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The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04
RECENT IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.

LIEN influx into the population Of this counyis subject
y Of of the papers the latest quarterly bulletin of
Department of Labor OF the State Of New York The figures
show that the changed character of coming
make immigration different proposition from what
former decades when fully encouraged the
best State the Union which study immigration very
the last Quarter of last wear chose New York for
or twots OF all arrivals The concentration of many aliens
there makes big problem for the State.
The increase in the proportion declaring New York
destination very noticeable for while the report
showed only per total last quarter of the wear
up 81 per expected to settle in that State
consideration of the statistics from New York makes quite
argument against many aliens of the class now
coming Such wholesale inevitably lower the
grade of citizenship and kept up for few decades
greatly change the character of the republic In 1900
quarter of foregnborn Germany these only
cent erate but in the present tide flowing
New York only cent from Germany, while than
quarter coming from Southern Italy and of 81 per
lerate Dealing with larger figures 7s per
from Southern and Eastern Europe 80 per
Iterae and only per coming Northern and
Western Europe among whom the iteracy only per
Ieacy, however, the chief objection population
OF New York there cent of aliens while of the inmates
insane and charitable institutions the alien proportion
hat IS oet OF all the public charges aliens although the
alien population only whole The reports
but some hges from the whole United States tend to show
evil OF that The percentage
penal institutions of persons who this
country less than SIX opposed of those
have been here from hone forty years The evidence
native population and immigrants twenty years
back 1t does possible that country
of residence here be made competitive thing by will get
the best instead OF much of the from foreign nations
is her seashore-washinston Times ' sun
an. @ physician ss SsRs9s, Rss @
%sss5 s the zas " '
We give rich
stacking stare 'sa 'n' the f'n nave habit Of
@ % tnsrs really
SOCIAL '0n'0'' Of our col
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04
FATAL MELON TRUST.

eyes, he eat twenty watermelons IN one
day-but dey killed him"
.He orter been killed." said Brother
williams "A one-man watermelon trust
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04
PRAYER roR MILLIONAREs.

Lord help the millionaires! exclaimed
a ,Bfllville philosopher. There's Rockefel-
Ter, with no appetite; Morgan Is so rest
less he can't stay long in one place; Car
negie has the suffering dyspepsia,
and the rest Of 'em are dying with envy
because they're not as rich as the three
OF 'em! Blessed be bacon and greens, and
health, with the grace OF God!'
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

Recently man.found box full OF gold
dollars in an old cistern. But that's moth
ing. Dig a well in Georgia and. ten to
one. you'll strike gold mine.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

Of the municipal ownership
rsican, heal thysef"-St. Louis
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04
FROM BR,ER WuLIAMs.

''Dey all time hollerin' bout de wort
not bein' bright enough" said Br'er WI
liams: "but. please God. wen 1t goes ter
blazin' IN de summer time dey switch
cpar roun' en- holIer fer snowr'
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

Rockefeller of the
methods he had better
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

would be ready rich
81
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04
aPIAY OUT THE PI

sPLAT OUT THE PLAY.s
Still play out the brief nfs-play-
Read It to the letter.
In this bright old world to stay
Till you ind betterI
Atlanta Constitution.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04


leges?-Louisvfle
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

all contrary womans bat
long suit at the seashore-washington Times
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

Nothing so soon becomes in the way as
the enlarged picture Of one who is dead.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

After taking a look in the glass when
he first gets up in the morning, 1t is won
derful that a man has the courage to go
on with the day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21
WILL ASK FOR PARDON
For George E. Lorenz,. Serving SEN
tenee in MoundsviIle Peni-
Tertiary.

TOLEDO, o., Sept. 21.-Friends of
George E. Lorenz, of this city. now
serving a sentence in the Moundsville
West Virginia, penitentiary for COM
plicity with A. w. Machen and others
in an attempt to defraud the govern
ment in the postal cases. will make
application to President Roosevelt
early next month for a pardon for
him.
1t developed to-day that friends of
Lorenz have been working pe~rsistently
for the past few months collecting
data which will be presented to the
President as an argument for the par
don.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21
afoR AER lIfE.
Trial Of Mrs, Goodwin For Killing Hus-
band Hesins-Autopsy shows
Bullet.

