon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

viii the railroads running into BIT
mingham. Ala. please give the Town
new depot and thus confer boon
on the long-suffering reading pubic OF
that city. and give the editors some
thing else to write about?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

A southern editor printed an article
in which he declared that there never
has been and never will be popular
pension commissioner" This moved
MIR. Ware. the present commissioner OF
pensions, to write the discriminating
Journalist a note of appreciation, con-
seluding with this remark: Your be-
lief is so accurately level that along
side of it a billiard table is q steep
ard Derilous declivity.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

notwithstanding has recall by War
Correspondent, Burleigh. Gen. 0yama
il still doing buSiness at the same old
stand. sn
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

There will be a grand bali at John
Scheers hall on Monday evening. giv.
en- by the members of the German
Brass band and Wfttig's String band.
Committee Of arrangements Is William
Schick, Ed Wittig and j. Burger
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22
A passenger travelling on the L. &

A passenger travelling on the l. q
y. railroad has instituted suit
against the railroad company at Biz.
mingham. Ala. because he inhaled to-
bacco smoke in one Of the company's
cars and was seriously injured. IL all
depends in what car the man was rid
ing. II would appear that if he was
In the smoking car, he would have
no ground for action. as he could have
ridden In another car. II he was not
in the Sunderland sustained physis
injury from tobacco smoke in another
car. then be might have a good cause
for complaint But 1t all depends up
on the proof Il is a unique case and
will attract attention. The suit was
brought az Birmingham. which city. by
the way. Is peculiar for bringing forth
unnsual law suits A few days ago
a northern millionaire who was a guest
~ a Birmingham hotel. won 2 SUIT N
which the question involved vas
whether The rncneyed visitor should
Pay for q dish Of cold slaw with on
ions in II Nhen he had Notified the
waiter that if the slaw had onions
mixed with Il he didn't wani H. The
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

The Korean minister at St. Peters
burg is in sore straits. His govern
ment or what is left Of II has recalled
him. but be has not money enough to
get home Since the outbreak of the
war in the east his salary has failed
10 reach him. for some reason or 9th
er. and now he is in debt for $4,000
No government seems willing to pay
his salary. and be can not jump st
Petersburg without paying his bills
80 he must stay there until some one
or something goes to his rescue.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22
the MORROW.


OF all the tender guards that Jesus
About our frail humanity TO stay
The pressure and the jostle that al
way
Are ready 10 disturb, whateef We 90,
And mar the work our hands would
carry through
None more than this enpirons MS
each day
With kindly wardenship- Therefore
| say,
Take no thought for the morrow
Yer we pay
The wisdom scanty heed and inpo-
tent
To beQr the burden Of the imperiouso
Now
Assume the futures exigence unsent
God grants no overnlus Of power
It's she'd ~
Like morning mama: Yet we dare to
bow
And ask-"GYe us today our NOR
rows bread"
Margaret J Preston.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

Ex-President Cleveland announced
that he would only make one speech,
but that one. made in New York last
night. will hold the republicans for
the balance Of the campaign.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

The Chicago Tribune says itregrets
40 learn that Senator fillmansis sni'
fering from another attack Of negro
supremacyitis
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-22

next thing We hear of from Birming-
ham, the Hon. f. z. Green will be try.
ing to mandamus the sample rooms OF
the city into keeping an adequate sup.
ply OF liquid refreshments on hand.