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The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
Good Outlook for United States,

the construction department OF the
navy to take general charge of the
shipbuilding plant near Quincy, Mass,
and must be conceded to know some
thing about the business he has been
in for twenty-five years, at a meeting
of the Master Builders and Traders
association of Quincy, expressed his
belief that the United States will be
building the ships of the world in the
near future.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
A SiQn Of weaknesa

IN" eNtremest case of human weak
ness on record is that of DR.. Oliver
wehaeiI Holmes, who was prevented
IRON delivering lecture on account
OF Illness. and wrote to the commit
tee letter OF apology. in which he
sala I am satisfied that if | were
onered a $50 bill after my lecture I
shouId not have strength enough left
to refuse it."
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
Gale Sways Rock,

TWO of the seismographic instru.
mentS set up by the German authori
tles IN HeIigoland show plainly that
the whole rock sways to and fro
when there is a strong westerly gale.
experiments are to be made shortly
IN order To ascertain to what extent
the rock is affected by the firing Of
the heavy Howitzers.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
Resurrect Electric Motors,

Aller the cessation OF hostilities in
south Africa the two shafts of the
hhehtS deep mine we're found to be
flooded out. The electric pumps and
caoies which had been used at the
mine had been under water for quite
TWO and one-half years. Notwithstand.
lne' IN" motors were brought out,
drled aud set to work again.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
COWS Wear Ear-Rinos,

Inc cows in Belgium wear ear.
rinsS' This is in accordance with
law, winch DEGREES that every animal
Oh 'he bovine species. when it attained
the age of three months, must have
III ltS ear ring to which Is attached
metal tag bearing a number. The
oDJe'i IS to preserve an exact record
OF Tn number of animals raised each
year
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
zulus Travel Far and Fast.

The rate at which Zulus can travel
in an emergency is astonishing. Some
will cover as much as fifty miles in
six hours. Eight miles an hour is an
ordinary pace.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
korea'8 Formulation

The population of Korea, as shown
by a monograph just issued by the
Bureau OF Statistics is $1,000 in round
numbers, its area about equal to that
OF the state of Kansas, and its foreign
commerce at about $12.OOO,OOO. OF
which imports form about $500 900
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
French Family Life

Family life in France has greatly
improved in recent decades. 1t is
less customary than formerly to have
daughters brought up entirely in con-
vents, or to send the children to live
with their nurse in her country home.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
To Prove what Swamp-Root, the Great Kidney Remedy
VIII Do for YOU, Every Reader Of this paper May
Have Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail.

unhealthy kidneys responsible for
suffering
kidney trouble is permitted
continue fatal results follow.
kidneys
O nd attention first.
badly" begin taking Kimer's
kidney bladder remedy because
kidneys begin better will help all the
organs health. A trial will convince anyone
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
EDITORIAL NOTICE.-1f you

EDITORIAL NVTICF.-If you
have the slightest symptoms of kidney or
bladder trouble, or if there is a trace of it
in your family history. send at once to DR..
Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton. N. Y. who will
gladly send you by mail. Immediately. with
out cost to YOU sample bottle of Swamp
Root and a book containing many of the
thousands upon thousands of testimonial
letters received from men and women cured.
In writing. be sure TO say that you read
this generous offer in this paper.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
JapaneSe Voters.

To vote for member of parlia-
ment Japanese must be 25 years
old any pay about $3.50 annually in
direct national taxation. This rule
shuts out nearly 80 per cent Of the
population of Japan
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
California Rajsins in Favor.

The Importation OF raisins, which
formerly amounted to nearly 100000
boxes year. has been reduced to
almosr nothing by the California crop.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
The Lovely Girls Of Lima.

Some noble Frenchmen have mar
ried Peruvian bellies both for love and
money, think have never met
lovclter young beings than the girls
from l.ima.-LondOn Truth
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
Owns Shakespeare's Chair.

Charles Dawson. a fellow of the
SocietY Of Antiquities in London,
owns he favorite chair used by Will
liam Shakespeare.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
Night Air Not Unhealthy.

It is a mistake to suppose that
night air in towns is unhealthy In
most cases it is purer between ter
at night and six in the morning thar
at any other part Of the twenty four
hour.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
The Message Of the Rose,

Long I doubted; then I chose
You, the daintiest flower that grows
You shall be my envoy, Rose,
Nesting in her golden hair,
You must whisper. Friend. beware,
shall fade. l, too am fair"
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
Would Be Difficult to Breathe.

