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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
No More SUFFERING.

If you are troubled With indigestion
get bottle OF iKodol Dyspepsia cnre
and Sc aow quickly it will cure You.
Geo. A. Thompson, of Spencer, Ia,
says, "Have had dyspepsia for twenty
years. Ny case as.almost hopeless.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure was recommend
ed and Il used few bottles of it and it
IS the only thing taat relieved me.
Would not be without it. Have doc
,tored with local physicians and also. at
Chicago, and even went to Norway wita
hope OF getting some relief, but Koaol
Dyspepsia Cure is the only remedy that
mas done me any good, and heartily
recommend II, Every person suffering
with Indigestion or Dyspepsia should
use it" Sold by Stone & Mercer.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
Of Interest to Thin weak People

1t is perfectly understood by every
sick man or woman That ii they can
get some remedy That will stop the
gradual Ioss OF flesh and strength, taeir
recovery is assured. People that are
nervous and unsteady, with dizzy spells,
weakened memory and loss of ambition,
their blood is thin and wattery. It
SHOWS in their sallow complexion and
tired manner soon as they commence to
gain fesh they look better. To gain
from one to thre pounds of good solid
flesh per week, the blod must be made
rich and pure, DR.. Gunn's Blood and
Nerve Tonic puts in the body the very
pith of what makes pure ricn blood in
the most direct way, and cures disease
by making strength. This tonic is in
tablet form, to be taken right after
meals. Sold by all druggists for 75c
per box, or thpe boxes for $500 For
-womens weakness better remedy was
never made. Stone & Mercer drug.
gista.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
MR. OWENS
ARM BROKEN
Wen known Clerk slips on Icy Pave
ment and sustains. Painful
Injury.

Oliver Q. owsns fell and broke 0is
left arm Thursday evening. Sfr.iowens
is a clerk at the R. T. Lowndes store
and was walking on the pavement on
the. Main street side of the store, vsaen
toe accident occurred. The pavement
vas icy and he slipped and fell with the
arm underneath toe body.
An examination of the injury showed
that the large outer bone of the arm
was broken abovs the wrist. Or. Nell
son Peck was hastily summoned and the
bone was set by him in the dry goods
department of the store a little later.
Tue injury is quite painful but the
patient is doing nicely and in due TIME
he will have the use of that arm, again.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
NAN DIES
SUDDENLY
OF Heart Disease At sahem-walks To
Transfer BAN, Tumhles Over On Z
Floor and Is No More.


w. L. Thomas, a teamster, died sud
denly Wednesday afternoon at, Salem.
he mad been complaining several days
and walked from his home down to the
transfer barn, believing the exercise
would do MIN good. Tae employees at
the barn went out to do some work and
upon their return they found him
stretched out on the floor. They saw
that ne was in serious condition and
summoned two, physicians. Taa latter
worked WITH MIN a few moments burt
were unable to save his life. He had
been afflicted with heart trouble.
Thomas was Al years of age and IS
survived by wife and four children.
The remains were taken Friday to Kane,
Pa, mis- former home. for burial.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23

Some very clever shop-lifting was In.
dulgcd in at the Bon Ton store We'd
nesday afternoon or night, but the mat
ter was not discovered and reported
until Thursday morning.
The filters obtained about $1,000 in
money IN a very daring manner, and
may nave taken articles from the store,
although nothing mas been missed 50
far from the large holiday stock.
The money was taken from pocket
books lying on tine desk of the manager
and owner of the store, Mrs. L. E. Peters
which is stationed at tde rear Of the
store. The desk Is in fairly good view
and the work was so clever that none
OF the several clerks or Mrs. Peters her
self observed the party or parties in
the act.
From Miss Lizzie Hamricll's pocket
book 500 was taken, from one to tnree
dollars from the poclsetbook of Mrs.
Peters and five dollars from Miss Ing
mans pooloetbooIe.
Some small change was left in all Of
tde pocloetbooks by the lifters. evident
II with view to allay suspicion or de-
lay discovery of the taeft.
At the close of business hours Mrs
Peters and the others picked up tneir
pocloetbooks and took them home with
out examining the contents and the first
they knew about the fact that they had
been the victims of shopifting was wher
they opened the pocketbooxs Thursday
, morning before the days work began.
There is no clue and none have the
slightest idea vino committed the bold
deed.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
ssleddinr Party Had Runaway.

