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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-18

to print it, and often the reporter
gives his word not to publish GER
tain portions of the STORY and It
would work hardship on other
persons who would be brought into
the limelight in a discussion of the
real issue. Such condolences, 1 be
lieve, ought to be considered as sac
red, and my experience has been
that newspaper men usually eonsld-
er it so. 1t is as much a profession
nj secret as that of doctor, and, as
I view it, the pawspaper man ought
not to be forced to diVulge it on the
witness stand.
g ETben, again, reporter in the
search for news may accidentally
run across information which he IS
not in position to publish, or on
which he has not sufficient proof 10
permit publication. a reporter
naturally picks up much informa--
ton in this way, the greater part OF
which is held sacred by him.
E1n other instances a reporter
obtains information of a business
deal which is supposed to be secret
Now, no Legitimate newspaper Wish
Is to harm a legitimate business
proposition and the reporter Is fre-
auently asked to hold the news for a
dav or so until the information IS
ready to be released. As I have
said. the Legitimate newspaper does
all it can to help legitimate business
Interests and much news IS kept sec
ret, sometimes weeks or months be-
fore it is published.
g Information of this character
ought to be considered a profession
al secret. I think that a new law
such as I Will propose would be a
good thing, and would certainly be
satisfactory to those who are daily
giving information to the press.
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TRACTION WORK
STEADILY CONTINUES

Snow interfered very little with
traffic on the railroads and electric
lines except to make 1t rather I'M
pleasant for the men who had to be
exposed. The cars on the local trac-
ton lines generally maintained the
regular schedule and the snow did
not get on the tracks enough to
cause much trouble. Had the
snow fallen during the preceding
night when there were no cars run
ming there would have been serious
trouble for a few hours until the
tracks could he cleared.
The track laying gangs which
Nere recentlv taken from the Barns
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CIarksburg, W. Va, Dec. IS, 1905,
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TO JOURNALISTS

A newspaper man knows great
many things that he does not dare
tell. He has many condolences that
are sacred. In pursuing his avoca-
ton he is thrown into such close
touch with the public that there
comes TO his attention and knowl-
edge things which revealed would
cause an upheaval in social life,
business life and possibly political
f7fe. to say nothing of domestic
life. that would be disastrous to any
community and so far reaching as
10 bring about most harmful and
demoralizing situations and condi-
tions. He is not prying into other
peoples business. He is not in
tentionally entering their closets to
find the family skeleton, but by some
means or other he frequently runs
across the skeleton, or gets informa-
ten valuable to him in his business
but harmful to the community, II
brought before courts and juries as
evidence.
In this connection every honest
conscientious, self-respecting news
paper man-wIH read Win lnterSst 1"
dispatch sent out from Webster
CITY, Iowa, concerning a movement
touching upon the idea of making
by law newspaper men immune
from witness service, or more par
ticularly throwing around them
that degree of legal protection CIV
en- to other professional men:
+sTo protect those who give news
to newspaper penethere is a move on
foot in Iowa among members OF tne
legislature, whereby newspaper men
will be classed with lawyers doctors
and priests in giving testimony IN =
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TO THE PUBLIC

| hereby give notice that I will
not be responsible for any debts con-
tracted by my wife, from this pres
cnt date.
December 18th, 1905.
G. NJ. FRUSH.
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NOTICE TO MERCHANTS.

Copy for advertisement IN the
Daily Telegram should be handed
IN by nine o'clock a. m. to guarantee
change the same day. and for the
Weekly Telegram not later than
Wednesday noon each 1OeeL. The
earlier sent an, the better the service
a0tH be.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

If It's anything new in photo
graphs, Brooke hat it. See his new
DISPLAY. dee13tf
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
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What Shall That X-maS Present

A handsome Rug or Carpet
Drapery for the Doors.
A Beautiful Dress Hat
A Bonnet or Cap for your Baby
Toboggan Caps for your Children
A handsome silk or Lingerie Waist
A handsome Fur Coat
A New Coat or Wrap
How about a Rain Coat
A handsome silly Umbrella
Initial Handkerchiefs
Golf and Cashmere Gloves
Bric-a-Brac, Art Novelty Pieces
a Dress Pattern, Silk or Wool
q handsome Silk Waist or Dress
New Wash Goods for Waists OF
Dresses
Blankets are acceptable
How about Comforts?
Burnt Leather Pillow Tops
Novelty Sterling Silver Pieces
Toilet Sets
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
TEMPERANCE MOVE
CALLS OUT BIG MEN