If we'll could be dug forty-six
miles into the earth, the air at the
bottom would. at the proportion main
tained at the surface of the globe,
have the density OF quicksilver.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06

japanese Petroleum Production.
The Japanese petroleum appears in
gas wells, asphalt springs. and mud
volcanoes. The Importance of the
deposits was only recently recog-
niZed.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
EuuinoctjaI Storms

The records of the Weather Bureau
confict with the popular belief in
the cQu!noctial storm.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
Football in Beirut.

There are twenty-three football
teams in the Syrian Protestant Col.
tcge at Beirut.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
Auto Boat PropeIIers.

The propellers of the fast auto
boats revolve 1850 times minute,
giving a speed of twenty-five miles an
hour.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
Atrocitv in Puns.

The hog claims that the sward is
mighticr than the pen.-Rural New
Yorker
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-11-14
MINERS
Have a Fight as the Chisftain Coal
Nine Settlement and Several Get
Bad Bruises and Bumps.

4 number Of foreign coal miners at
tn, Chieftain coal mine on tas old Van
Hurst farm, one mile west of o'Neil,
mixed up in a figat Sunday evening and
several Of them came out Of the fray
with severe bruises and bumps. Dr..
slater. Of the Kessler hospital, wa
called ont and he patched up two OF
them who needed medical attention
None Were seriously nurt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-11-14
Mrs. Doyle Has Typhoid.

Mrs. Edward Doyle, wife oi the city
superintendent Of streets i III with
typhoid fever at her home on Montieel-
10 avenue. Her many friends trust sae
VIII have a rapid recovery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-11-14

tees will report and the officers for t6e
ensuing year viii be nominated, elected
and installed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-11-14
eff-tf1e State of West Virginia viii
goId Annual Meeting in CIarks-
burg This Week and Masons are
Arriving in the City for the Event
First Session of Grand Chapter
Begins Tuesday.

Meetings Constitute Fortieth Annual Communi-
cation of the Grand Lodge A. F. A. NJ. and
Thirty-fourth Annual Convocation Of the Grand
Chapter R. A. M. of West Virginia Committees
OF Local Lodge Receiving the Visitors.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-17
NEW TIMETABLE.

Train No. l leaves Fl Paso on her old time,- 9:3o a m. arrives in Doug. las at 4:o5 p. m, Bisbee at $40 p. n., Naco at 5:30 p. m., Tombstone at T:35 p. ID. and Benson at 7:3o p. 10.
 Train No. 3 leaves Douglas at 700 a. m, Bisbee at 7:35 a. m. Arrives st Naco S:55 a. m.. Tombstone at F1:30 a. .n., Benson at 11:45 a. m.
 Train No. leaves Benson at S:05 a m., Tombstone at 500 a. m.. Naco at 's:57 a. n., Bisbee at 9:47 a. m and arrives at Fl Paso at 6:00 p. m, half an hour later than on last schedule
 Train No. leaves Benson at 1:15 p. m., Tombstone at 1855 p. m.. Naco at 5:30 D. m., Bisbee at $50 D. n. and arrives in Douglas at 7:15 D. m.
 Suburban trains for Don Luis leave Bisbee at 7:35. 9:47 and 11:15 am s:30, 4:40 and $50 p. m.
 Leave Don Luis for Bisbee at s:20 f0:35 and 11:55 a m.; 3:30. 5:25 and 6:15 ?, m,
 Paste this schedule in your hat. II is correct.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-17

