davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06

they had therefore been selling IL,
Fairmont without a license He sug-
gested that the best way to get at
them for selling without license
and with this end in view offered a
resolution that the clerk be ordered
to return to these two companies the
$3.50 and the s25 which they had
rendered in payment Of their tax on
the 2,s-cents-per-barrel basis. The
resolution was adopted.
The council was called to order
promptly at eight o'clock with the
mayor and councilmen DeBolt. Shaw.
Amos. Musgrave. Howard. Boydston.
Davis. Robinson, McNeely and Hutch
inson present.
Councilman Robinson at the very
start made motion which was car.
.ried and resulted in more business be.
ing done by the council than in any
three other meetings this year. IL
was TO the effect that the regular Or.
der of business be suspended and the
most pressing matters--of which he
named six---be taken up. Two or
these We're the brewery license mat.
ter and the Fleming paving matter.
The. city officers bonds were read
and approved. s'ys = 8
The city solicitor was Instructed to
look out for the ,city's interests in a
suit about to be brought Tor the en-:
forcement OF the purchase money
lien on the ,property at the. corner. of
Barney and Jackson streets. The
deed made .opt to. the. city has been
found to be defecttye. .'s1S
a. resolution was passed directing
the clerk to furnish d statement as
soon as convenient showing the finan.
|cial condition of each ward, SO that
the finance committee can make the
appropriations for the different wards.
A motion to compel the clerk to
make a monthly report of the city's
financial condition was lost by an aye
and no vote OF 4 to s.
All t.lls properly indorsed were or
dered paid. r ess 1,egsals
G. M. Jacobs addressed the council
and asked that Third street between
Fairmont and CASTOR avenues be
graded and paved. On Mr.. Jacobs
guaranteeing two-thirds of the ex.
pense the work was ordered done at
once. -
The street committee was given
power to act in the matter of grading
and putting into good condition the
sidewalk at John Phillips residence
on Fourth street. st
Council adjourned at ten O'clock.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06

SO silent during the conference. At
the reception which we gave to the
people at the Wentworth great
friend of Mr.. witte told Mr.. Yamaza
that If the Japanese plenipotentiaries
had given statements to the press as
freely as did Sthe Russians. Japan
would have received the whole of the
island of saghalien. ~
but this was contrary to the ex.
press agreement of the ENJOYS that
no statement of the secrets OF the
conference should be given out.
Mr. Yamaza replied that every one
would realize That 1t was mistaken
policy for the Russian government to
make an AGREEMENT and break II as
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06

soon as 1t was made. Nobody trusts
Russian diplomacy. and the breaking
of their agreement by the Russians
undoubtedly did them great harm.
But in my opinion, the, honor Of Japan
is much more than the half of that
island" ~ E a,as
At II o'clock to-day Baron Komura
and his party will go to Cambridge
to visit Harvard University. An hour
viii be spent in going over the grounds
and through the buildings and at
1890 the Baron will lunch at the
Colonial Club. Baron Komura is a
graduate of the Harvard Law school,
He. leaves for New York this after
noon ~. . /. j.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06
TELEGRAM CLEARS
MURDER MYSTERY
MAN coNFEssEs TO HAVING
SHOT JOHN WILLIAMSON A
MONTH AGO.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Sept. g.
A telegram received. here from Lex.
lngton, KY. by Chief of Police Daw-
son says that F. w. Golden has con.
fessed to the police of that city to
having murdered John Williamson.
By this confession one Of the most
mysterious murder cases ever known
in this section of the State has been
cleared up.
About one month ago the body of a
man who was murdered bysbeing shot
through the heart was found floating
in Twelve Pole river, a short distance
west of this city. There was no clue
his identity and the body was buried
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06
SUCCESSFUL FEN.MILE TRiF
WAS MADE THIS MORNING AT
COLUMBUS, OHIO.

