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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
SUI Err TITION in
CRIMINAL LIFE

he will have most successful year,
and to ind foreign coins in stolen
purse is regarded as sure sign that
the purioiner will travel abroad Il,
the near future.
Cross-eyed persons are held sacred
by the profession No crook woula
steal from a person suffering such
an affection, or would he or she ever
be in danger OF an attack under al.
most any circumstances il the crook
knew with whom he was dealing.
Even pnsher of counterfeit money.
one of the meanest, lowest class OF
erooks. will give cross-eyed per-
son a wide berth. All of the more SUI
perstitious ones Will don their hats
and expectorate or look over thetr
left shoulder. Every crook will re
fuse to kiss tho Bible when lyinr.
IN courts where such practice ~
customary the crimina! win kiss tho
hand In making bluff al kissing H.
Bible.
Value of Lucky Stone.
Most all pickpockets and petty
thieves carry about them lucky
stone or coin of some kind A piece
of coal, chalk. or even common.
stone, which might have been foun,t
by the crook just after performing
some particular successful Job is u
valuable article. and II good" crool.
dies aud leaves behind him any such
| talisman against misfortune his ad.
mirers viii go so far as To Rght for
| t. If crook can steal well-worn
lady's shoe he is the happiest man in
the world for he believes that this
peculiar article cannot heIp but bring
him good luck. A bullet which has
been in actual warfare is also deem
ed another lucky charm. and more so
If it is taken from a persons body.
The old b1ue-headed matches are also
sacred possessions, and no croo<
would think of lighting one for sncl,
an ordinary purpose as 10 light i
cigar or anything to smoke
A great deal of significance lis at.
! tached TO dreams. It is related that
French crook once. while in the
very shadow of the guitTotfne, with
the most damaging SOFT of evidence
against him. dreamed of rainbow.
From this he deducted that he woult
be acquitted, and he was. On the
following day beautiful woman who
had not figured in the case before
came forward and testified in the
crooks behalf. The worst dream is
of an electrical storm. with thunder
and lightning. This is believed to be
a sure sign of death.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
PER STA MAI
REP TIQN
PAYS $4,000 TO WIDOW or aMER.
icAN CUSTOMARY KILLED Bx
FANATICS.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Infcrraa-
ton has reached the State Depart
ment ti.at complying with the insist
ent demands OF the United States, the
Persian government has made 10 the
widow a partial PREPARATION for che
murder of Rev. BENJAMIN w. Labsree.
an American missionary. by fanatics.
and has promised that all guilty per-
sons involved In the crime will be-
punished. The following statement
regarding the case was made BIZ an
official of the State department to
night:
"on March Is last the Department
Of State received teiegraphic intelll.
yence of TIE murder of Rev benjamin
LSharee, an American misstonary.
near ouroumia. in Persia, by fanatic
Kurds \ demand was made irnme
c!atei1 fer the arrest and trial Of Tho
.:arGesers, whose leader. Seya Mer
ahaffar. was looked upon as d lineai
descendant Of the prophet. This cir.
cnmstancc and fear of arousing re-
ligious disturbances obviously inter.
fered with prompt and efficient &c
ton on the part of the local aethori.
ties. Tho most pressing and sarness
representations of the American Iega.
ton at Teheran remained fruitiess hi,
I'll October -, when Mr.. Hay his
structed Its minister by cable Ia make
known to the government of The Shan
the Presidents concern IN the ades
qnate punishment of allstle criminals
and his intention TO lay the matter be-
fore Congress. with appropriate rec.
concentrations. II compliance with his
demands for full justice were further
delayed.
The mnrderers were thereupon ar
rested, but the Persian government.
holding the life of the descendant Of
the prophet sacred, offered i pecu-
MARY indemnity in lieu of the death
penalty for Mr.. Ghaffar and promised
execution of the acconipiices After
consultation which the widow Of
Rev. Mr. Larabee the offer was ac1
cepted and an indemnity OF sac. 900.
greatly in excess of the sum named
by the widow was paid 10 the Amer
lean legation on January q Solemn
assurance was given that all the
guilty would receive effectiye and
swift punishment and that no special
tax would be levied ON Christians in
the province TO recover the amount Of
the indemnity.
The President has complimented
United States Minister Pearson at TIE
heran for the energetic and efficient
manner In which he has managed the
case there.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
WALL STREET GOSSIP
Union Pacific New York Central Deal
Realizes Dreams of Years.