At 700 O'Clock Thursday evening a
run1sway accident occurred, which for
tuuateiy resulted in no damage. The
party consisted OF Afr. and Mrs. z. s.
wallis. Mr.. and Mrs. w I. Wallis. DR.
and Mrs. Sloan and Mr.. Foreman Wal
LIS and lady friend. They svere induIsS
ing themselves in sled ride. when tae
horses frightened at tbs Junction OF
Main and Pike streets Tasy .Nsre
thrown out but not hurt much. The
horses ran into telephone pole in
mont OF Joan T. Grifin's store and
sstoppsa,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23

trip to that point every forty minutes.
The switch at the turnout to Union
Park has been taken up and the line
from that point to the park mas beOu
abandoned until spring.
A force Of laborers is alsosat work
on the switch connections Of the main
line of the system to ths Broad Oaks
and Alta Vista extension at the corner
of Monticello avenue and East Main
street. Toe work on this branch is be-
ing pushed rapidly as possible IA
soon as toe new Elk creek bridge for
StontScsllo avenue arrives and is con-
struetsd the Broad Oaks extension win
be ready for operation. AZ.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
By Associated press.

z
CHARLESTON, w. Va, DEC le-The
Suspension bridge over Elk river, con-
MEETING East and West Charleston fell
yesterday.
Twelre to thirty school ,ehislreu were
drowned. Six teams and one buggy
went down with the bridge.
The body OF Mamie Higginbotaam,
aged 8, was recovered. -Four ouaer
school girls were rescued injured.
-Four drivers were rescued. but two
of taem are probably fatally injured,
OF tine thirteen horses but one es-
capped.
Men in boats endeayored to recover
the bodies from twenty feet of water.
Great crowds gathered on the banks.
The body of Ray Humphreys, aged Is,
has been recovered. Government divers
MIL search for other bodies.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
suRE CuRs ron PnEs.

itching Piles produce uolgcuro and
cause itching. This form, as wen
Blind, Bleeding or Protrnding Piles, ara
cured by Dr.. Bo-san-hos Pile Remedy.
Stops itching and bleeding. Absorbe tn
mors. 500 . jar at druggists,ro r sent by
mail. Treatise free. Write me about
your case. DR.. Bosanko, phfladelphia
Pa. Sold by Stone & MrOsrsDruggists.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
STREET CARS
Are Running On Part of erassslii Ex-
tension and Work On That and the
Broad Oaks Extension is
Progressing.

wa * on ths extension OF the local
street car system to Grassela is pro-
pressin : as rapidly as the weather con-
ditious viii permit Tae park cars are
now rn ming on the extension TO vae
chorpsah ig place and a foree of men
is eagaes in working on tae track
from Yaat point towards the Grassslii
addition. Tais car makes the round
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE.

Pursuant to decree of the Circuit
Court of Harrison County, West vir-
ginia, made and entered ON tae l9ta day
Of September, 1904. in the chaneery
cause of VIM. n. Edgell vs. E. Cora Nc
,Elfresh, al, viii on
Saturday, January 9Th, 1905,
at the front door of the court house of
Harrison County, West Virginia., at /
o'clock p. m. of that day offer for sale
to tae highest and best bidder, the fol-
lowing real estate:
An undivided one-haH interest in a
certain tract or,parcel of land, lying and
being IN Harrison County, West Virginia
situate ON Ten1nile Creek, in Sardis
District, about one mile below the vii
lage of Brow, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a Beech on the side of
the county road, and corner to NJ. E.
church lot, thence n. % la w. % poles
to red oak; thence S. E. 4 l.2 to a
stone and pointers;, thence S. II le2 E..
A poles to stone and sourwooi point
ers; thence S. 65 E. IL poles to a stone
in the line of the said church lot;
thence vita said line n. % w. l2
poles 10 white aols and corner TO said
.cnurca lot; thence s. So l-2 W. 10 poles
TO thu beginning, the whole of said
tract containing about seven acres OF
land, and said undivided one-haH inter
est in the above tract of land bsing the
real estate of which Henry G. johnson,
deceased, died seized.
TERMS OF SALE:-one,half or as
much more as tae purchaser may elect
to pay, in cash on day of sale, and the
residue to be paid in six months from
day of sale, the purchaser giving his
inteness,bearfng note with good seeur-
ity taereon, and said deferred payment
10 be further secured by retaining
vendors hen on said property.
WILL 2. MORRIS,
Special Commissioner.
I,aHom4r W. williams, Clerk OF the
Circuit Court Of, Harrison County, West
Virginia, hereby certify That bond with
security approved by me rs sufficient,
and in. tbs penalty. provided by said de-
cree has bsen given by said special
commissioner.
u, ", WILLIAMS,
dee2w4t "a Clerk,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
MANY
PERSONS
DROWN
SUSPENSION BRIDGE OYER ELK
CREEK AT CHARLESTON FALLS
!. WITH EHoRRHyTNe Result.
FROM TWELVE 10 THIRTY SCHOOL
CHILDREN GO DOWN WITH IT
INTO TWENTY FEET OF WATER.