COLUMBUS, O., Sept. Cray
Knabenshue made. successful at
tempt 70 fly his air.ship here this
morning. The ship sailed from the
State Fair Grounds at s7::3o A. NJ, af-
ter two unsuccessful attempts had
been made to flystowards. the city.
The ship sailed southeast over the
city When 1t arrived in the Central
Park knabenshue veered it to the
west and after encirciing the dome of
the capitol, it sailed north on the re-
turn trip. The hine vas in the
air an average iistaneesof about loco
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06

lsatdS
Another ssaboard Line.
"The Greene county railroad. be-
lieye, will be built with the greatest
possible dispatch. I do not know how
soon Pittsburg can expect q sea-
board a pnection. but the Greene coun.
ty railroad was sold to the Pittsburg
& Lake Erie interest because It was
thought that the people who took 1t
over would be the best people to un.
dertakc the railroad construction, and
to give Pittsburg the benefit OF an.
other staboard line. There were sew.
eral deal. on the Greene county under
taking. and 1t could Ave been dis.
posed of to other interests for as
much CT more money, but the course
taken was the one considered best
There. IS nothing know OF that car
prevent the immediate going forward
of work Of construction" -
Mr.. Ramsey would not discuss the
various matters that have arisen in
the Wei bash family during his alb:
.sencs He will be. president of the
road until October. and then his final
bond siih any Of the Could interests
will be severed. ,,f..s,. j., ,.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06
BURGLARS |
Took Valuable Articles From Home Of
Lillian NordIca Sunday Evening.

ossINTNG. N. n. Sept. 6.The
home of Nine. Lillian NordIca. the
opera singer, north Of this village. was
entered by burglars on Sunday even.
ing and articles valued at $500 we're
taken. The burglars got in by win
dow. Their booty consisted OF silver
ware, a gold watch and about sif.
Nine. Nordica's home Is at the John
I. Kane cottage. about a mile north
of this village. II Is outside the cor
porate limits Of ossining. but the city
and town officials are at work on the
case. =.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06
GRIMES WINS over MORRIS.

that Morris can also be. persuaded to
go as, he would greatly strengthen. the
team. Taylor Rowland viii chaperone
the crowd. sssfs ~ z y 'ss''i sin7-f
The tabulated results up to two
O'clock were as follows:
Singles. 's'','
s semi-fna1s-A Morris bent L. Hanlon
60. 81, Ga.
s,.,s,a Doubles. .'.A
Preliminary Watson and Rowland
bye;a Smith and Wilson beat Hum.
phreys and Weaver. SO, 60; Dren-
nan and White beat Mead and Bow
man, 1913. 10-s; Sloan and Maylott
beat Lowe and Robb, go, 60; Boyd
and Grimes beat Scherer and Russell,
81, 80; Rock and Morris beat E.
Hanlon and G. Watson, 11.9, rs; q.
Watson and Davis bye; Hanlon
Brothers bye.
First round-Smith and Wilson
beat Watson and Rowland, Ga, Ga;
brennan and White beat Sloan and
Maylott, 6.s. 2-e. 6-3; Grimes and
Boyd beat Rock and Morris 6-2, 6-1;
Hanlon Brothers beat G. Watson and
Davis 81, SO.
Semi.finals-Drennan and White
beat! Smith and Wilson, 6-2, 2.6, 6-S;
Grimes and Boyd beat Hanlon
Brothers, 6:3, 81.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06
JAPANESE ARE DISSATISFIED
BUT TALk,r OF : UPRISING rs !,
RIDICULOUS.

BOSTON, Mass, Sept. : e.-Baron
Komura, chief Of the Japanese peace
envoyss reached Boston last night for
a visit to Harvard College en- route
home. In an interview to-day, he said:
That there IS dissatisfaction in
Japan over the terms of the treaty we
make no attempt TO deny, but that
there is the slightest danger OF any
uprising or revolution either in the
army or among private citizens, IS
ridiculous ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06
Shot aeIrI.

MOSCOW. Russia. Sept. 6.--A
nephew OF Madame witte. wife Of tho
Russian peace envoy. today shot 4
girl here and then killed himself.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06
Has Broken Leo.