NEW YORK. Jan 10.-The bust
mess situation for 1905 is shaping up
altogether to the satisfaction of the
moneyed interests. Railway earnings
show gratifying increases; the indus
tries are growing active and investors
an stocks and other securities are
more than pleased with prospects In
stocks the feeling is very optimistic
and investors are putting their money
into the market with sense of secur-
lty not felt in many years. There has
been almost complete recovery from
tie distrust engendered by the pro-
tracted liquidation of watered stocks
during the season following the boom
period two years ago. Everything
looks well in business way The
year starts in most auspiciously.
Wall street was slow to believe that
New York Central has actually passed
into the control of the Union Pacific
party, but such is unquestionably the
case. So much has been said lately
about the probable fate of New York
Central that every fresh yarn is met
with lifted eyebrows and sneerfng
skepticism- 1t has been known for
years that the vanderbilts were
loosening their grip on the Central,
but very few had clear ideas as to
what was to be the destiny of the
great chain of properties built up by
three generations of vanderbiIts. OF
those on the very inside comparative
ly few ever seriously thought that Mr.
Hartman would eventually gain a
dominating influence over New York
Central, yet precisely that condition
has come to pass. Actual knowledge
of the transfer of w. K. Vanderblts
interests to the possessions of Will
liam Rockefeller did not become
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
TO SEAT THE sANk
AT MONTE cARLo.
The Remarkable Work Of the caIcu.
iatins Machine Of an
EnsIishnpan.

NICE, Jan. l0.-Mr. G. wall OF
London. and the working OF his csi-
culating machine, by which he intends
TO beat the bank at Monte Carlo. are
dwarfing every other interest on tbs
Riviera
Everybody is talking about the ne.F
wonder, and people are traveiing
from far and near to see it working.
A vast crowd surrounded Mr. Wall
as he played recently and consistent-
ly won. All the leading Casino officials
were watching the play. thing which
never happens in the case Of ordinrry
systems. They recognize that at least
there is something quite uncanny
about tie way in which the machine
works, and that it is quite unlike an
previously tried idea
1t fights the roulette at every turn
and combination, and, so far IS can
be seen, gets ahead on the betting.
Mr.. Wall is at present only playing
with small stakes to test the accuracy
of the machine. Recently he expert
mented for two hours, with The table
running dead against him ali the
time. He won e g in battle which
would have ruined ninety nine players
out of hundred
When he rose from the table an en-
thusiastic German offered sfr. wall
$4,000. then 100000. and hnaliy
e15,0e0 for his invention. but he said
it was not for sale
Mr.. Wall. who only speaks English.
was mobbed by Germans, French
Dutch. Russians, Italians. Spania ids
and Poles. all asking questions in their
own languages, beseeching him to let.
them examine the machine He oaly
smiled. and put it away in a specially
constructed inner pocket.
Though Mr.. Wall says the System
is perfect the mechanism Of his eas.
culator occasionally does not work
smoothly. A tiny spring recently
jammed and caused him to lose his
proper sequence OF play He is hay
ing a second machine. in which these
faults have been corrected made hy
his brother in London.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
AN OLD CONVICT TELLS OF j
WOMAN PRISONER WHO
WAS ASITATED
BECAUSE SHE FOUND THAT
SHE HAD sEwED ON
THE SABBATH.