ne Leonard gives you the best meal and best cooked food for 8 cents of any place in the city. You get as much of any and every dish offered on the bill of fare as you wish. Our cuisine is unex celIed. Don't forget the p ace and you will not fo' get the dinner Come to- morrow and try one of cur dinners.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-31
MAKES LIBERAL PROMISES,
Gear of Russia Pledges Endeavor to
Inaugurate Reforms Asked
For by Zemstvos.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 27-Emperor
Nicholas long expected reform ukase
was issued Monday night. The docu-
ment deals, under eight heads, with prac-
tically all the subjects brought to the
emperor's attention by the memorial of
the congress OF Zemstvos presidents
held here last month. and while not
specifically pledeing the government to
carry out the various reforms in their
entirety. as demanded by the memorial,
promises that each shall be referred to
the council Of ministers. with orders to
report promptly on the fullest measures
of relief which can be accorded on the
various subjects.
One question not touched by the uliase
Is that OF the constitutional assembly.
Neither is the Jewish religion, speciti-
cally mentioned, though freedom for all
creeds or sects. whether Christian or
otherwise, is amsag the subjects which
will be dealt With.
The car ignores the appeal for con-
stltution and an elective assembly. He
makes it clear that the principle Of au-
tocracy will be upheld but he promises
that the excuses of bureaucratic chiefs
shall be curbed tina, the peasants will
be made equal before the law with all
other classes: that the courts will be
MADE independents; that every accused
person shall have a fair trial; that press
censorship will be made less rigorous;
that there shall be more freedom of re-
ligiOn and speech.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-31
OUR CONSULAR SERVICE.
Better Than That of the British, Ac-
cording to Recent Showing in
London Journal.

Comparison of the British and the
American consular service is made in a
recent number of the London Chamber
OF Commerce Journal, says the New
York Times. Comparisons nave fire.
quently been drawn" this article says,
between our consuls and those of the
United States of America, to the effect
! that the latter do much more to promote
American commerce than the former do
for the trade of the empire. This is UNI
doubtedly the case, owing to the reasons
we will endeavor to set out.
| 1.-THE American consul has at his COM
mand far greater facilities for gaugins
the trade and commerce actually trans
acted at the place to which he is ap-
| pointed than his British colleague pos
sesses under the existing conditions of
the two services. He receives all the
assistance he can reasonably expect
from the department of state, which for
wards to him all statistical matter relat-
ing to the general trade Of the United
States, and, if required, the advance
sheets of the reports of his colleagues
on particular subjects.
'On the other hand, British con-
sui is, we believe, officially supplied only
with the Board of Trade Journal and
copies of consular and diplomatic re-
ports on trade and commerce, which,
moreover, are not sent as soon as pub
lished, but in bundles once or twice a
| year.
"An American consul has not to per-
form marriage ceremonies. His notaria!
duties area source Of income, the fees
from this source being personal He has
not intricate legal questions to deal with,
such as our men have, owing to our i'm
| mense mercantile marine. He has not to
bear in mind all the frequent changes as
to regulations relating to distressed citi-
zens from worldwide empire. He is
not the maid of all work for the war Of
! fee or the navy.
| I'VE believe we are correct in saying
! that the American consular officer is bet
ter remunerated than the British The
salaries may average about the same, but
with the fees the American is allowed to
retain he u.s. as general rule. better
off. 1t is in what may be called admin
istrative expenses that the American has
decided advantage over the British
consul.
"He gets adequate allowances for office
rent and clerical assistance, the latter
, never being refused when necessary.
AS result-giving men of equal abil-
, ity-the American has the advantage. In
other words, an American consul. who is
not always man of first-class educa-
ton, is able to perform better and more
appreciated work than one of his
majesty's consular officers, simply by be-
Ing able to get particular work done for
him by a paid expert
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-31

PERISH BY SUFFOCATION.
Four Lives Are Lost in Two Fires in
Philadelphia on Christ
mas Morning.

Philadelphia. Dec. 2G.-Four men were
suifocated from fire in this city early
Sunday. AT boarding house Il, No
15lo Mood street. Charles McCusker.
aged IA years; James Merry, As years
and Joseph McGill, "a years, died in a
trap made by themselves. Against the
wishes and knowledge OF their boarding
house keeper, the three men took a
quantity of whisky to their room. They
placed one of the two beds in the apart
ment against the door to prevent inter-
ference by the boarding house keeper
After the men had retired lighted
candle fell from a ,nantel on the greasy
working clothes of one of the boardcrs,
The clothing was ignited and the room
soon filled with thick smoke. McGill
was awakened by the smoke, but was I'M
able TO move the bed from the door, and
fell to the floor unconscious The board
ing house keeper discovered the smoke
and when the room was broken into Nc
Cusker and Merry were found dead. Nc
Gill died soon after being removed to
a hospital
AT No 1916 Paramount avenue Ed.
ward Rathine, aged about 25 years. and
believed to be a resident of New jersey.
was also suffocated. 1t is believed he
set the bed clothes on fire with lighted
cigar, and in trying to leave the room
crawled into a closet by mistake, where
he was found dead. His face was slight
ly burned.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-31
DARING ATTACK FAILS.
Japanese Advancing Along Port Ar
thur Railway in Night
Repulsed.