~ L 80 ~ HHA
cLARKsBURG. W. Va. Sept. 21.-
Acting under the direction OF Prose-
cutting Attorney Morris, the body OF
Ollie Goodwin, who was murdered
last June. was exhumed yesterday by
DR.. J. u. Wilson, Of st. Mary's hos
pital, assisted by DR.. Cnmmins, OF
Marshville. An autopsy vas perform
ed and a 32,calibre revolver bullet was
found in the top Of the brain, having
entered below and behind the left
ear.
The trial Of Mrs. ocie Goodwin.
wife of the murdered man, was begun
yesterday afternoon. The State be-
gan its testimony and It is very dam.
aging. Mrs. Goodwin appeared in
court heavily yelled. and bears up well
under the strain. Quite a number
were present and the trial promises
to be the greatest criminal trial
ever held in the county. as both sides
have made great preparations for the
contest.
Mrs. Goodwin was arrested shortly
after the murder and indicted by the
last grand jury and has since been
in Jail.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21
THROWN FROM BICYCLE
And Run over BY Heavy Transfer
Wagon.

A twelye-year-old son of Harry
Hunsaker. residing on Ninth street.
Fourth ward, met with a pretty bad
accident at 1880 this afternoon in
front of the Courthouse. The boy
was riding his bicycle on the car
tracks when the front wheel caught
between the rail and the pavement,
throwing him violently to the street
and between the front and rear wheels
of one of Hull's heavy transfer wag.
n The rear wheel passed directly
over his breast. The boy could walk
although suffering a good deal and
was placed aboard a car and taken to
his home.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21
BURGLAR FRIGHTENED
AWAY FROM THE FAiRMoNT COAL
.coMPANY.s STORE AT BARNS
TOWN BEFORE SECURING
BOOTY.

The store of the Fairmont Coal
Company at Barnstown was entered
last night by robber who was
frightened away before he secured
any booty. however. A clerk, who
sleeps in a room over the store. was
aroused during the night by some n
prowling around on the floor upon
which he sleeps but kept quiet until
the man returned to the store room
below. Then the clerk opened a trap
door which Is for just such an emer-
gency as this n and saw the man
standing by a show case. The n
ploye fired at the robber twice and
the a ran. He had gained an en-
trance by smashing a front window.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21

-.--ND."l LEIZH| rHHhaH 80 hLLH#.H
The growing tendency among the
people Of West Virginia to administer
a Just and singing rebuke to the new
tax laws Is meeting with much favor.
The idea advanced that taxes will be
lower when assessments have been
increased two and three fold is alb
surd and the taxpayers are awaken.
ing to the fact that their taxes are
bound to be much higher than hereto.
fore, because of the fact that Ievies
have not been decreased in proportion
to the increased assessments"
The above item is from the Demo.
cratic ~cIarksbnrg News. Our infor.
nation from other Democratic sources
is that the people OF Harrison county.
like those Of Marion, are highly
pleased with the new tax laws, this
being especially true as regards the
masses-the farmers, There is some
~srumbling on the part of a few prop
erty owners in Clarksburg, but it is
a class like we have in Fairmont that
has in q manner escaped taxation in
he past Mr.. A. d. Fitzhugh, the
land commissioner OF Harrison. who
spent last Sunday in this city. in.
formed us that his reassessment work
had been inspected by many interest.
ed persons and that generally speak
Ing they were delighted with it, say
ing 1t had been well done.
John Wallace. the able Wheeling
correspondent OF the Pittsburg Dis.
patch. who always states things as
they are, sees that the new tax laws
are gaining popularity and says SC
He does not hesitate to admit that the
Insurgents. which includes the
Democratic remnant. have fought a
losing fight. This is evident to all.
for instead Of discussing the laws
they have turned to the abuse of Gov.
ernor Dawson and the State admins.
tration. In this they are harmless.
In the Dispatch OF last Sunday Mr..
Wallace said:
The tax laws which Dawson cham.
pioned are causing less opposition ev.
cry day, His party opponents are
now claiming credit for certain of the
revenue producing measures and
withdrawing their guns from the .ax
laws and concentrating them on tho
State machine.
I+"L L TlFNAE F4NHLM INr#L
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21

