davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20
'siERE ARE no
4 AZ Observation-Disclosures


liJ'ti RE NO
s;aS. cTtoRIsTss
Under ltoye cap lion HE heel:
lsltig The West VII.
tginiatlt, " \ ! common cn Senator
Swish did not support Senator M ar r
Shall for the preaide ncy Of the Senate
IsaS follows n y
This Toes mot sound like thet,jSfiyVesst
!YirglnianS "a few months ago, before
|its editor had been firmly established
In the good graces $of the leaders Of
the machine. During the entire cam.
paignt the West virglnian assumed an an.
independent air and did not take kind.
~ to the tax form5theory. But with
the mutations Of time and with the
complete victory ofthe administration
in the State }Lesislature$the West Wiz.
iginian is somewhat like its friend
swisher-anxious TO be the top! dog
and therefore defends the Marion
Senator in the best possible way.
There are no 1obstructionists. But
there is a very large element OF
voters, both Democrats and Republic
cans, who will not respond to the lasi.
of selfconstituted bosses, and who
will kick over the traces before they
will be compelled to do the bidding
of a political oligarchy.
"fhe close shave Mr.. Dawson had
last fall should be a reminder that,
after all, it's hard to fool the people
even part Of the time"
We did not know that the editor Of
the West Virginian was SO firmly es.
.tablished in the good graces Of the
leaders OF the! machine" that was
Jews to us. But this much we do
know and that is that the West Vir..
g.aian' S course has been absolutely
consistent. All that 1t ever said or
advocated was what 1t conscientious
ly believed to be for the good Of the
cause and party IL represents. Be.
fore the Wheeling convention, the,
West Vrginlan felt that the fight
had been so bitter between Messrs.
Dawson and Teter that for the good
OF the Republican party, a new man,
should be selected as a candidate for
governor That was not because the
West Virginian was for or against
lwhatsthe Telegraph calls the machine.
1t was interested more in the success
of the Republican party than in the
ambitions Of either Mr.. Dawson or
Mr.. Teter. Tie close shave" to
which the Telegraph refers shows
how nearly correct our Judgment was
and We might add here that we be-
lleye It would have been deep cut
instead of close shave had Mr.. re.
ter been nominated, backed as he was
by the corporate interests. But the
Wheeling convention settled the mat
ter for the West Virglnian. 1t is reg.
.ular and conslstcntsand bows to the
Will of the majority The Republican
party's candidate became at once our
candidate. We did not sullt and pout
but went to work with might and
main to help elect tho Whole Republi.
can ticket. The West Virginian is
now an administration paper If sup.
porting the actions of the Republican
officials makes It such and it has no
apologies to offer. 1t is much more
pleasant and agreeable to ride in
band wagon than to drag along on
self.constructed goodwill"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

The Hon. GA. Northcott,f president,
Of the State Senate bears a striking
resemblance to Hon. John 4. Me-
Graw, Judging from the cuts appearing
in the newspapers. We do not think!
any the more Of him for that, oiw.i5
ever. &, I Il III n n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

The new tax laws are TO be modified
but not IN the manner their opponents
have suggested. a still further re.
ducuon is to be made in the direction
already started and the masses will
be the Sbeneti ciaries. i y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

Which Is the happier the bachelor
or the spinster, has. been the subject
OF discussion in certain debating So:
cieties. We think5that both together
are happier.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20
ixing en- s:ssiSli!ol0l!0l,0Q a year.

Tom Taggart SAYS he knows how it
happened and am n AZ Bryan has some
ideas about AZ y himself, but neither Of
them real what actually took place
50 much 1873 one Alton Parks ;Broolser
and Uncle Henry Conway Davis.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

United States Senator in IN in;
teryiew says that Judge swayne ] is
NO worse than some other men. The
Judge, NJ A. said fees bitterly the
Cruelty d Stlils Sta cement y.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

The sIikado AS ssaid to be the mos,
eeonomi q the reigning monarchs,
and his 3ecpnor niles are so great and so
small as to give him a reputation TO,
sparsitnons manages to eie out
! q 1iying on So 100000 a year. al
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