London, Dec. 27.-The Daily Tele-
graphs correspondent at Chefoo, in a
dispatch dated December 26, says: "a
messenger from Port Arthur describes
Q Japanese attack the evening of De-
cember % with light column of 5000
and many machine guns, on the north
ern defenses. They dashed along, the
railway, carried trench after trench, and
succeeded in reaching the water course
beneath Payuisean mountain, whence
the Russian artillery worked terrible
execution. A fierce bayonet fight oc-
Cured at midnight. A strong Russian
force advancing eastward of Payuisean
mountain threatened the retreat of the
Japanese who, after desperate strug-
gle, retired to the north, leaving several
machine guns, 300 rifles and 80 prisoners.
1t Is estimated that they lost 600 killed.
The Japanese halted near the cemetery,
and, finding that both their tanks had
carried all the works forming the out
lying range of the main forts, they en-
trenched on small hills near Else noun
tain under severe enfilading fire, which
caused them heavy losses"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-31
VICTIMS OF DYNAMITE.
Explosion on Drainage Canal by Which
Three Are Fatally and Twelve
Badly Injured.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Three men were
probably fatally injured and - badly
hurt by a terrible explosion of dyna-
mite in the new section of the drain
age canal near Lockport Monday. Two
large charges of dynamite, that had
failed to explode when a general blast
was set off, exploded almost directly
under huge steam shovel, wrecking
it and buryinS a score OF workers in
the debris. One hundred men were
working within 200 feet of the scene of
the explosion and all We're more or
less hurt by the shock and flying
stones. Engineer James Hill was
blown so feet from the steam shovel.
His skull was fractured and arms and
ribs broken. He will die An uniden-
titled man had his skull fractured and
was injured internally. An Italian la
borer was also fatally hurt.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-31
SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY.
West Virginia Fathers Objection to
Daughters Lover Leads to Kill
ing of Two Men.

Huntington, w. Va, Dec. 27-Lucian
and Ira Lucas. brothers, were killed,
and Octave Adkins, friend, and
young lady were wounded in a fight
when occurred Sunday night near Mid.
kiff, Lincoln county. The Lucas boys
and Octave Adkins were returning
from church, accompanied by Martha
Williams and Miss Adkins, daughter
OF William Adkins. The party stopped
at the residence of the latter. Adkins
was opposed to his daughter keeping
company with Ira Lucas, and ordered
the young man to leave his house. This
SO enrased Lucas that he drew a re-
volver and fired at William Adkins,
The bullet missed him, but struck his
daughter, the sweetheart of the shoot.
err, in the side, inllicting dangerous
wound. Firing then became general
and when the battle was over it was
found that both of the Lucas boys were
dead and Octave Adkins probably ia.
tally wounded. William Adkins es.
capped being shot but there were sew
eral bullet holes in his clothing, He
gave himself up when the officers ar
rived.
AS result of a man dancing with
another mans girl without asking his
permission four men arc dead and two
seriously injured at Changers, Logan
county.
fight occurred at Christmas tree
entertainment in a church at Holan.
near Williamson, and one man was
killed and two wounded,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-31
WAR VETERAN DIES.
Gen. William H. Powell, Ex-Com.
nlander Illinois Department. g.
A. R., Passes Away.

Beileville, ILL.,, Dec. 27.-Gen. William
H. Powell, for years warm personal
friend CT President Mckinley and at
one time commander OF the Illinois
department of the G. A. R., died Mon
day at his home in this city. At the
time OF his death Gen. Powell was
president OF the Western Nail company
OF East st. Louis, and held the position
of internal revenue collector for the
Thirteenth district, under President
Roosevelt. For years a conspicuous
figure at the G. A. R. camp fires, he
had the distinction of being exchanged
by the confederates during the lively
Shenandoah campaign in 1864 for the
person of Gen. Robert H. Lee. At the
close OF the war he was in command of
the second cavalry division under Gen.
Sheridan and carried severe wounds
received while leading a charge at
Wytheville, Pa. He was 70 years old.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-31
Fatal Railway Collision.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Dec. 2S.-A Wa
bash passenger train, east-bound, ran
into freight train on switch three
miles west Of this city at nine O'Clock
Tuesday night, killing one man and in.
juring ten others. The dead man is Al
bert M. Ballard, of Peru, Ind, engineer
of the freight. The wreck was caused
by the blowing out of switch light
during the heavy wind and the engineer
of the freight train running over the
switch where he was to have waited fol-
the passenger train.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-31
WOMEN AS WORLD WORKERS
Figures Given Regarding Them That
Are Not Altogether Dis
couraging.