In showing the Clarksburg Tele.
gram yesterday how dead. a town
Fairmont is, we overlooked the $780,.
900 or $4,000 Masonic Temple, soon
to be built. the contract having al!
ready been let to the Brady Construc.
ton Company. BY the way, a Clarks.
burg contractor figured on this Job,
and he was heard to remark that he
figured very close because he needed
it. work being so scarce in Clarks.
burg. We recently spoke of a power
house that is soon to be erected here
by the Fairmont and Clarksburg Trac.
ton Company. This will cost, machin.
cry included. over s250,O0O. 1t is to
furnish power no only for the com.
pany's cars here, but for those to be
run between here and C%larksburg and
also for those in C%larksburg. This is
not all It is to do, as in the event the
Fairmont and Warrington railway be
built it will have an abundance of
power for II, too, the Traction Com.
pany having already contracted to that
effect Speaking of the Traction
Company reminds us of another thing
and that Is that while 1t is extending
its line up the river to Clarksburg II
is as busily engaged in extending n
downward to Barnstown or Belleyiew
Heights. But We have Jared the Tele.
gram enough to-day. II we should
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21

The Wheeling Register says that
the meeting of the editorial associa.
ton at Webster Springs is not a sue.
cess from any point Of view. We do
not know how the Register learned
SO much. 1t is not on the ground, nor
does 1t seem to have a representative
there. The Register Should join the
West Virsinian in It's effort to have
W. editorial associations, one Repub.
lican, the other Democratic. We have
heretofore given our reasons for be.
lieving why this would be the best
thing to do. 1t would be the best both
from a business and political stand.
point.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21

clarksburg is building a dam in the
west Fork river at that place to hold
a supply Of water in dry seasons, but
most people are puzzled to know
where the water is to come from
when there shall be no rain. The
West Fork has been known to become
almost as dry as a bone in years past,
md as the timber has about all disap.
peared from along the stream n It's
tributaries the dryness is sure to be
MORE pronounced in the future.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21
The wheeling Register, in ~referr,or

The Wheeling Register, in referring
to-day to the statesman of Randolph
county, calls him State" Senator
Stephen 3. Elkins. CHASING The dis
tinsuished gentleman with Ran Stat
makers crowd-old long-haired Mar.
shall. Sam Montgomery, Jake Snyder
ct aL.--is about as little a thing as the
Register could have DONE, 1t owes our
United States Senator an apology and
" should not wait until tomorrow to
make It either. 1t should issue an OK.
ira today.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21

Husband-Any' hing you wan dowa
town to-day. my dear? Shall l order
some more of tina: %self-raising flour?
We've have plenty left; but |
wish you would stop at an intelli-
gence Office and order me a self.ris.
ing servant girl.-New York Weekly.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21

L, s. Fleming has been aaite hi
for the past few days. He Is suffer.
ing from an abscess. This morning
he was removed to Cooks Hospital.
where he underwent a surgical op-
Grafton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21
WRECK AT HINTON.
One Man Killed and Two Fatally
,lnjureds

HINTON, W. Va. Sept. PA local
train was wrecked at Marmet this
morning killing express messenger
w. o. Hopkins, and fatally injuring
two laborers working by the track.
No passengers were seriously in
jured.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21

"The only appearance Of "The Girl
and the Bandit" in West Virginia will
be at the Grand Opera House to-mor-
row night.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21
Let the rarlH stand.