Tlle Stall king bill sofjthel Dis.
trict q ES g solnlImbiaa has been side.
traeted and tie District will have to
my itss 81 amps for another year. a
great falling ffgof literature proceed.
iirg from y he ID strict and to reform the
world VIII lie observed. III
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

MI: corte You IS talked Of for Sec.
retars the u " reasury: Nov, IT must
kesp lin busy finding out where his
Office ~ locate Y 4 eShas gone TO nnd
health and rest Sin,s Southern Europe.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

General N ogfSwho lost two sons in
battles with the Russians smilingly
referred stos the subject in a converse.
ton With General stoessel saying.
heir lives were nothing compared
e the Pbjec tssoughts$ This may be
LOYALTY ~ ones country but til not
ofisttle stun of which civilization is
made. ~ p; 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

There is no; lack Of leaders among
the Democrats at Charleston, accord.
ing TO, reports sent TO a local paper.
The main trouble seems TO be that
they are shy Of followers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

That the psote ssional lobbyists and
|icorppSat Ion esenta at the
West Fglnia Beg stature are. any
thing but happy aid 10 he plainly
| |S1 q any one who Id kes sthe
pains III inyest igate y the + mat Ter. FA
repre- sentatl ye Of one of the most
p'go'sw' !. corporal ions IN the State
said recently to "a 4 friend Of Ills. who
Is also friend Of ours, that be felt
likefpa king his grip and going home.
Another 4 feature Of sthis{lobbying prop.
osltion IS creating considerable com.
ment and 3thatsis7that several Of these
powerful corporations still retain taft
Democrats as their representatives.
While We feel that no lobbyists will
have easy sailing with the present
Legislature, we Undoubtedly think
that q true Republican In good and
regular standing would have more
influence with that body than the old.
lime Democratic representatives who
worked iol:k' the bunch when the Democ.
iracy; held sway in this State. We
could give the names Of some Of these
lobbyists and the corporations they
represent, showing we know whereof
we speak: Further, we have It on, ex;
cellent authority that these same cor.
porate interests have ''smelt ratH
and are planning TO make a change
along this line. The day. Of Demo,
cratic influence on a West Virginia
Legislature is practically a thing Of
the past and a realization OF this fact
will become more and more apparent
as the years 80 by.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

The row promised by a local
daily over the appointment of the
game and fish warden did not mate.
rialize, so now the young hopeful at
Charleston sends word to his paper
that the rottenness and injustice of
modern West Virginia legislation" Is
quite noticeable. This same bright
youth seems hurt that two.thirds OF
the people who made applications
for petty jobs had TO go home empty
handed, while those who were ap.
pointed got in against powerful op.
position" We infer from the CORE.
spondence that three times as many
people applied for places {; as there
were Jobs to give out, hence it seems
to us there was only one way ont OF
sending two.thirds of the applicants
home without positions and that
would have been to give them all
places. Then our brilliant knocker
would have said things sure enough;
the chances are that he will be com.
planning before long that too many
appointments were made as matters
stand, so If the Legislature is EN-.
barrassed because it doesn't please
this versatile reporter, it had better
adjourn because it will never accom-
plish that feat. E
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20


Ehes rs Legislature was organized the
way the Democratic papers said 1t
would ,lila not be: Parkersburg State
Journal \; T: :s 535l;
The same thing happened last fall
1E13 the matter of Democratic predic.
tons The election went the way the
sDemoc "a said Ut would vt so; Sch,
a alto \; Scott became the caucus nominee
Tuesday night In the manner the
DEMO- rats said he would not; Mr..
Ga7wssss'o9lnlsswill dispose Of that game and
fish t1AEwarden appointment in the same
and Uncle Steve Elkins will be re-
Selected $inttwo years in a manner the
ocrats know not of.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