: Amable Sayoria was brought to tho
Miners Hospital yesterday suffering
from a broken leg. Z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06

Mrs. s. J. Smith, Of New cumber.
land, is the guest of Mrs. ]. W. Nc
Donald at the Miners. Hospital. L
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06

lllprsihieelow lrepeated bis success of
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06

s OF ed tht institute to-day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-06
RAMSEY ARRIVES !
vANDERBIIIS TO REACH THE SEA

nnw asa.f,sS the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21
A TOWNS PROSPERITY.
All Must Work TOgether-Trade
With Home Merchants and
Talk about the Good of
Your Town.

The prosperity of any town, re-
marks an exchange, depends largely
upon the success of local business
enterprise, and every citizen should
realize this and help advance local
interests and work against influ-
ences which endanger these in
terests, such as the mail order
catalogue houses, etc.
The longer a dollar is kept in
circulation in one place the more
good it will do, but when it is taken
to an outside point it is taking that
much from the place and making it
much less prosperous. When a
customer goes to an outside town
to buy goods the profit of each
transaction which would remain in
your town and go from dealer to
dealer is sent away, business is
curtailed and the result in time is
that the city becomes poorer and
poorer, and eventually is known as
an insignificant place, not worthy
the title of village.
A town will keep pace with it's
chief trading point. If the principal
business interests of the town fail
SO will the town itself, the price of
land and produce depends to a great
extent on local conditions, and if
these are not good the land will
dwindle in value, but if the mer-
chants and citizens generally are
prosperous the value of the town
property will increase, new settlers
will come and towns will be built
up and prosper.
The success and supremacy of
mail order houses means the en-
riching of the same at the expense
of numerous home merchants, it
means concentrating capital and
population at the expense of the
country towns and villages, it
means the failure of individual
mercantile enterprise, and in time
will do away altogether with a
home market, upon which depends
almost entirely the prosperity OF
almost any city.
The interests of the country mer-
chants are closely allied with their
customers, they select and sell the
best the market can supply, their
advertisement can be depended up.
on, their goods are reliable, and car
be returned if they are not all
right. Customers can visit then
home store and see for themselves
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21
country would feel relieved.

Foremer President Cleveland has
written a notable letter in accept
ing the trusteeship of the Equitable
Life Assurance company. His words,
which in their simplicity made a
strong plea for old fashioned
honesty, conclude as follows: I'VE
can better afford to slacken our
pace than to abandon our old, simple
American standards of honesty,
and we shall be safer if we regain
our old habit Of looking at the ap-
preparation to personal uses of
property and interests held in trust
in the same light as other forms of
stealing"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21

what they order; through mail
order catalogues they are buying
entirely on chance, and in many
cases statements of mail order
houses in their catalogues are en-
tirely unreliable and cannot be de-
pended upon. The country mer-
chants are in general progressive
and enterprising, they are always
working for the good of their town,
they pay good portion of the city
taxes and encourage local enterprise
and improvement.
The commercial clubs of the diff
ferent town are all composed of the
local merchants, and it is a we'll
known fact that a town without a
commercial club is now considered
as upprogressive and everyone
knows what good such organizations
accomplish. They build up the
town, make improvements, establish
new industries and look after the
interests of the town in general,
and if there we've no merchants
there would likely be no commercial
associations so that the credit of
the substantial influence which the
commercial club has in making a
town a commercial center, and OBJ
tanning good legislation for it and
surrounding farming community
in matters of vital interest to it's
citizens, is due largely to the local
merchants, through whose effort
and support such an organization
is kept in existence, SO that if the
people residing in the towns and
nearby country wish to be ranked
as progressive, and to try to be
factor in commercial interests, they
must see that their home merchants
are supported in every way and
encouraged to do their best for the
city's interests, for town is always
judged by the number and class of
it's stores.
If this is done the mail order
houses will not last long, and the
retailer will have no need Of worry
ing about their rightful trade being
taken to some city at a distance.
The co operation of the people with
their business men is all that is
necessary and locality where this
rule is followed will soon be ranked
at the head of progressive COM
mercial and industrial centers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21