Special Foreign Service
LONDON, April S.-A man casually
entering the Egyptian hall of the Man
sion house Thursday afternoon this
week might have fancied himself at a
big company meeting. Well known
faces from the stock exchange. Lloyds,
and Old Broadstreet, were in every
row; insurance officers, gold mines and
banks were represented in every COR
ner; the president of the London
chamber of commerce was on the
platform with the lord mayor and city
doctors and lawyers near him.
Yet the meeting was a temperance
meeting, or rather a conference of bus
iness men summoned to discuss the
question of Alcohol in Relation to
Commercial Inefficiency"
M. j. w. Benn, M. p, struck a new
and clever note by asking his auditors
how many genial. capable. promising
men. each Of them could write on a
list who had come to grief through
drink. He himself as total abstainer
for flfty-four years had some right to
speak. but he did not mean to deliver
q teetotal speech of the usual kind.
He only pleaded for q reduction of
drinking on the ground OF commercial
inefficiency. More drinking. less
thinking" was his motto.
Sir Victor Horsley, the speaker of
the day, was very sedate and cautious
in the presence of this apparently un-
familiar audience; but he soon found
that there was q large and strong
party of the more familiar teetotal en-
thusiasts TO support and cheer his
statements. He would not refer to "the
degraded custom" by which a man
takes a drink when he does business.
but would address his remarks to the
people who took a small quantity Of
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09

In fact. several years since the kaiser
favored the French ambassador with
his company at dinner, though he
dimes from time to time at the other
embassies There has long been a gen.
eral soreness on the part of Germany
towards France, which it is impossible
to explain otherwise than as a conse-
quence first of the F'ranco-Russian al
lance. then Of the rapprochement of
France with Italy, and, last but not
least, of the Anglo-French entente. So
long as France found herself in the
splendid isolation in which Prince Bis
marck had succeeded in placing her,
there was not much friction between
Paris and Berlin. But as soon as
France sought friends and was lucky
enough to find them, Germany began
to sulk with her, and has sulked ever
since. with occasional outburSts of
downright i'll humor, surprising on the
part of power which processes to be
one OF the mainstays of the worlds
peace.
The temporary collapse of Russia's g
military and naval resources and her
threatening financial difficulties have
undoubtedly modified the balance of
power in Europe. and it can only be
considered as a good omen for the fu-
ture If Germany should have acquired
the conviction that after all her in
terests VIII be best served by cultivat-
ing amicable relations and cooperating
as often as opportunity arises with
France and her friends. For a long
time to come Russia will be, II not a
negligible quantity, at all events an in
finitely less powerful factor than she
has been in international politics, and
Germany will have to shape her policy
accordingly. If there really is to be
an Improvement In relations between
France and Germany, there Is every
reason for the peace abiding states OF
Europe to- rejoice.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
POPE TAKES AN ACTIVE
INTEREST IN WORLD

Special Foreign Service
ROME, April S.-The present pope
takes very active interest in politics,
all reports TO the contrary not
withstanding. Some time ago a re-
markable circular issued by Cardinal
Merry del Val on behalf of the pope
10 the Italian bishops for the purpose
Of suppressing the Christian demo-
cratic movement in Italy. This
circular dissolved the greater part of
the organization called the Opera del
Congressi Cattolici. and required
among other things, that the Catholic
laity should, in political affairs, sub
NIT themselves to the absolute control
OF the biShop, who. subject to the
judgment Of the holy see, was to be
the sole and competent judge In all
matters. Large numbers of the
Christian democrats who refused to
obey these instructions. seeded from
the Opera del Congressi. and
formed independent organizations free
from clerical control. In spite of epis-
copal condemnations. these seceders
have held their own, and they are now
about to hold a congress at Bologna.
Their courage and independence have
led the pope himself to address an au-
tograph letter to Cardinal Svampa,
archbishop of Bologna, in which he
explicitly condemns the Christian
democratic organization, gives his per-
sonal authority to the terms OF Car
dinal Merry del VaPs circular, and
protests against statements that that
circular did not express his own mind;
and requests with emphasis that there
can be no public action by Catholics
otherwise than in immediate depend
ence on the bishop. This letter was
published in the Osseryatore Romano
and in the Giornale d'Italia. The pope
denounces as "rebels against the au-
thority OF the church the independent
Christian democrats who show what
they are by the fact that they defy all
discipline in their desire for a misun-
derstood liberty and aspire to danger
Gus novelties which the church cannot
approve" His holiness laments that
so many poor young men" have been
led astray by those ..who do not scru-
pie to conduct them along path that
leads to ruin"
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09