There was a choice bit Of humor
which, had any one else written It
we would consider sarcasm, in a let
ter to local paper recently from its
correspondent at Charleston. Speak
Ing Of the makeup of the upper
house this correspondent says: "Out
side Of certain very few Republi
cans, the brains of the Senate hap
pen TO be found under the, skypieces
owned by. Democrats. Here John J
Cornwell, who from the standpoint,
Of statesman is the biggest man in
West Virginia today, is the recog
nized leader"
Does the young man refer 10 the
two.faced Johnny from Hampshire:
Well. well. II he is the biggest man
In West Virginia today from the
standpoint OF a statesman" the State
must be bankrupt in this commodity
If being on all sides OF important
questions and having no defined opin
ion OH anything constitutes a states
man, then Johnny Jump.up Cornwell
may be the big man our friend thinks
he has discovered. But from what we
have heard of the gentleman from
Hampshire we Imagine our genial
young friends admiration has cloud
ed the Judgment man in his posi-
ton is supposed to have
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20
One copy, ne year. 81 O(
One copy, six onths sc
One copy, three months q
matter

Marion county goes after a good
many things and 1t has a way 4 Of
landing what sit1 goes after, which
strikes terror to the timid and less ag.
ggesstye local. tiles.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20
6lnotE care IplE.aa.lrtIcularly. l. blow

We do not care particularly to blow
o5ss own d AZ but the West yirginian
rs Receiving 50 many compliments
these days on the manner iii which We Ne
are covering the local news that we
cannot forb bear an expression of our
ap p . zion q StheFnice things which
arc being said ~ Smiths way that
she force e ~ fec Us encouraged to hls.
~ Its iss the West yirginian's aim
oagiyeS the people the best all around
paper publ iiss lle.s An Marion county and
good many people ,say6it is doing so.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-20

o. q W. y
Me- Bryan z has been saying some
very nice things about President
Roosevelt lately and soon other Dem
ocrats VIII he doing the same thing.
" VIII " not pc long until they will
hold him up 5as the greatest man in the
Repnbl lean party deploring the fact
that his place cannot be filled and
' .1 the time his administration closes,
he VIII he enrolled in the category OF
saints Az this comes as the result
~ ~ the Prestd ent!s announcement that
ne would mot be a candidate again.
retired Republican or dead one
looks good to the average Democrat.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-03
GARRISON, PIONEER
OWAEDITOR, DEAD
"Uncle Dick" a Unique and
Strong Figure in Hawkeye
State History.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 3.-Richard P.
Clarkson, aged IS years, a pioneer edi-
tor and soldier Of the Twelfth Iowa
infantry, died suddenly at his home,
morning nc 1vs''I He S' had been as Suffering ing fr rons
diabetes and had been gradually break
ing down under his affiction for sew
eral years, but continued to keep up his
work as United States pension agent for
Iowa and Nebraska until last Saturday.
For the last tWenty-four hours preced-
ing his death he was in a comatose
condition. {
With him in the last hours were his
wife, their son, John Clarkson, and their
daughter, Mrs. Jose Zwart, and her
husband: The other children are Mrs.
E. R. Meek, wife of United States
Judge Meek, of Fort Worth, Texas,
who recently returned to her Texas
home after a visit with her parents
here, and Frank Clarkson Of Ida Grove,
who was for several years associate
editor of the old Register.
the unique figures of Iowa history: He
came here in 1855 and settled with his
parents on a Grundy county. farm,
where he lived until 1865.
He went to work as a composltor on
the Iowa State Register, just us the
wal broke out, and gave that up to en-
list. He was taken prisoner at Shiloh
and remained in prison several months.
In 1870 Richard Clarkson, Cokes F.
.Clarkson, his father, and J.. S. Clark
son, late chairman Of the republican nj
tional committee, purchased the Iowa
State Register. Richard Clarkson was
the active head of the paper for thirty
two years. He retired in 1902 on &C:
count Of i'll health.
Mr.. Clarkson leaves a large estate
He has the largest personal property
assessment Of any man in Des Moines
He gave very largely to charity, but
was personally a man hard to approach
and was very severe toward his enc
mics.
Secretary Shaw, Senators Allison
and Dolliver and Congressman Hui
have been notified Of Mr.. Allison!
death and will probably attend the flu
neral.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-03
DEATH THREAT BY
BOYS KIDNAPPERS.
Brooklyn Man Is Told to Pay
$4,000 or Son Will Be Killed
Tonight.

