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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

Speaking of the Hon. William P.
Hubbard. of Wheeling. who has just
returned from trip around the world.
the Parkersburg State Journal says:
Mr.. Hubbard would make a splen.
did United States Senator. He has
characteristics, however, which fit him
better for seat in the House of Rep,
resentatiyes rather than Tor one in the
other branch of the national legisla.
tive body. 1t takes more brilliant
man to shine in what is popularity call.
. ed the lower branch OF Congress than
4 y does in the House OF Lords. The
Wheeling gentleman fills the bill es.
actly for such q position. He is the
equal Of Tom Reed in all that fitted the
latter for the eminent position he o.
ctipled in Congress for many years.
Mr.. Hubbard is entitled to some.
thing big and should go after It."
Mr.. Hubbard ought to be in Con.
gress. lie is the peer of any man in
that body now or of any one who has
been in 1t in the past. This is saying
a great deal. but all who know Mr.
Hubbard will agree with us. He IS q
giant at the bar, in a legislative assem-
bly, or wherever he may be placed. N
debate in the Republican State con
vention at Wheeling last year it will be
remembered that as TIE leader of the
4 Dawson forces he brushed aside the
opposition as though they were toys
Mr. Hubbard has retired from the nc.
tive practice of the law. The legal
work he does now is more for recrea.
ton than anything else. We do not
! know that he aspires TO any office. but
being still IN the vigor of his manhood
his party ought to have the benefit CT
his valuable services. With such Q
man in either branch of Congress on,
State would have wonderful prestige
1t would be pointed to as the State Of
Hubbard, as Kentucky used to be the
State Of Clay and Maine the State o!
Blaine. Whether the brilliant and
pcnderons West Eirginian desires
anything or not, the Republican party
should rise up as one man and send
him TO the national legislature TT the
earliest opportunity.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06
STABBED BY HIS
RRoTHER-lN-LAW
West virsinians Quarrel and Rideely
Man Is Stabbed In
the Side.

CUMBERLAND. Nd, Nov. g..
Wash" Baldwin, West Virginia
farmer. is locked up here on the charge
Of stabbing his brother.in-law, George
spangler, of Ridgely, W. Va on John
son street in this city, near the West
Virginia bridge. The men had been
drinking. Spangler's wound is in the
side. He was taken to the Western
Maryland hospital.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

The latest proposition is that a
man with a $4,000 house should not
She assessed for more than half or
tvo,thirds that amount because he
cant find buyer for it as readily
as the man with cheap house. That
us an interesting subject for the
small property owner to ponder
over. In nutshell the poor fellow
ought to pay the rich fellows taxes
wheeling News.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06
The Normal Lost to EIkins.

Fairmont Normal lost Saturdays
game at ElXins, 11-0 The Normal
team, If anything, was the heavier
but the luck seemed to be all with
Elkins. Neither side scored in the
first half but Elkins got in some long
end runs in the second and made two
touchdowns. Armentrout, Elkins
star back, had his collar bone broken
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

The Preston Leader OF last F'riday
used about a column Of its vaIueless
space in bersting the West vIrginian
because it has called attention TO the
fact that taxes are lower this year
than last. iaThe Leader says, they are
rot and uses some very t.iin argument
IL trying to provs' what isn't true.
sreakng of property owners the
Leader gays: 81 80 ftAs,ait
If they had less property In the
year 1905 than they did in 1904, theii
taxes would be proportionately less. II
they had more their taxes would be
roportionately more, which any fool
ought to know"
The Leader man may think he Is
fool enough to know that what he says
is true, but he isn't. He forgets that
there is reduction of Is cents on the
one hundred dollars in State taxes
alone. to say nothing of big reduc.
ton in every county Of the State
which includes Preston, on county
district and municipal levies. There
fore, every man who has the same
amount of property he gave in last
year will pay less this year, and, be
cause Of the lower rate, many people
who have more property than they had
last year will also pay less this year
than last. 1t doesn't take fool to
see that.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