entire question is treated by Maj.
Woodruff in an exhaustive treatise
published by Messrs Rebman, limited,
under the title of 1.-The Effects Of
Tropical Light on White Men"
Sun xays are divided into two classes
long and short. The latter are dan
gerous to all persons who are not de-
Tended from them; the former make
for heat. To avoid both these dangers
the pure. negro has evolved a black
skin and nocturnal habits. The de-
fensiye skin is an armor of pigment
just under the outer skin. 1t varies in
intensity and color from the coal black
negro of the tropics to the white man
Of northern ATTITUDES. The pigment
is always there-just sufficient in
stRngth to resist the danger in diff
ferent climes. This accounts for the
varying colors of different races
black. red, yellow, copper, and white.
1t is only absent in Albinos-a sign of
degeneration, explains Maj. Woodruff.
An extreme Illustration of the dan
ger of rays is provided by radium. 1t
is stated that a single pound Of radium
in a room would kill everyone present
by the blasting force of its rays. The
negro's nocturnal habits are rendered
necessary by the conversion of dan
gerous sun rays into harmless but un-
comfortable heat rays. This is how
Maj. Woodruff states the facts OF the
case in this respect:
1.-The negro is really nocturnal ami
NAL, like the other black animals of
the tropics. Left to himself he be-
haves like the cat-inclined to sleep all
day. hiding away somewhere, and be-
comes lively. energetic and active at
night. In the southern states the
plantation negroes can be heard all
night long, prowling about, shouting,
singing, counting and chicken stealing.
Their dances, campmeetings and house
hold habits are based on this noctur-
nal instinct to hide from the light
even If they are better protected than
We"
~ The negro's natural armor Is only ef-
icacious against natural heat. When
exposed TO artificial heat in a dark at
mosphere the black skin ceases to
throw off heat, and the negro suffers.
In a stoke hole, for instance, he is usu-
ally the first man to collapse, even
when white men are unaffected.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
BERLIN BUTCHERS
HAVE POST OF HONOR
special Foreign Service

Special Foreign Service
BERLIN, April 8.-The guild of Ber-
lin butchers have been granted the
privilege of escorting the Duchess Ce-
ella of g-Schwerin-the fu-
ture crown princess-to the imperial
castle on her arrival at the capital
three days before her wedding, which
has been fixed for June 6. AS long as
the Hohenzollerns reign in Prussia,
this privilege Is the right OF the guild
and on this ground the kaiser respected
their claim to form the escort. The
butchers Will ride on horseback ar
rayed In dress suits. six hats, white
ties. white gloves and patent leather
shoes.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09

KAISER FOR FRANCE
German Emperor Shows Good
Feeling for Friend

Special Foreign Service
PARIS, April 8.-The news that the
German emperor dined with the French
ambassador at Berlin recently Is to be
regarded as evidence that relations be-
tween France and Germany have once
more become normal, which they had
not been for long time past 1t Is,
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09

alcohol with their meals under the i'm
preston that il was wholesome. Men
found they could talk more II they
drank wine at dinner. but what about
talking better? And the excitement
was always followed by depression
Little murmurs of dissent and surprise
showed that several members Of the
audience. at any rate, were unfamiliar
with Sir yictor's favorite theory.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
WHY HE is BLACK
Surgeon Major Woodruff Ex.
potts the Negro
Special Foreign Service

Special Foreign Service
LONDON. April s.-Surgeon Major
Charles Woodruff of the United States
army has solved the interesting puz-
zle, ''Why is the negro black?"
The answer, roughly summarized, Is
that his blackness is his defense
against the dangers Of the sun. The
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14
LAW AGAINST TIPPING.