New York, Oct. 3.-Michael Ma
reaneina, the italian contractor of
Brooklyn whose little son, Tony, was
kidnapped last week and held for a.
ransom of $500, received a letter today
from a "secret society," raising the
ransom to $4,000 and threatening to kill
the boy by 6 O'Clock tonight if the
price was not paid. Detectives who
were watching the house saw the father
receive a letter from the postman today
and demanded that they be allowed to
read it. It said:/
eve have got tired waiting for you
to come to terms. This is the last warn
ing you will receive. We told. you to
do business with your friend and he
could do business with us. That is the
only way this can be fixed up. Unless
we get $4,000 by Tuesday night at 6
O'Clock, your boy will be dead. You
will find the body along the Shore road.
This is positively the last warning"
The letter was signed HSecret Socie-
ty,' and dated Oct. /. Evidently it
had been mailed at a subpostoffce in
Brooklyn.
The police are mystifed by the con
duct of the father. Salvador Picona of
Brooklyn has been arrested on suspi-
cion of knowing where the boy is. When
Picona was arraigned in court today
it was announced that the boys father
would give bail for the man under sus-
picion. Picona was released on bail.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-03
HELD UP AUTO TO
LECTURE ON EVIL
Man with Gun Stopped Society
Men in Motor Car Just to
Chide Them.
Journal Special Service.

Albany, Oct. &C. Sutherland Ran
som and Egbert King, w~ell-known in
Albany and New York society, were
held up at the point of a gun in the
Berkshires yesterday while on their
way to Lenox. The party left Albany
in Mr.. Ransom gasolene gig and were
travelling along at fine clip along a
road skirted by woods when a man IN
a buggy approached them. He jumped
out and, fourishing a revolver, com
manded them to hold up their hands.
Three pairs of hands promptly went
into the air. Mr.. Erving, after a pause,
took courage and protested. "You say
nothing said the man with the pis-
toll. "Ill do the talking
"But,'' said Ransom, "you have
made a mistake
"Keep quiet or I'll shoot you as full
Of holes as a window screen,' was the
gruf response. Seeking to pacify the
man, someone suggested money"
GIVE got money to sell, son. the
man said. The automobilists were
wondering whether the man was a
bona-fde highWayman or an insurance
director, when he began an address to
them on the evils Of automobiling and
the terrifying effect on a horse. After
casting a few aspersions on them he
fred his pistol in the air and told them
to hike. They lost little time in get
| ting to Lenox.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-03
STATEMENT BY ELLIOTT
Express Manager Says Bandits Got
Away With Little Booty.

General Manager D. S. Elliott of the
Great Northern Express company at st.
Paul, today made the. following state
ment regarding the hold-up Of the over
land passenger train last night near
Seattle.
Our train leaving Seattle for st. Paul
masked men between Metum and Rich
mond Beach, about ten miles north OF
Seattle on the shore of Puget sound. Two
men evidently got on the front of the
mail car at a railroad crossing stop and
very soon after went into the cab of the
engine, held up the engineer and fireman,
requiring the engineer to stop the train
at a given point, where they were met
by PROBABLY three others who Joined the
party and forced the engineer and fire.
man, at the point of ~revolvers, to require
the express messenger to open the car
door. The messenger was then forced to
leave his car. Some of the robbers got
into the car and wrecked the safe by the
use of dynamite. using three charges, so
we are informed. There was very little
money taken, being all small remittances
and amounting to less than $1,000.
The passengers were not molested, no
one was hurt and no damage done to the
baggage. Some little express matter wal
slightly damaged by the force Of the ex-
plosion and a portion of the roof of the
express car Immediately over the safe
was blown out, so that the car had to be
set out of the train at Everett and an
other put in its place.
We nave no clue as to who the robbers
are or in which direction they made their
escape.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-03
POLICYHOLDERS TO
SUE Mr.. MCCALL
Effort to Compel New York Life
Heads to Give Back Cam
paign Money.