Criminals in general have furnish
ed great field for study. but one OF
the main things about almost every
crooks makeup which is usually
overlooked by the criminoIogist is SUI
perstition. A peep into this side Ut
the average crooks life is most inter.
esting and entertaining to student
of human nature, says the Baltimore
American.
An "old-timer" who has just shaken
from his coat the dust of Sing Sing.
but who now declares that lie is
through with the "giddy throug," tells
great many interesting stories
about the superstition of many of
his kind why" he said. zone time
| was held in station house right
here in Baltimore, and I met up with
the worst one ] ever got in with in
my life. | was jagged for some
queer" business, and as | sat there
wondering what would get after the
storm blew over, they brought a wo-
man in and put her in the next cell.
She was about the limit in every d..
rection. She had fought the cops
until they had torn her Clothes; and
cuss-my. she certainly was company
a-plenty.
"Of course, she was pretty well
saturated when she came in. but by
morning she was calling down the
saints to get her out of the trouble.
amt a saint by whole lot, but
she appealed to me for some pins or
something to fix up her dress. l
couldn't help her, so she final y go!
the matron to give her some ;hrea
and needle. With these she work
ing me a word now and then, as
sensible and quiet like as could be.
when suddenly she gave shrie:<
that made my hair stand bn end.
The DEVILS Penalty.
What's the matter? | gasped.
"'oh, devil bit of luck I'll eve
have now!' she said. and began to
weep.
"oh, come now!' said |, soothing.
like, for / have women folks of my
own.
"'Yes, here 1t is Sunday and me &
sewing. The judge don't do thing
to me, and the devil, when he gets
me, will make me pick every one of
these stitches out with my nose she
answered.
"'Well. II you are fool enough to
believe that yelled back. you'd bet.
ter get busy with your Lose right
now. and l soured on women on the
spot"
If a cat, especially a black cat, runs
across a crooks path when he is on
his way to do LOB" OF any kind.
it is looked upon as the worst posi-
BILE sign. If a cat stands threatening
to run across the path and the crook
has the slightest chance to run
around him he'll take it and feel
much comforted if he succeeds in
his purpose. However. should cat
of any kind, and again, more espe-
cially a black cat, follow a crook
while he is out looking for work." IL
is looked upon as ar unfailing sign
of success for many moons. Dogs
are also looked upon with suspicion.
Should canine snap or bark at
crook it is considered farming. but
if the animal attempts TO make
friends the crook will never agree to
part with the dog until he has per-
formed the Job" he was spotting.
1t is considered good luck to steal
at wedding and the reverse at
funeral. To steal a purse containing
gold coin means, to the crook. that
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

So hard to ind anything man
likes for Christmas. but they are al
ways glad to receive gillette safety
razor. backing case. shaving set or
a pocket knife. 125 patterns to select
from at J. L. Halls Hardware.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
Did You Ever Hear

Mrs. Emma Parks, of Ohio. who has
just recently returned from the for
etgn field as a missionary? 1t is not
likely that you ever did. You will
miss something if you do not hear her
address Tuesday evening at the First
Baptist Church, 7:3O. There is no adj
mission. 1t is free to all who will
come.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

An OF the latest telegraphic ana
local news VIM be found In the Nest
virginian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

Jewelry bought aud sold. Broker
age. STORAGE and Auction Co
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

Some nice lots on Hamilton Hill for
sale. at a good bargain. H. H. Ian
ham z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

TAX with Junkins & Michael.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

ERNEST sHINN,
Barber, No. S14 Fourth st. 5th Ward.
All work artistically done. Eighteen
years experience. Agent for Laundry.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
FAlRMoNT TEA CO

FAiRMoNT TEA CO,
GIT Merchant street.
Granite and Queensware. Special
Teas, Spices, Refined Cofee's and
Attention to Customers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

MOUNTAIN STATE PRESSING CO.
c. B. FIELD, Proprietor.
Cleaning, dyeing, pressing and repair
ing. 329 Main street, up stairs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

FAlRMoNT PRESSING CO.,
v. Bennett, Proprietor, 800 Monroe
street. Securing, dyeing, repairing,
&c. Rates. $1.50 per month. Quick
work. Phones. Wagon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-29
Campaign Against Russas Last Eastern Stronghold;
The Crownn8 Humiliation Of the Russo japanese Wa