the scissors made fire-pointed star.
She handed the paper to Washing
ton, who opened it and said, Gentle
men. it is perfect. Let us have the
stars five-pointed So runs the
tradition.
The first flag had thirteen stars
and the same number of stripes, to
represent the original thirteen
states. In 1904, Kentucky and
Vermont having been admitted to
the Union, two new stars and two
new stripes were added to the flag.
1t was flag with fifteen stars and
fifteen stripes which foated over
Fort McHenry in the war of 1912,
when Francis Scott Key wrote
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" In
1916 there were nineteen states, and
all wanted star and a stripe. In
1917 another state was admitted. A
congressional committee appointed
in that year to arrange design for
the flag reported the law, still in
force, which provides that the flag
shall consist of thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternate red and white, and
that the "union" shall have white
stars in a blue field, a new star to
be added to the union of the flag on
the Fourth of July next succeeding
the admission of any new state to
the Union of the states.
The following explanation of the
symbolism of the flag is attributed
to Washington: 1--WE take the
stars from Heaven, the red from
our mother country, separating it
by white stripes, thus showing that
we have separated from her, and
the white stripes shall go down to
posterity representing liberty"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21
THE WEATHER

Following is the official weather
forecast up to s o'clock tonight:
Illinois and Internationally fair;
variable winds.
Lower Michigan-Probably showers;
variable winds, mostly fresh south.
west.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY fair, except
probably showers in north portion;
variable winds, mostly fresh south
west.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21

An organized force of about
5000 men have begun work on the
Panama canal. Of the total number
of men employed about 10 per cent
are high class men from the United
States. The balance is mostly from
South America and Central Ameri-
can coasts and from the West India
Islands.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21

Berlin, June 20.-The reports which
have been printed in regard to the
kaiser's personal finances, in which it
has been stated that the emperor was
habitually broke" as he spends the
allowance made him by the state as
fast as the money comes into his
hands, and that ne has on occasions
been forced to borrow, have at last
drawn denial. The Nord Deutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung enphatically con-
tradicts all the stories which have APP
peared and says: eve are authorized
to affirm in express terms that the en-
peror has never borrowed a single
DennV"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21
FLYERS AHEAD OF TIME
Latest Fast Trains Between New Yort
and Chicago Prove Equal
to the Job.

Chicago, June 20.-The Twentieth
Century limited on its initial eighteen
hour trip from Chicago to New York
arrived in that city four minutes ahead
of time. The west-bound train due in
Chicago at $50 o clock, arrived at S:25,
five minutes ahead. The remarkable
success of the two Lake Shore trains
has demonstrated, railroad officials say,
that the Lake Shore could without diff
ficulty reduce the schedule to sixteen
hours, and some of the more enthusiast
tic even declare the time can be re-
duced safely to fourteen hours.
The fastest miles made going east
were done in "a and 40 seconds, re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21
Another Constitutional Question.

Washington, June 2O.-The case of
Crossman VS.. Collector Bidwell, of the
port of New York, has been docketed
in the supreme court of the United
States. The suit is an effort to recov-
err $14.99 paid as duty on liquors i'm
ported from the Hawaiian islands,
Crossman contending that the islands
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21
S DESCRIPTIONS PRICES $3.50 PER YEAR
THE AMERICAN FLAG.

The American flag is beautiful
object in itself, but it is what the
flag symbolizes that makes it dear
to American hearts. 1t symbolizes
the most admirably devised political
system on earth for assuring the
great good to the greatest lumber
a government of the people, by the
people and for the people-strong
enough to ensure order, but not so
centralized as to trample upon the
interests of localities on the rights
of individuals. The t1exibillty of
the Constitution, which was framed
when the nation contained fewer
than 100000 inhabitants and
possessed no territory west of the
Mississippi, and which proves ade-
quate for a great power ultra-conti-
mental in extent, with population
of so, 0OO,0 900, is the marvel of states
men throughout the world. The
flag represents all this. It repre-
Sents the achievements of the
patriot soldiers of all the wars of
the United States. 1t represents
political freedom, religious liberty,
social and economic progress and
intellectual emil yhtenment. 1t is
worthy OF the beautiful apostrophe
of Joseph Rodman Drake-the
finest poetry ever inspired by any
national emblem in the history of
the world.
Flag Of the free hearts hope and home,
BY angel hands to valOr given!
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,
And all thy hueS were born in heaven
Forever float that standard sheet
Where breatheS the foe but fails before us,
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet,
And Freedoms banner streaming DER US!
1t was on the 18th of June, 1777,
that the flag of the stars and stripes
was adopted by the Continental
Congress.
The design of the flag was sug-
gested by committee consisting OF
George Washington, Robert Morris
and John Ross, the first model be.
lng made by Betsy Ross of Phila-
delphla. The house in which she
was waited upon by the committee
rs still standing, has has been pur.
chased for preservation by a patrio.
tic society. AS originally conceived,
the blue canton of the flag was il
Illuminated with six-pointed stars
The contribution of Betsy Ross tc
the design was the five-pointed star
She said; "The six. pointed star is
a sigh of heraldry. 1t must always
be put on with much care to look
well, but five-pointed star looks
well any way it is placed. If yor
observe a star in the sky, it always
looks as If it had five points" Their
she took piece of paper, defily
folded it, and with a single cut Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21