Wagons, Horses and Drivers Also Go
with Bridge ana Are Either Drowned
or Injured-Some SAJe Rescued Alive
and Search Is Msa For Bodies of
others-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23

My -Four Days Old N Bed With
|oaher Freezes to Death md the
s noA Perishes-Fire Dies
u BLASTS Of Winter Bpsv
81 the Cracks Of shanty.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
|EATH
son, colored, Occurs At
Maud Street From
i'd Pnsutnonia.

Ralph Robinson, color
It his home on Maud
morning at $3.50 o'clock
|nia was tne cause.
)yas "a years OF age and
THE SON Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pta Of waom. with one
e sisters, survive him.
John Robinson, OF tnis
listers are Mrs. Dora
burg, Pearl and atollie
for the funeral have
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23

poems a weird story comes from
dnnel. On the Short Line rails
hamlet just west. of taS big
yet it Is told by one WAC is
acquainted with tine facts, 50
ae hast scene is concerned.
frozen to death is the start
ire Of me story. The, horrible
happened last Sunday, but did
out for several days for the
at there was every effort Of
borhood to keep the affair
IS an awful tale and shows
4 life yet INDUCED in IN some
oods in West Virginia, Al.
81 are within onsy a few miles
tion and Christianity.
baby Is dead" was the
nformation given by a small
tlhs mother of the infant that
Ia anno,ncem4nt that as
I hamlet. Sure enough, the
what 1t was talking ABOUT,
found that a four-day.oid
oerished from cold in a hovel
frozen to dsath-ani the
rowly escaped.
her of the babe is Maggie
barely arrived at the age Of
Her father and brothers
D tine fire in an oli-fasaion-
last Sunday morning and
work in the woods. When
ca at noon, they found the
dead in bed and the young
gbnt persisted. Her condi-
that for some time it was
would die.
one had frozen to death
NJ died down. The place
hut with wide cracks in
a tne wintry blasts came
their fury. The bed clotn-
mt The mother was not
eaish the fire and both
abe suffered, and tine babe
ae day travellers as taey
cap-nter by the shanty
and attins them to-
as preparing a box to put
TO bury it.
story, one that appeals 10
t reads II, and II ought
greater effort to spread
little missionary work,
do good.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
BOLD
SHOP
LIFTING
rHREE PocKBrBooKs ON THI
OWNERS DESK OPENED AND
{ MONEY TAKEN FROM THEM ALL

Ten Dollars in Money Taken and Possi-
bly, Articles IN the Store-Discoyery
Comes As Surprise and The-a is ABB
sctutely No Clue Whatever.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23

Miss. March a, 1905.
aiiroads in Tennessee
sRo a number of hands
Ind various forms of
asses. Icarried S. S. s.
nd gave ittou1y hands
results. ! canrecom-
finest preparation for
fever, as well as all
Ses. W. I. MCGOWAN.
y from Boiis, which
different parts Of my
advertised and after
,ottles ] was cured, !.
{ years have had no
A. w. ZRHRR.
isvilie, Ind. -.
S. S. s. probably ten
and blood troubles,
cd that ] have con-
ding L as q family
urc for me torecoin-
{ benefit Of others
! rate blood purifier,
{ Re.s1sewAr.
res, dark or yellow
y nrS some Of the
miserable disease.
removes from the
blood all ishpufi-
ties and poisons
and bull mp the
entire 8 = tits
guerra ure-
~ 1xo 81 ME
d.. Write for med
zeal advice or any
special inforuis-
ion about case.
any, Atlanta, CO.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23

BILE ARE THE DETAILS OF
TORY THAT coaGEs FROM
TUNlgEL-

3 HAMLET ON TIE SHORT
JUST ACROSS HARRISON
EEL COUNTY LINE SCENE
WFUL DEATH.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23
WILL p NORRIS,