t4Ala j.
Nobody will question the competen-
cy OF DR.. w. J.. Holland a, an author
ity on bugs and b~eatifcation, but
when he travels into the field OF the
tariff he penetrates a region in which
he is not guided by the textbooks of
entomology or theology. Telling the
Pittsburg Chamber OF Commerce 81
his recent journey in Europe, he re-
lated that he met an E~nglishman,
formerly the confidential .ecretary Of
Cecil Rhodes, who protested against
the American high tariff wall and
said that Britain would buy as little
as possible from the United States.
would have his colonies fight us and
had begun the war by dealing with
Canada for nearly all its wheat and
meat. Therefore reasoned DR..
Holland, at Is high tim, We were
taking action regarding onr trade re-
lations with foreign countries. All.
though he did not expressly say so,
1t is TO be presumed he meant that the
time has arrived for revision of the
tariff to please Englishmen, although
1t has eve been supposed that we
levied duties on imports for the graft
f~ication or profit of other countries
than our own.
The Leader in commencing DR..
Hollands speech, says that This
views are certainly not those OF an
alarmist. nor are they incompatible
with trade conditions which have al.
tered materially since the Mckinley
tariff law was enacted AS the Nc.
kinley law was superseded by the
Wilson bill ove q decade ago the
conditions with which it was connect.
ed have nothing to do with presen,
issues. 1T is very much more to the
purpose to call the attention of DIR.
Holland and all the other tariff tinl,.
ers to the figures resultant from the
system with which they are disposed
to NEEDLE. In the fiscal year ended
June 80. 1896, the year before the
passage of the Dingley tariff bill, and
while the Wilson law was still In
force, the total value Of our exports
was $3.50, COG 1898. In the year that
ended .June 20 1ao5 no -
was in round numbers 81, 900 900
and the value Of exports of manufac.
TIRES alone inore.soa 90, ono ooo -
that 30 tha
In nine wars ~ tbo ono,.,,o. -.
alIy protect,on,st svstan, ~
exports was some s71s ooo ooo 9 80
pared with trade pnder q Low, aa,,.a,
by Observation-Disclosures
Tho bu,,hoo tho, ~.
are n%articu,arlv ,,von J. ..ss,,..
that American ,,ar,,. - A,u
shut ont of foreipn m,rl,ats n,,a..
loosen nm on o,r t.r;ty rha p,.ts.
Dispatch Of Tuesday nr,n,a, =.
Gle the substance 80 n,,,on
Gated Inv tbese ho,,,,no.. o.
Come To pittsbur, ,ror, or,o,. 80
Starts Rpsb NJ contrao.. -,
Plants Mile coraostoa -
business so Grant u,nr rS.o,.. 60
tracts Are Reiec.edn r,,a ..s.
or economist who ca, aar,ro 60, ~
steady growth ~ oxn,rt. .us
listing act;v;ty -, oil mo.m..a.
.
the tariff with ;n,m,caI ;n.o,. ..s.-s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21

Lost anything? A West virginian
ad. will find it for you.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21

John criffth In King Richard The
Third" Grand opera House, tonight.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21

Put your IA to the ground and lis.
ten to the growth of C%larksburg. Ev.
cry day proves the assertion that the
city Is destined to be the P%ittsburg of
West Misunderstanding News.
We do not see how It is possible
for any town to become the Pittsburg
OF West Virginia that has no water
except when 1t rains.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21
FIDuclARNs NOTICE.

All persons knowing themselves
indebted 70 the late George Morrow
are hereby notified to pay the amounts
due, to the undersigned personal rep
resentative, promptly. as it is neces-
sary to settle the affairs Of the estate.
as early as practicable.
N. R. G. MORROW
Administrative with the win Al
nexed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-21

AThe Girl and the Bandit the besss
singing organization in America.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-13
Down With the Roller Towel

When the Travellers Protective Association of Iowa
met recently, the members in good standing didn't waste
any meeting moments pass legislation suicide
line minutes of the previous meeting read and
proved and then there organized crusade for liberty
and freedom and better conditions that may go ringing
down the channels or history Whereabouts.
Those drummers are going to fight the HOTEL roll
LEX TOWEL with boycott that has Of teeth
and meaens business.
That towel is wonder. It's natural setting is a
hosery where laundry soap used for shaving purposes
and where everybody calls the landlord 'S" The girl
who waits the table has better days IF YOU look
sympathetic she will tell you about it. THE FOOD IS
SERVED IN THOSE LITTLE STONE BOATS THAT
WEIGH A POUND EACH AND THE COFFEE IS MEL
THR MOCHA NOR JAVA, BUT A LIQUID INSPIRA-
TION FOR CRIME. THE HAIR BRUSH IS POVERTY
STRICKEN AS TO BRISTLES, AND THERE ISN'T
ANY COMB
The young fellow who clerks in tleOne Price Clothing
Store gets the first look and he followed by the loco
motive who Toys at that town and the
hotel lie leaves his mark, all right. dozen
IN hurry and most of them sozzle bit at the sink take
their turn at the towel and hustle into the banquet
And along about the time when the is being applied
to the dried apple pie the member of the Travellers Pro-
tectve Association of Iowa. who has been trying sandbag
bill of goods into the store of the village grocer arrives
on the He has the final wipe the roller towel 1t
is wet and clammy and limp. 1t looks like a map of
Mauchuria Sherlock Holmes could anayze it and
the vocation Of every guest in the hotel The drummer
the luck and wonders why the board of health does
not interfere.
And so the fight is on.
More power to the Travellers Protective Association
May its Togos and Rojestvenskys keep up the battle until
the banner of the country is red in the dust or sent
the laundry.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-13
Jailed for Spanking