The Hon. Job Musgrave, of Richie
county, arrived In our city to-day to
lie with us for several days. TIE West
Virgiaian acknowledges short but
pleasant call from the gentleman. He
scys the people of Ritci.ie are well
pleased with the taste of tax reform
they are getting this year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06
MINE HORROR
NEAR BLUEFIELD
SEVEN MINERS KILLED IN AN
EXPLOSION IN FLAT TOP
coLLIERY.


eLUEFTELD, w. Va, Nov. C.-The
Flat Top field suffered a disastrous
explosion Saturday. in one Of the
mines at Vivian, and It's result is
frishtful, seven miners having sue.
stumbled to their horrible injuries
and more are expected to die from
their fearful injuries. There were
about fifteen in the mines working in
the vicinity of the explosion, and that
more were not killed or injured was a
miracle. There are several explana-
tl2ns as to how the disaster occurred
hut 1t is said that each of them are
but the expressions Of opinion, as
nothing is definitely known of the
cause.
1t is claimed by some that an accu-
mutation of gus isnited from miners
lamp, but the most reasonable version
Is that 1t was due to shot Glowing
out" This even does not appear prob
able, for there is in most mines a GER
tain hour Of the day fixed for shooting
down coal. However, the explosion
was Of terrible force and caused o
Heavy fall Of slate and debris. The
dead are:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06
Returned to DUTY.

Captain Palmer has been filling
Captain Mike Moran's turn on trains
2 and between Morgantown AMI
Redwood for. the past several days.
Captain Moran returned to duty this.
morning.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

Wonder if the News has heard how
this years taxes took Ira Posts breath
away. Every one else seems to know
81 about it, except the News and that
sheet seems not to want to know
Clarksburg Telegram.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06
J. n. CARTER,
HOWARD MCGEE,
LOUIS BROWN,
JOHN BRADLEvY,
ROBERT NORMAN,
PAGE HUNDLEY,
HARDIN OWNS.

The explosion occurred in mine
of the Tidewater Coal & Coke Com
rany. This is the second explosion
that has occurred in these mines in
the last four months. The first occur
red on July 9Th of this year, killing ten
men.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

While there may be light vote at
many places tomorrow. yet we do not
look for news from any source that
will be Encouraging to the Republt-
cans. The country is not ready for
soup-houses yet.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

Senator German is said to be max.
ing tie fight Of his life in Maryland.
Boss Germans trouble seems to be
that he is too far North to be a big
man, and too far South to be any
Thing but a little one.-st. Louis
Globe.pemocrat
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

Just think of it, will you? The
farmers are paying much less tax this
year. Democratic papers say 1t is ter
riole, or rather it has brought SO much
terror 70 their hearts that they car,
not say any thing about it, much less
that the farmers are actually paying
a.-:c!. lees this year than last.-Ciarks-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

The West virginian is for sale at
the following places:
A. G. Martins book store, Main st.
Clyde Hollis cigar store, Main st.
Kinkead's news stand, Main street.
MERGERS confectionery, opposite
Watson Hotel.
Yost Billiard Parlors. Fairmon,
avenue.
A. Merrifield's store. Locust avenue.
Fred Harris confectionery, Water
street
j. w. orr's news stand, Monongah.
Claude Higginbotham, Company
store. Watson.
Abby Burke, agent. Rivesville.
Emmett Ices news stand. Manning
ton.
The West yirginian is delivered by
carriers to all parts of the city and
the nearby towns. If single copy
is missed. notify us at once so that
an Investigation may be made.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06
Detective Eisenbrown Here.

Detective Frank Eisenbrown, of the
Grandell Detective Agency, Phila-
delphia, was in the city yesterday.
He is the man wno worked up all the.
cases against Grafton saloonists and
the illegal liquor sellars in that city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

We shall observe the Golden Rule
and MEAT you as we would wish to-
be met"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

G. E. 6 H. b. MASON,
Prop. South Side Meat Market.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

burg Telegram.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06

A new line of the Latest
Beads-25c, SOC and 81 %.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21
Txne-settIng by Wire.