Nan Patterson will now have
time to again look over those offers
of marriage that were sent to her
while she was still in Jail awaiting
trial for the murder of Caesar
Young. Possible it will be hard
on the man if she decides to wed
and settle down, but the rest of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21

The experts are still Quarreling
over the question of whether Togo
used submarine boats or not in win
ming his famous victory over the
Russian fleet, and the sly little men
of Japan seem inclined to let them
keep on guessing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21

spectfvely. The latest made by the
train bound west were done in AZ, 43
and "A seconds. The average running
time Of the train was IS 1-3 miles an
hour. Neither train was run at its
maximum speed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21
are domestic territory and that there
fore no duty should be charged.
Buffalo KILLED by Lightning.

Oconomowoc, Wis, June 2O.-There
was a great deal of excitement during
a thunder storm which was the worst
Of the season. Lightning struck the fine
barn owned by John Dupee, Of Chica-
go, destroying it, and then jumped
across lots and killed fine buffalo Ia
the herd which has been the pride Of
Mrs F.. A. Valentine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21

Brooklyn is to have a twenty
st Dry tenement built for the exclu-
sive use of families who have chill
dren. But think of the amount of
worry that will be done by the
mothers who live, in the upper
stories.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21

There must be something the
matter with the fishing this season
or Grover Cleveland would never
have consented to take a response
BILE position with the Equitable,
knowing how much it will inter
fere with his other work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21
Death That Can't he Deplored.

Waupun, Wis, June 2O.-William !:
Bernstein, note crook who was SEN
fenced to long term for robbing the
Milwaukee Bag company Of $1,000, is
dead from appendicitis in the federal
prison here.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-21

An ideal young man lives in
this city. When he calls his wife
to get up and start the fires he does
it in poetical way, saying: 1.-THE
sun is peeping DER the hills. Be-
loved it is MORN"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-03
TRIAL BOARD CASES ARGUED.
District Commissioners Hear Counsel
In Behalf of Policemen.

Before the board OF Commissioners yes
terday Attorney Wilton ]. Lambert argued
for reversal of the finding OF the police
trial board in the case of Policeman Jerome
jenkins, who was charged with insubordi-
nation by Sergt. d. T. Dunnigan. Another
case presented by the same attorney was
that OF Policeman John II. Miller. colored.
of the ninth precinct, who was recently
found guilty on a charge OF conduct unbe-
coming an officer. In that he arrested a
small boy named Herschel Reese after the
latter had replied to query that his name
was "Puddin' in Tame
In arguing the Miller case Mr.. Lambert
declared that there was preponderance OF
client and he also quoted section from
the police manual to show that the arrest OF
Reese was justified.
In finally passing on the cases the Conn
missioners sustained the trial boards ind
ing OF guilty" against Jenkins, but decided
that the fine OF IS assessed against Miller
should be remitted. In Miller's favor IT was
found that he had been on the police force
only short time when the incident &C
Cured and that at the most the arrest OF
worse than an excess OF zeal. With the re-
mission of the penalty, however, Miller was
warned to be more careful in the future.
Another long-pending police case settled
yesterday was that of Policeman McNinch
OF the third precinct In his behalf Attor-
ney Lambert withdrew the appeal to the
board of Commits sioners on the understand
ing that McNinch should be retained I'm the
department and that he should pay a fine
of $50