New York, Oct. 3.-Permission to be-
gin suit against John A. Mccall, presi-
dent, and George w. Perkins, vice presi-
dent of the New York Life Insurance
company, for the restitution Of $780,
600 contributed to republican campaign
funds was asked Of Attorney General
Mayer today by, William Hepburn Rus
sell, acting as attorney for several pol
icyholders. Under the laws of this
state, the sanction of the attorney gen.
eral is required in order to bring a suit
Of this character.
Mr.. Russell said the suit would be
based on the contention that the money
paid to the national republican commit
tee was expended by Mccall and Per-
kins without corporate authority. He
declared that: he intended also. to sue
for the restitution of 1926, 600, which
Mr.. Mccall testified had been placed in
the hands Of Andrew Hamilton of Al
bany. The policyholders represented by
Mr.. Russell are Walter Goodyear, Lem
uel D. Lilley and w. B. Winslow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-03
Q GREAT NORTHERN A
D STOP THE OVERLAND IN ATT
ALL FRANCHISES TO
GO ON The LISTS
State Board of Equalization Or
ders Them Added to Rolls as
Omitted Property"

Franchises Of both domestic and for
eign corporations are to be added to
the tax rolls as omitted property, ac-
cording to resolutions passed by the
state board of equalization yesterday
afternoon. Following up it's action in
the case of Swift & Co., the board de-
cided to make a general campaign for
assessment Of franchises, and the fol
lowing resolutions were prepared by
Attorney General Young and adopted:
capital stock employed in their bust
ness in this state by foreign corpora
tions licensed under our laws, should
be assessed the same as other property.
"Resolved, Further, that in all cases
when such assessment has not been
made for the current year, the state
auditor be instructed to direct the
proper county auditor to list for taxa
ton, as omitted property, the proper
ton Of the capital stock of such for
eign corporation employed by it in it's
business in this state.
"Resolved, That the county auditors
of the several counties Of the state be,
and they are hereby, instructed to place
on the tax lists of their respective
counties as omitted property, the CAPT
tai stock or franchise of every private
ly owned public service corporation To-
Gated in his county not already as
sessed in this years returns. Such
county auditors are also requested to
report to the state auditor the names
of all telephone. companies organized in
their countless
In the last resolution, the board
hopes to reach franchises of a number
of small water5power companies, water
and light companies under private own
ership, which have been omitted.
In all cases the assessment of omit
ted property may run back six years,
taxes Of older date being outlawed. At
torney General Young believes. that I'M
der the Western Union decision it will
be possible to tax any foreign corpora
ton on a franchise valuation.
The state board finished it's work to:
day. State Auditor Iverson estimates
the taxable valuation of the state fol-
1905 at $685. 900, 600. Real estate val
ues have been raised $10,000,000 by as
sessments for improvements and new
buildings, and will come close to $40,
O00, 1000. Personal property values, witt
the raises ordered by the board, viii
come to practically the same as last
year, when the assessment reached
$4,000, 600. Deducting $4,000 ,00(
for exemptions will leave $145,00O,00 (
of personal property tospay taxes.
The board did nothing today but
! check over the changes and ratify them
Final adjournment was taken at noon
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-03
NEW HIGH RECORD IN
NEW YORK CLEARINGS

New York, Oct. 3.-Balances of the
clearinghouse banks today. were greatly
in excess of all previous records,
amounting to $42,331,709 as against
$$33,995, 1893 on Saturday last, which was
the previous high record. .
The. debit balance of the National
Bank Of Commerce today amounted to
37,661,00o, which is a new high record
for any individual institution either on
the debit or credit side. The National
City bank reported a credit of $l0,545,-
600, which about represents the amount
deposited there by the city yesterday in
tax payments.
The large figures Of the last fe wdays
are a further reflection of recent fnan-
cial operations. There include heavy
disbursements for interest and divi,
dendspayments for Pennsylvania and
Atchison syndicate undertakings and
other operations not yet disclosed;
The banking community is still at a
loss to account for last weeks state
ment. A careful analysis Of the state
ment made today showed. that a large
amount Of the entire surplus reserve
was held by one bank.