United States Consul E. Theophilus
 Liefield, at Frieburg, Germany, has | transmitted to the Department of Com
 merce and Labor the following instruc-
 tive article, taken from The London Daily Mail:
 An interesting discussion took place
 at a meeting of the Institution of Elec-
 trical Engineers when MT. Donald Mur-
 ray read paper on the Murray auto-
 matic high-speed printing tele- graph system. The apparatus, which
 employs the shortest telegraphic al- phatbet, and therefore the quickest
 was seen In operation during the ev- ening, and will again be exhibited at
 the conversazione of the Royal Insti- tuition tonight.
 The Murray system of printing by
 telegraphy is a great advance on other methods, and it has been used by the
 British post-office with great advan- tage. The German postoffice has been giving 1t a prolonged trial, and the Russian postoffice has just given an or
 der for the apparatus,
 By means of the Murray apparatus,
 which Is far too complicated a machine
 to the initiated to be described in a nontechnicaI article, telegrams are printed at the receiving station. and where necessary the apparatus can be attached to a linotype machine and set up type without human aid. At the same time one great advantage of this typesetting system Is that the compost tor can make corrections a s the type Is being set up.
 The Murray telegraph printer was originally designed, not for telegraphy. but for automatic typesetting in tho ordinary sense of the word, the idea, inspired by newspaper experience, hay ing been to operate a linotype auto matically by means of a perforated tape produced by a typewriter keyboard. Several machines of this kind are in op- eration, but of these inventions the Murray is the only one that has been designed on lines permitting of sue cessful telegraphic development. In fact, in the case of the Murray appa- ratus, the telegraphic development has been so successful that it has quite overshadowed the original typesetting idea.
 'Three years ago." says MT. Murray, "the Linotype Company in New York offered to carry out the experimental work involved in applying the Murray key-selecting mechanism to the lino- type and want of time alone, owing to telegraphic developments, prevented me accepting that offer" It Is obvious that it Is just as easy to operate a lino- type keyboard automatically by tele- graph as to operate the keys of the typewriter used in the Murray printing telegraph system. No doubt this will be done in time. but the labor saving l will not be very great. The cost of setting a column of news matter by the | ltnotype is roughly about 3s Cd (S5 | cents) The automatic mechanism | would double the speed, but as an at | tendant would still be needed, there l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21
Gossip From the
 Nations Capital
By. R. H. W atkins

dinner parties. etc. given at his resi- dence, MT Westinghouse erected on the White Lot structure almost as large as the main exhibition building, to house the exhibits of the parent com panies and the twenty-two constituent companies scattered throughout the world. In reply to a compliment pass ed upon the exhibit, Frank H. Taylor, an officer of one of the great industries of Pittsburg, stated that MT. Westing- house had entered the exhibition in his usual broad and liberal spirit and had made the costly exhibit for demonstra- tion and instruction and not for profit. To assist in such demonstration he sum- moned a corps of fifty experts from all parts of the world and speaking all languages.
 Westinghouse" being synonymous with the air brake, interest naturally centered on the illustrations of the inn provements of this invention from the crude model of thirty-five years ago to its present perfection in the latest type of high speed brake. To the foreigners the demonstration of the signal and safety appliances in use in the New York subway, appealed most strongly. When entertained in New York they were afforded the opportunity of seeing them at work but not of examining
 
 voted much of their time to the exhibit of the switch and signal apparatus and the multiple unit system of train con trol also in use on the New York sub way trains. This system is designed so as to secure an organization of motors and control apparatus adequate to op- crate trains in both local and express service at the highest speeds compati ble with the safety of the travelling public. and is so simple that on the occasion of the late strike three thous- and new motormen learned to operate it within few weeks. Coupled with this was the electro pneumatic block and signal system, a striking feature of the subway equipment, also exhibit ed in full operation. "Subways" being completed for both Berlin and Vienna, the German and Austrian delegates were intensely interested in these ap- pliances, as the running of subterran- can trains calls for the most complete and effective signalling system pro- curable. Because of the shortness of the line. the dark places and the brief time of installation, the application of the system to the New York subway involved an elaboration of details never before attempted.
 Another exhibit which attracted pro- nounced interest was the single phase, alternating current railway motor, per fected within the present year. This system is already being installed on the great Inter urban lines of Indiana and Ohio, to provide a fast passenger and freight service between Indianapolis, Columbus. and Cincinnati. The Swed- ish government has ordered one of these motor locomotives for trial with the expectation of replacing the steam locomotive now in use.
 A C. Ellis General Manager of the London Metropolitan Railway was an interested visitor. He inspected the ex- hibits minutely, particularly the new
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21