A statistician has gone to the trou-
bic to ascertain that SIS per cent of all
the divorced women, 80 per cent. of
the widowed and 81 per cent Of the
single women are engaged in gainful
pursuits, says the Cincinnati Enuuir-
er. Only about six per cent of the
married women are similarly situated.
While the great body of married wom-
en- are at home attending to the do
nestle duties which are naturally set
down for them. there is some hope
still that the old order Of thinss is nor
going to be completely overthrow.
I he world viii not be without homes.
The figures indicate that 81 per cent.
OF the married men are supporting
their wives though the women are, of
course, Going their full share in main
tanning Domestic establishment, which
are bulWarhs OF morals and good Or
Ger and which keep the race from dy-
ing cat.
On surface analysis it may seem
wonderful that 81 Per cent. of the
married men find enough to do to sup
Port families when SO many women
are in mans occupations, but the earth
is big and the ordinary attempt at
compromising the things to be done
ard the number OF ptCp:e to dc them
is puny indeed. In the long run there
appears to be room for everybody
the home woman. the new" woman,
the mannish woman, the bachelor
woman, ETC., likewise for the woman
ish man and the men who depend On
the labor and shrewdness ct their
wives to keep them going.
The mixture OF the sexes in the ac-
tive business affairs to-day would
have scared writer's on political
economy rs years ago. 1t seems plain
enough, for example, that when a
man on salary gets work for his
daughter in the same occupation at
perhaps smaller compensation than he
receives he is sapping the foundation
of his own employment and prosneri-
ty; that in the long run will be sim
ply dividing up his salary among the
members of his own family and driv-
ing other men out Of employment.
The results of widespread changes
of this sort look apparently to an en-
tire revolutionizing of society.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-31
LIVES OF MANY IMP RlLED
A BIG STEAMER AT MERCY OF
WIND NEAR NEW YORK.
Three of Grew of 20 Thought to Have
Been Already Lost-Narrow Es-
cape of L.fe-savers.

New York, Dec. 29.-The British
steamer Drumelzier. which went ashore
on the sand bar near Fire island last
SATURDAY. was still aground Wednesday.
The dense fog blanl Ct. Which hung over
the bay Iince TUESDAY. had shut the
steamer off en,irel! from view from the
shore and it was feared that she might
have brc.sen up in the heavy storm and
her crew of 50 men b-en lost. The
tress when seen MedES sGay The tug
was standing near by. The DrumelZier
had worked little to the ives, OF the
place where she struck Oh the bar and
the seas We're brea! il:2 over her.
The sea continued Very high Wednes-
day and the Drnrislz.sr appeared to be
laboring heavily. Every sea swept her
from stem to stern arc, he wreciins tug
apparently Gid not care approach within
mile of where the steamer was lying.
A revenue cutter. which stood about
two miles away from the DrumelZier.
succeeded in cor, municatin. With her
by signals.
BY this means it was learned that
there were % men OF the steamer They
asked that assistance be sent to Them
1t was said when the Drumelzier was
first reported aground her crew consist
ed of 80 men. If that WAS correct it
would appear tina, three lives already
have been lost since the steamer struck
the bar.
An attempt to launch life boat to go
to the aid of the crew almost cost the
lives of the life savers on the Fire island
beach. The lifeboat was smashed, and
its crew narrowly escaped death.
The Drumelzier belongs to the Astral
Shipping company of Liverpool, Eng
land but is under charter to Barber a.
Co. The ship measures 1888 tons net.
The cargo is valued at 100000.
1t was reported here Wednesday that
large steamship was ashore off
Quoeue, L. L., but close investigation
failed to disclose any trace of her. The
life-savers at Quogue said no boat had
gone ashore during the night, and they
believed the report had originated in
some confusion as to the location of the
DrumelZier.