Because Mrs Effe Klink spanked the children of Mrs
VIM Kink, her ssernaw she is spending three days in
the Sioux City 1a jail She fatty refused to pay the fine
put upon her for disturbance of the peace preferrng
martyrdom of incarceration.
''Those children needed spankng,' she said to the
Judge land if their mother won't spank them somebody
must
Mrs. Fife has fine spunk. And she stands upon firm
sociological principles 1t is pity she has to anguish in
Jail while there many children sorely in need of
good sound spankings.
Every state has its pententiary every county its JAIL
every subdivision society its procedure for punishment
until strike the family the foundation rock of all soce
ty and there ali system of Judgment and punishment is
utterly wanting.
The office taken upon herself by Mrs Effe Kink night,
if consistently kept up revouonze society at its foun
tain head.
The average mother spanks her children whenever she
feels badly The average father relieves himself of indg
nation business worry by resort to the rod upon his
unoffendng offspring.
The right to spank their children is inalienabe right
of every parent It to be the only satisfaction lot
of parents get out of them.
But the family spanking is entirely without SYSTEM in
And then it is said there where the
spanking hurts the parent than does the child.
able when the children need spanking and to give
it Them ought to be regarded not dsturber of the
peace, but a blessing.
Unfortunately, however, parents In general neglect
many other things rather than fail to spank their children
They not to realize that child training includes self
training as its first and most essential element
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-13
CHAPTER ".

CHAP II Elk ~.
The first insurance department in
the United States was established
in Massachusetts in 1855 Previous
ly, supervision had been exercised to
some extent in other states, especial
ly in New York, but a special depart
ment was not established in that
state until 1859. other states soon
created departments of supervision,
some copying the Massachusetts
features and some those of New York.
At present every state in the Union
exercises some supervision over life
insurance companies. Most Of them
have special departments, but in some
cases the supervision is in charge
of the secretary of state or other
state official.
Elizur Wright was appointed COM
missioner of insurance in Massachu-
sets in 1858 and his selection was a
very happy one because he had a
keen insight into the needs of the
business and did much to put it on a
safe basis. He advocated a standard
of solvency and the legislature pass
ed a law requiring all life companies
doing business there to make a valu-
alton of all outstanding policies ac-
cording to the Actuaries' Mortality
table and 4 per cent interest and re-
port the same annually together with
the amount of their assets.
Since each state had its own laws
regarding the regulation Of life in
surance, it was found expedient to
have them as similar as possible in
the various states. Therefore con-
yention of insurance department Of
fcials was held in 1871 for the pur-
pose of discussing the most advisable
means of supervising life insurance
and also of cnacting legislation which
would minimize the differences. These
conventions are still held every year
and the officials are still working for
uniformity.
AS each state requires companies
to furnish a statement of the condi-
ton of their affairs each year it is
extremely desirable that similar re-
ports can be made TO each state, and
a uniform blank has now been used
for many years upon which COM
panies are required to furnish de-
tailed reports of assets and liabilities,
one of which must balance the other;
also a detailed statement of income
and disbursements during the year
The statement showing the condition
Of the company on December 81 pre-
ceding must be filed before the first
Of March, and must be sworn to by
officials of the company.
Some states examine their home
regularly every year.
others at less frequent periods, but |
whenever an insurance official has !
'eason to doubt the correctness of |
he statement or the solvency of |
my company doing business in his |
state. he may forthwith examine 1t
1t it's expense. The selected exam