Although 1t can not be said that there are no poor in Berlin, nor that 1t Is al- together without rags and wretched- ness, yet, asa rule, Shey "do pot snow the dust Sins, ssg A W-SEg k &
 One difference between London and Berlin is that the one is ruled by any body who can catch votess the other only by men of the highest probity and proved ability in municipal affairs. So that when the stranger comes to Lon- don-the London of unlimited philan- thropy and well-nigh universal char ity-he is shocked by the eternal squal- or and Restitution of our streets; and when he visits Berlin-the Berlin which is practically irreligious and certainly with nothing of London's charity-he is amazed by the cleanliness and prosper ity, not only of every street, but of ev- cry citizen.
 Berlin is ruled by municipal experts. If has its wretchedness and its despair, but these things are not permitted to increase. To be out of work in Ber-- lin is a crime. even as it is in London. but with this difference. in Berlin athe municipality legislates for labor in fashion which makes ldleness all but indefcnsible.
 The laws to this end may not com mend themselves to English minds, for the German is not soft hearted in such
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21

matters; but they have this engaging recommendation, they succeed. Let q ragged man make his appearance in Friedrichstrasse or the Idndeps. or in any of the numerous open&sbHces, and in a minute a policeman is after his papers. If 1t is proved that he has slept in the asylum for the homeless more than a certain number of nights he is forthwith conducted willy-nilly t0 the workhouse and made to labor for his board and lodging. ks
 The workhousc in Germany is not a prison, but the vagrant would as lief go to one as to the other. The admin istratfon of the workhouse is conduct ed with iron severity; every ounce of bread and every drop of thin soup con- sumed by the workhouse man is paid for a thousandfold by the sweat of his brow. So 1t comes about that the man least disposed to work, the born vaga- bond, finds 1t more agreeable to toll for his bread in the market than to fall into the hands of a paternal gov- ernment.
 Berlin takes advantage of the sys- tenn in Germany which numbers and tickets every child born in the Father- land. No man can roam from district to district, changing his name and his
 (COntiuued Op epaRe Iyl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21
Advertiser Bureau,
 1925 G. St., N. w.,

Washington, May 2O.
 The delegates to the International Railway Congress, who left Washing ton to go on tours of the country, en- Enthusiastically proclaimed the American session of the Congress to be the most successful ever held. Every five years for thirty years the International Con- gress has met in the capital of some nation; 1t remained for America to eclipse all competitors in the reception, entertainment and instruction of the delegates and visitors. All countries where railroads are operated were rep resented; England. France. Portugal, British India, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Greece, Finland, Spain, Swift zerland, Italy and others. even China being partially represented by the Chi nese Minister.
 Banquets and receptions, excursions and dinners followed each other with rapidity, but by far the most interest ing feature outside of the Congress was. the exhibition of railway appIi- ances, for whihc Congress granted the use of the White Lot, immediately in the rear of the White House.
 At first it seemed at though the eX- hibition would be a failure; only a few hundred people visited 1t each day; but within a week a cordon of police was required to restrain the crowd and on 
 as to render sightseeing irksome in stead of a diversion. The growth of interest in not remarkable in view of the fact that the exhibition cost ap- proximately one million dollars and is conceded to have been the finest of Its kind ever held. It included the best products of American inventive skill and genius, applied to transportation by steam and electricity. and comprised the choicest specimens exhibited at tho St. Louis Exposition with the latter triumphs No value can be set on the machinery exhibited. but the fact that the American manufacturers were will ling to spend one million dollars on an exhibition to be open only ten days aside from the value of the exhibits caused the foreign visitors to gasp with astonishment.
 Numerous railroad presidents were In attendance-the Congress was the guest of the American Railway Associ- ation-and so interesting was the ex- hibition, that from a "sideshow," as 1t was first termed, 1t grew until 1t sur passed the Congress, and the engin- eers and mechanical men of the more important railroads were summoned by their chiefs to attend an inspect the exhibits.
 The social features of the Congress were largely in the hands of Samuel Spencer, President of the Southern Railroad, Stuyvessant Fish, President of the Illinois Central. and George Westinghouse. MT Spencer and MT. Westinghouse maintain establishments in Washington, and Mir. Fish, who is President of the American Railway As- sociation. took a house here for the oc- casion. For their entertainment most elaborate series of functions were pro- vided. In addition to the receptions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21