II, ", WILLIAMS,
Clerk,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-23

seems a weird story comes from
dnnel. On the Short Line rails
hamlet just west. of tas big
bet it is told by one woo is
acquainted with tine facts, 50
* Ias4 scene Il concerned
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-01

will be ready for launching in & short
time. The boat viii be able to cross
four loaded teams at one trip and will
be better for high water than the one
now in use.
The Summit flour mill, which has
been shut down for the past three
weeks. has again resumed work.
Charles Terrel of Southwick died
from injuries received by having a
tree fall on him.
The new Lewiston cannery building
has been completed and the machinery
will all be in place early in April.
A big fight is on for the control of
municipal affairs in Caldwell for the
coming year, and the election on April
promises to be the most hotly~con-
tested in the history of this city.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-01
Prices Paid to Producers.

Vegetables and Fruits-Potatoes, rs
assoc cwt; onions, 81 cwt; cabbage,
$1.35@15O cwt; root vegetables, Coo
cwt; Spitzenberg apples, $1.50 box;
yellow Newton apples, $3.50 box.
Poultry and Eggs-Chickens, roost-
ers. Sc; hens, 12@14c live weight;
young chickens, 14@16c Id; turkeys
dressed, 10000; geese and ducks, Il
@14c; eggs. $3.50.
Live Stock-Steers, $4@4.25 pei
cwt; First grade cream butter fat, pei
lb, 271bc; $3.50; veal, 5000.
Hay-Timothy. $15.5O@1S ton; al
falfa, $14; grain hay, SIG; oats, $1.OSq
1.15 cwt.
Creamery products, f. o. b. Spokane
COWS, $3@35O cwt; wethers, $4i
hogs, second grade, &c per lb less.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-01
IDAHO SoUIBs.

The Nez Perez Prairie Racing asso-
citation has been organized and will be
incorporated with a capital stock of
100000 w. j. Ramsey was chosen
president; K. j. Osterhaut, vice presi-
dent; P. w. Mitchell, secretary, and
Thomas Kirby, general manager.
Capitalists are trying to secure the
old Weiser Touring mill building for
the purpose of converting it into a
wooden mill.
A peculiar accident ended the life
of William ]. Findley at Gordon &
Perry camp recently. He was struck
on the head and his skull crushed by a
small tree. He was well and favor
ably known and a native of Chetak
Wis.
Company c of Standpoint was in
spected recently by Captain r. w
Walsh Of the 9th u. S. cavalry, station
ed at TT. Walla Walla.
The government is to make an in
vestigation relative to the feasibility
of putting on a lake mail service from
Standpoint, to embrace the towns now
upon the lake.
Work on the ferryboat at Orofno
is well under way, and the pontoons
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-01

bids for supplying the government with
1882 tons Of hay and .2546 tons of oats
for use in the philippines. to be deliv-
cred at Portland. Inc bids will be
opened at noon on April 8. 1904.
The largest mortgage ever record
ed in Baker county was fled recently
by the Baker City (Ore) Wonder Eiec-
trio Railway e Improvement company.
to secure the payment of $4,000 900
worth of bonds. The mortgage COW
ers a proposed railway from Baker
City to Prairie City in Grant county.
distance of so miles, and also covers
60 patented and unpatented mining
claims in Grant county.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-01
NEW YORK FIRE SPECTACULAR.
Myriads of People Given a Succession
of Real Thrills.

New York.-All of Wall street and
the downtown district were thrown in
to excitement recently by a fire which
started in the building at 81 Broad
way, occupied by the Morris European
& American ExI ress company.
The fire spread to the adjoining
building, occupied by the Adams Ex-
press Co, but was brought under con-
troll shortly after l o'clock, nearly two
hours after it's start, and at that time
the loss was estimated by an under
writer at 100000 but nothing could
be learned regarding the insurance.
When the neighborhOod in which
the fire occurred is taken into consid-
Grafton, 1t is the most spectacular day
time blaze that has occurred for a
long time in that part of the city.
Thousands of people poured forth from
the thickly populated financial dis
tricts into the narrow canyon on Broad
way, and massed back for squares
above and below the blaze. The tow
ering skyscrapers that faced the fire
had a group of people at every win
dow
The burning buildings reached
through to a narrow alley on the rear,
and through it swept clouds of smoke
into Broadway, SO thick that only oc-
casionally could the flames be seen.
The smoke rolled up the street. hem
med in by the tall buildings, and great
flaming brands fell thickly in the
crowds.
Closely following the first alarm
another was turned in, and then, with
the Baltimore fire in mind. a two
nine," the dreaded general alarm, fol-
lowed Engine after engine. followed
by their hose trucks, water towers and
ladder trucks, swept changing down
Broadway, the only street of access
to the fire. bringing in their wake adj
ditional thousands of people to swell
the crowd that already packed every
inch of standing room in the vicinity
Bursting hose and a black roll of
choking smoke now and then drove
them back, and aided the police re
serves to clear the streets.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-01
CUTS IN sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Nearly Eight Millions OFF Public
Buildings.