The Wisconsin legislature has pas
SGD law which prohibits tipping 1t
IS said that The original purpose of
tho measure was to abolish petty graf.
hv Furnishing buying agents and other
n,Ip!nycs for accepting money or pre-.
Stnis from firms which they favored
in making purchases for their ON.
nloyers. As regards ordinary. COM
moni.lacr tipping ii will not he M.
f"c:c. hy the low. even though pro.
hiM'cd ~ The letter of the statute.
la 'r:crrinH to the measure tho
"Ntccmc! Chicago Tribune remarks
that III man wishes To give tips,
whether for extra service or not. that
is his business AID not the p..i,lic's.
'ltcrc ought Ia be at least Il small
S,Hcc a"ru:.l each individual into
which The law lors not inirudc. There
are few things Il man ought Ia h.
able IL do without fcelin. The ncccs
sity If first hooking into tie statute
book 10 lind ont what his fine MAY lc.
iaiiur" II public officials 10 enforce
Tx. laws II the legislatures passed
fewer laws :hat nobody expects 10
hr enforced AMI IN wise person thinks
ought to he there would be more re-
slcci for law AMI less law breaking
Americans have bcrr bred M in tie
tradition Of personal liberty, and many
rf them will have il even if they have
l.: break foolish laws tn get it,"
As Il general proposition we agree
with the views SO forcibly expressed
by our Chicago contemporary. bu, in
his specific habit of tipping there IL
something more than mans indi.
riinaI liberty involved. The habit has
grown 10 such an extent In recent
years that IL man In order to get sat.
islaclory service land incidentally
service fer which he Is ahru,lnG,Iv
taxed in his Motel billl he must nav
an extra fea 20 walters. bcllbnyS and
others. 1t is not with him question
nf desire or natural inclination. The
custom forces him to yield 10 Tho
h"ld-hii game ur else do without the
k:Hd of service which is desirable.
TIE law will enable men who cannut
afford To indulge in the tipping habit
TO retire without confusion beneath
The stony stare CT The head waiter
and his naughty miniuns. and the man
WHO seeks reputation for literally
through indiscriminaic lips hardly will
he prosecuted FOR INDUCING his pen.
| thant. Thus some sood may Gene on:
of he law. after all.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14
Entered at the Newport News. Va,
Posiotlicc as sccond.clas8 matter.
SUNDAY, MAY IA, 1903.
ANNEXATION OF RLooDFlELD.

The proposition to annex BlGOdnclh
should commend itself TO all persons
who desire to see one of the city'S
suburbs redeemed from reputation
which Is tnsavOry, To say She least
II was thought thai the legislative
force jurisdiction within mile of the
city limits would place matters upon
much more satisfactory basis. hut
that plan has not always worked out
in II perfect manner and there have
been occasions when The efforts of the
Newport News officers to break ,ip
lawlessness have resulted in down
right friction and hard feeling between
tho county and city authorities.
Annexation will sclve the problems
involved in the case and will solve
them in the only way which gives
premise of being permanently salts.
factory and efficient. We are pleased
tn note that the Chamber Of Commerce
has taken the matter up, and it is To
board of aldermen will cooperate in
bringing the matter To The attention
Of the proper authorities. Fortunat ely,
the question will have 10 lie settled
upon its merits and upon he prcscnta
iiIn ri The facts in the case before
ar unbiased Judge. Thus local pride
Draiu1icc and monetary considerations
will have little influence in the final
adjustment of the matter. The que:i-
interests Of The people of Newport
News AMI The law-ahi.Iing people Of
Blocdhcld he conserved by anncXa-
ton: We believe that they will
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14
SPEED or RAILWAY TRAINS.