from landward without a repetition OF
the hard fighting that took place at
Port Arthur. The natural disposition
OF the hills at the rear of Vladtvostok
has made it possible to interpose many
powerful schemes of defense against
the advance OF an enemy, and the Rus
sian engineers have been puzzlng their
brains for forty years to make ap-
proach from the rear practically impos-
sible. There is nothing, however, to
prevent the japanese from completely
investing the place. Once inclosed
within the circle formed by the Japa-
nese feet and the land forces, there
would be nothing to expect from out
side. The Russians have no means Of
assembling or maintaining an army in
that vicinity SUFFICIENT to suggest any
prospect Of relief, as was the case for
awhile at Port Arthur. 1t would only
be a simple question of endurance.
It is undoubtedly a fact that vladi-
vostok is even better provided to sus-
tain long blockade than was Port Ar
thur. When Russia decided to make It
the terminus of the Transsiberian road
she began to build storehouses and
military depots the like OF which was
unknown to Asia. This boarding of
stores has never ceased, and at the
present time Vladivostok is full to
overlooking OF a great bulk of supplies
absurdly disproportionate to it's size
and Importance. If Admiral Urfu and
his feet could succeed in forcing an en-
trance into the harbor without giving
the enemy an opportunity to fire the
rows Of giant storehouses which extend
to the waters edge they would obtain
plumber enough to defray the cost Of
the campaign.
To lose Vladivostok would be Rus
sia's GROWING humiliation. For forty
years it has been the empires Asiatic
outlet, and all the schemes of terrific
rial expansion which have inflated the
Muscovite breast have contemplated it
as a radiating center. To be shorn of
it would be bitterness indeed.
JAMES r. FULLER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-29

Golden Horn, are continuous chains of
earthworks and other defenses. The
lofty hills on the northwest protect the
port from the land side. and in the deep
water Of the Golden Horn, which is at
least four miles in length and mile in
width, the largest ships may ride safely
at anchor, free from the menace of at
tack and beyond the reach Of the
weather.
Like Port Arthur, vladivostok con-
sists of three portions. That nearest
the water is the military town, extend
ing along the harbor and given up al
most exclusively to storehouses, milf
tary quarters and officers residences.
On the extreme north of the harbor are
the omciaI buildings and the private
dwellings Of the government employees
and private citizens. Beyond and
higher still is the arsenal, strongly for
titled. The population is about 5000,
excluding the military There are at
least 5000 Chinese and Koreans in the
town, and the remaining population is
exceedingly cosmopolitan. The Rarri-
son consists of not less than 10000 sol
dfers. At the outbreak OF hostilities the
Chinese and Koreans fed, but in time
they returned and brought their friends.
It is announced that Admiral Uriu
III AA4c1fAS use "a lie naval toCl4SS
which were so successful at Port Ar
thur. He will keep his ships well out
of range of the fort guns and will at the
same time maintain q blockade that
sooner or later must be effective. If
he succeeds in blocking the harbor en-
frances as soon as navigation opens in
the spring he will have plenty of time
to accomplish his purpose. The only
resistance that could be offered would
be the possible appearance on the scene
of the Baltic feet. The two or three
Russian warships now at Vladivostok
are not regarded by the japanese naval
authorities as especially formidable,
and they are disposed to look upon the
Baltic feet as their legitimate prey.
1t IS not likely that the town could
be entered by an invading force
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-29
READING CHARACTER
ON A RAINY DAY.