WashingtOn.-The principal items Of
reduction in the sundry civil bill COM
pared with the current law. consist Of
S7.995,5 for public buildings; $12,-
33595O for river and harbOr improve
ments; 100000 for military posts at
Manila $4,000 for the Office building
for the house of representatives and
5000 900 for the Denver mint. The APP
preparation for furnishing and care of
the White House was reduced from
$50 900 to $4,000. The bill appro-
PIRATES the uneXpended balance of the
100000 appropriated at the last con-
gress for the prosecution of trusts.
Something over s250,000 has been eX-
pended Of this amount. A legislative
provision is carried in the bill requir-
ing that all government carriages and
vehicles hereafter be lettered except
those used by the president, his secre
tary and members of his cabinet.
The amounts for river and harboI
improvements include the following:
San Pedro, Cal, harbor S950,O00
Mississippi river, $3,25O,000; Stockton
and Mormon channels, California
S75O.O0O; Columbia river, at Three
Mile rapids, Oregon and Washington
100000 The public building appro
priatiOns include Evanston, Wyo., $25,
600; Fresno, Cal, $4,000; San Fran
cisco, 100000; Seattle, 100000; Spo
kane, 100000; Tacoma, $4,000; re
pairs and preservation of public build
ings at Sitka. Alaska, $150,OO0. Othe
appropriations are: Reindeer for Alas
ka, $4,000; relief of natives. Alaska
$1995O; boundary line between tn
United States and Canada. 100000
enforcement of Chinese exclusion act
100000 enlargement of militar
posts, 100000; surveying public land
S436 900; improvements and protectio
of Yellowstone national park, $3.50
900.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-01
OREGON ITEMS.

Oregon Cattle Growers association,
Portland, April 16.
Dedication of the new Methodist
Episcopal church will take place at
Athena about May l.
This will be one of the biggest
building years in Athena's history.
Six hundred horses afflicted with
contagious diseases will be killed in
Morrow county in pursuance of an
order made by the domestic animal
commission. The horses are owned
by Indians living on the Umatilla res
ervation, and are afflicted with mango.
In despair over terrific pain in the
head, the result of a severe attack of
grip, w. A. Jones of Milton blew out
his brains in his barn.
Cursing the man she loved. Tenie
Viola Williamson, pretty II year old
Pendleton girl, committed suicide by
taking poison.
A petition has Deen filed to be pre-
scented at the next meeting of the coun-
ty court asking the court to make an
issue for the June election of moving
the county seat from Union to La
Grande. This peuLlon was signed by
257O Union county residents.
Two masked men attempted to hold
up the Club saloon and gambling rooms
at Baker City. The bartender made
a sudden leap ard turned off the cleo
/ trio lights switch, plunging the room
into instant darkness. The robbers
fed, leaving no trace. There were
$4,000 in cash in the saloon bank
roll and safe at the time.
BY the passage of an ordinance pro
hibiting pOolrooms the Portland city
council made the tacit announcement
that they may hereafter be run under
the fine system now controlling the
gambling houses. The penalty is $500
Captain Jesse M. Baker, United
States quartermaster. has called fol
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-01
Panama News.

The second battalion of Panamaian
troops on the isthmus has been dis
banded, leaving one battalion under
the colOrs, and the vessels forming the
Panamaian navy are offered for sale.
Owing to the FIRE at Bocas del Toro,
involving a loss of 100000, four gov
eminent secretaries have been sent
there by President Amador to study
the means to be taken to repair the
damage. They sailed from Colon last
night. taking with them some relief
supplies for those who suffered from
the confiagration.