between the cars at the time when the car coupling Is effected.
 The visit will afford an exceptional opportunity for an inspection of the principal railway appliances which rep resent over quarter of a century of American invention and skill and the Pittsburg trip will no doubt prove an important event In the annals of the International Railway Congress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21

Straw Hats for and boys regular 35c quality for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21
Tomorrow's Specials.

Offerings in embroder that challenge admiration that cken competition yet delight the buyer. e3 E3a Percae selling for 10c and 15 the city. Sec them here at half and less. 3S Wash Goods in endless variety the stylish shades and lghtnes. Just what you're looking for. aH8 Summer Shirts any style you choose and prices that will them rapidly.
 Only 10 yards to a customer s@ a 200 pieces Light color Pecaes and 33inch widths the regluar 10c and 15c qualities for Monday 51601 Fruit of the Loom Bleaching for Monday 10 yards for 65 Yard Wide Cambrc teegaas 124c quality good Lonsda for Monday 10 yards for .74cs
 
 
  | . hand-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21

200 PIECES FIGURED LAWNs-AH color figures, stripes and polka dotsJ the largest variety on exhibition this season ana would be cheap at Sc n
 yard, for Monday .... .0c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21

50 PIECES BLACK SILK TISSUE Very hne quality, worth soc n yard, for Mondayf. Q, .ts.Ol is.s. '. HUG
 
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 very fine and sheer, worth 50c yard,
 Tor "onaay ns es, iiie iS ;s ' WHITE INDIA LIN0N and SNOW FLAKE LAWNJ the regular Sc quail ity for Monday ..... ..'Oc | ----------------- ------------------------------ 200 PIECES FIGURED LAwNs-Am color figures, stripes and polka dOtsJ the largest variety on exhibition this season and would be cheap at Sc n yard, for Monday =. .Sc FRENCH ORGANDIE-Very fine quail ty; silk finish, Dolly Warden patterns; worth 35c yard, for MOndHy .. 17c CHINA SILK wAIsTs-Pure white and solid black, worth sS.5O, for Monday ',... '.-.if .'.sl.i' i.ir ,%-.1-1 WHITE LAWN wAIsTs--Extra sheer, trimmed with VaIenciennes insertion and tucI<s, worth fuIIy from si!5O to
 S2.OO, for Monday each .0Sc WHITE LAWN WAIsTs-Wlth circular yoke of alternate rows of lace in- sertIOn and tucIEs, worth fully $1.O0 for Monday. ... O0c BLEACHED TABLE LINEN-In short lengths 2 1-2 to 10 yards, very fine quality pure Irish Linen, worth s5c yard, for Monday =. ... ..2Oc MOSQUITO NET-In 10 yard pieces,
 pink, white and greenj for MOn- day ...s. ..f...ts..a a.. 4Oc READY MADE BLEACHED SHEETS --sIze S1x0O incbesD for Monday each .See READY MADE BLEAcHED PILLOW CASES-Size 45x36 inehesJ for MOn- day each ... s..1Oc
 Mexican Straw Hats for men Monday .. .... .. .. e. =. ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21

FRENCH ORGANDIE-Very fine quail ty; silk finish, Dolly Warden patternsi
 worth 35c a yard, for MOndny .. 17c