short Tine ago Engineer George
Gilbert. with locomotive No. 2S99
made new record between Syracuse
AMI Utica. maintaining an average
speed vi 6G.2 mites IN hour for that
distance. This accomplishment re-
calls some other famous records
made with railway irails in The past
il Is recalled that Il created distance
was covered in record time last OctO.
Der when the mail train known rs No
~ ran from, Albany to the Grand
Central staiicn AZ miles. in li2 min.
u'"S. covering 3ls miles OF distance i'm
two Glii.nics or los mics per hour.
Another great record was made when
llr. Willy Meyer was brought from
Now York to the bedside Of Mrs
Newman Erb. wife of the first vice.
president Of The Perc Marquette rail
read who was dying in n Rochester,
hospital The special left New York
NJ IN, 4. IN. and reached Rochester
AT l:59 y. m. So far as Sprintng
records are concerned the ola brok-
endown war horse ki.pwn ls No. g99.
now acting rs mere beast of burden
IN some freight yard or branch rail.
road, ran Il nile of the distance he.
tween batavia and Buffalo In 80 sec.
onds. equivalent 10 ll2 miles M hour.
That was on May 10. 1893. and ten
years aftcrward ii remained The fast
est mile ever travelled by n rasscn.
ger train 50 far as the officials of the
New York Central railroad could find
ont.
Other railroads have their records
ana The constant aim seems 10 no
without regard to special runs to kec,
the speed limit thoroughly abreast
II not slightly In advance of the dc
Nclopmcnt Of safety appliances. When
one reflects that New York and Chi
cago ale less Than Il single day ararl
IL seems wonderful: 1t is more wonder
ful thar such conditions result in sc
lew accidents, and yet, paradoxical a.
II may seem, nearly every one OF III,
accidents recorded might have beer
avoided l,y the exercise of wha. on,
naturally would consider the iunla
mental principles of common.scns,
caution.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14
FOR THROUGH LINE FROM
LONDON TO KHARTOUM
{ Continued from third page0

strategic value in military sense is
iao cogniZcd, ana | mla; I that
me leader III the l}cdollin tribes now
~ revolt hrs notified tho SULTAN flat
II :aHst not be extended ocyom. rs
present terminus nj Nia.an. This
threat will doubtless have considerable
effect upon the surveyors and constr,lc.
ION gangs, even if il does not iutimi-
iaic Inc Sultan. Tins far The rebels
III Arabia have had very much the
nest Oh IL; The Turkish government
IS MISSING and is supposed 10 be a
prisoner III 'heir hands, and several
ueiachihcnts OF Syrian troops have re-.
nciied anu joined the insurrcction Tho
'n'periai authorities are practically
powcfiess. Hence the outlook for The
extension OF the road southwark is not
ut present favorable.
the British authorities in the Sou.
nan have already constructed n road
rom Cairo to khartoum, with the OK.
ception of one short gap which is now
beihg rapidly filed. They are also
building from Suakin. on the coast of
he Red Sea. To i'erber, and from Khor.
in'im to The same point in the other
direction, with the exception of com.
plcting line through from the Red
sea TO khartoum before the end of tho
present year. and giving the commerce
OF the Soudan an outlet to tidcwale,
about 0ne-fonrth of the distance be-
| tween khartoum and Alexandria. This
Is one of the important links I'm inc
chain William T.. Curtis, in Chicago
Recordlierald
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14

Many man has been turned down
Will ewasting for something to turn IN
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14
Flax.

Linen il made from the fiber of flax,
the very finest product being the
French and Irish, German and Russia
Following In order. Iii this country an
attempt has been made to raise fax,
Dut II has not been successful. Flax
requles n constantly damp climate and
cannot be induced to bunk anywhere
else. Some tlax is raised here, but not
enough to make 1t of commercial value.
N"ihing IL grown and finb,hed.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14

Detroit convict rccited poetry
when sentence was passed UPON him.
Perhaps he was justified in feeling
That lac had Il CRUNCH against thns,.
VINO Participated in the proceedings.
hut he SHOULD, have manifested the
spirit of that section of the ConsiitlI.
ton which prohibits cruel and unusual
punishment
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14
COMMISSIONERS OF THE REVENUE

10 the Voters OF Newport News:
| hereby announce myaelf n candi
date for Commissioner OF the Revenue,
subject to the Democratic Primary,
and earnestly solicit the support of
the voters OF the city.
3-31-tf. MARK BERNARD.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14

Having finished up The Chicago end
at the inquiry, Mr.. Rooscvclt's en-.
Icrprlsing young men will now on.
dcnvor to roasi the Omaha beef pack
crs. The American people are hoping
that the whole affair will come oft
under the well done" category.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14

Liberty" says the Rochester Her.
AID was born in Rnstcn and grew to
manhood in Philadelphia" And finds
II Most disgusting manifestation in
he Individual who blows the smoke
from a sinking sicgy into your FACE,
in public halls and open street cars.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14

Scientists declare that milk is dan
gcrous If IL contains. more than
M1o'O bacteria to the cubic cent?
mcio' With This tip every man will
he able To be- his own milk inspector.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14

a Pittshurg man asks for n divorce
because his wife makes him scrub
The floor on Saturday afternoons. IIc
probably understands The myster of
The scrub brush better than he docs
Ike art Of managing Il wife.