- WO women are obliged to be
abroad in the streets on a rainy
day. They walk together over
the same pavements and crossings,
sometimes in the same tracks, yet
when they go home one of these wo-
men wiz be Stopping wet" as she calls
t. While the other will be quite free
from bedraggled skirts and stockings,
and even her shoes will be little soiled.
She will be all the prettier from trudg-
ing about in the soft, complexion i'm
proving rain. The other woman will be
a sight to behold. Her skirts will be
''drabbIed' almost to her knees with
that most offensive Of all kinds of soil,
street mud. Her feet viii be soaked
Now. what is the difference between
these two apparently equally nice, in
telIigent women?
The difference is that one of the wo-
men is either by nature or training
neat, wide awake and careful; the 9th
er is sloppy and needless. Three kinds
Of women get Stopping wet" when they
walk in the rain-the scatter Drained,
the absentminded and the slovenly.
The scatter Drained woman is incapable
Of fixing her mind steadily upon one
point long enough even to pick the
driest spots in the street and to calcu-
ate just how she can avoid mud and
slush. To keep oneself clean and dry
on a rainy day it is necessary to use
concentration of mind. The scatter
Drained woman sees everything and
nothing The absentminded woman
gets sopping wet from a different
cause. Her thoughts are ever drifting,
IL
on the ocean. So far as achieving any
fixed purpose is concerned. they are
useless, too, as bits of wreckage. The
absentminded woman does not see
where she is going. She forgets to be
polite; she never notices the nice little
points of etiquette and kindness which
give to the wide awake, sympathetic
woman her sixth sense-tactfuIness
Unfortunately the absentminded wo-
mans thoughts are generally absorbed
in herself.
Then there is the sIovenly, sloppy wo-
man. She goes through the world hig-
gledy piggledy, hit or miss, slipper,
stopper. Her skirts always dip and
draggle, she wabbles heedlessly from
side to side in her walk her shoes are
often only half laced and run over and
her hair seems tumbling down. Splash,
DASH she goes, quite as apt to set her
foot in a puddle as anywhere else.
Now, whatever a woman is by nature,
she can train herself to avoid getting
Stopping wet on rainy day. To be-
gin: Have the skirt short; then hold it
up A skirt an inch and a half off the
ground can now be worn on the street,
rain or shine, without exciting com
ment II we could watch Partisan
woman on q rainy day we would see
! her reae around behind her viii, t,e-
I left hand grasp her skirts firmly all
/ together, leaving none to dip down and
i be bedraggled, draw them around at
the back from the right side toward
the left and thus hold them At the
back the skirts are drawn plain and
4 fat to about a level with the Iady's
shoe tops and there held. No woman
need hesitate to display a neatly shod
foot The right hand is meanwhile free
to hold the umbrella or anything else.
! Finally. the woman who does not get
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-29
NOFTzGER STANDS BY CHICKENs
Senator Says They're More Important
Than Wheat or Corn.

Senator T. A. Noftzger. who was in
Topeka Saturday. is a firm believer in
chickens. He says:
THE people out in my country have
made their money out of chickens and
butter. Wheat and corn are all right in
their place, but their place is magni-
fed. The misfortune 70 the state if an
entire wheat crop should be destroyed
IS not to be compared to the disaster
which would be wrought if all the
chickens should die.
Wheat and corn may be a good crop
this year and they may not But the
chickens you can depend upon. They
are a good crop every year. You know
just what you are going to get We
md hundreds of carloads of dressed
chickens out Of my county every year,
and billions of eggs. The rich farmers
have not been made rich by their wheat
and corn, but by their chickens, eggs
and butter.
las a general thing, the farmers are
returning to the old fashioned way of
MAJ their own butter, instead Of
Sending the cream to the creamery. In
proved facilities for butter making en-
ables the farmer to handle his own
cream to more profit than in allowing
the creamery to handle it,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-29
HOMER HocH IS HERE.
On Way to Pratt Where He WIN Take
Wife.

Homer Hoch. son of Governor e. W.
Hoch, arrived in Topeka at noon to-
day, and went at once to the executive
mansion. He will So to Pratt, Kan.
where he is to be married THURSDAY.
One of the first things that Homer
did after arriving in town was to call
UP his father at the state house. Hoch.
senior, asked Hoch, junior. if he had
come out here in the hope of getting
an appointment under the state ad-
ministration, and it is supposed that
the reply was that Hoch junior, had
about all the appointments he needed
out at Pratt, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-29
JACOBS SHOWS FIGHT.
Does Not Want to Go Back to
Missouri.

Ben F. Jacobs. who is wanted in
Missouri for stealing $4,000 in money
is making a fight against going back
to that state under a requisition from
Governor Folk, and Governor Hoch
has agreed to give Jacobs a hearing
on Thursday at p. m. Jacobs is now
under arrest at Mankato.
Archie F. Williams of Topeka. at
torney for Jacobs. appeared before
Governor Hoeh today and stated that
his client did not think that he should
be taken back to Missouri under
requisition, and that he wanted d
chance to state his case before the
papers should be honored.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-29
THOUGHTS OF PEACE.
Pervade Diplomatic Circles at the
United States Capital.

Washington, May 29.-At the close
of the official day the news of Japan's
naval victory has turned the thoughts
of the officials toward peace, and
prominent diplomats are holding their
summer plans in allegiance awaiting
developments and instructions from
their governments.
Thus far it has been impossible to as
certain if any direct steps in the direc-
ton of peace have yet been taken. A
European ambassador remarked today
that it hardly was expected that the
move could be made for the next few
days Activity along this line, however,
is looked for as soon as the president re-
turns from Ne]G York.