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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
YET A LITTLE WHILE.

BY tomorrow this day will be part of
the past,
BY tomorrow the ache you are think
ing must last
AS long as winds blow and while riv.
ulets run,
AS long as the world may be warmed
by the sun
BY tomorrow the ache that is deep
in your heart
May be gladly forgot, or recalled as
the smart
OF wound that was trifiing, and,
looking ahead,
You may gaze on fair prospects all
fairly aglow
With the loveliest flowers that ever
/ may blow,
Though today the gray future seems
barren and dead.
The past, lying there with its joys
and its woes,
With its wine bottle drained and its
poor, withered rose,
With its pledges all broken, its hopes
that were vain,
Its moments of gladness, its aeons
of pain
The past has no terrors, 1t cannot re-
turn,
tbs only gray ashes that never may
burn,
And you with your chains that are
riveted fast
Where the staples of circumstance
bulge from the wall,
Be glad-oh, be glad-for, though
heaven should fall,
BY tomorrow this day will be part OF
the past.
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record
Herald.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
reciprocity ! Failure.

Reciprocity as a general policy. is
a failure. as all agree. There is NO
better way than to care for our own
interests in the most effective man.
ner. modifying the tariff when 1t is
seen that II should be modified in
The interest OF the commerce of the
xpuntry- unscarred by the cries of
warming and the passionate pleadings
OF the fanatical standpatters. The
whole subject should be treated on
the broad plane Of the general welfare
With equal courage and good sense.
Then there wifi be no need OF a new
slogan every little while. Buffalo
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
Paris a Shocking Place.

big Tim" was terribly shocked by
what he saw in Paris. why, New
York is Sunday school campmeet-
ing in comparison" he said. Then
he told some of the things he saw,
and many Of them certainly would
not be allowed to be pulled off" in
New York. amy reformer who com.
pares New York to Paris ought to be
jailed for the rest of his natural life"
he said. Paris is the permanent ad.
dress Of the Old Nick. I'd rather see
New York in the bottom of the ocean
than like Paris" What surprised him
most was the fact that he could hard.
ly move around over there without
running against an American or two.
They were in evidence everywhere,
and he even met an old friend act
ing as guide at the tomb of Napoleon
French john" who used to be
seen around Fulton market, and
whose vote helped to send Big Tim
to Congress.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22

lodging house. so-calIed. In Great
Britain. .1They are stables compared
to,the ordinary ten-cent lodging houses
In New York he said. 1They are
called model lodging houses because
that was the name of the law under
which they were built But that Is
as far as they get toward being mod.
els.' Other things struck him very
much In the same way, and he espe-
cfaffy noted the fact that the poor
man has NO chance over there, COM
pared to conditions in this country.
He did not attempt to explain his
reasons for this, nor did anyone have
the temerity to ask big Tim" IL he
had not learned something about the
difference between protection and free
trade while abroad. 1t would be USE
less to talk to him on the subject,
as he is still welded to the Democra-
cy and Tammany. particularly Tam
many.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22

The proceedings were not alone
kistinctiy anti-reciprocity, but anti.
protection. What was insisted upon
WIS revision Of the tariff7-this time
under the guise Of minimum and
maximum tariff, that is, one that pro.
vides a high schedule for countries
That are unfriendly in their trade rela.
finns and q low schedule for those
thai are friendly. The great practical
ohstacleS 60 reciprocity is the fact that
II must be. provided for by treaty,
Hlicfs, being subject to ratification
by the Senate. can be defeated by a
third Of the members. This has been
the experience with those reciprocity
treaties heretofore laid before that
body Cincinnati Times-Star (Rep.).
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
big TIM SULLIVAN
BACK in THE BOWERY
THINKS PARIS SHOCKING PLACE
AND DOES NOT WANT TO RE. 4
TURN TO CONGRESS.

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-"Big Tim"
Sullivan returned from Europe with
an even greater belief'in the beauties
OF life in the Bowery than he ever
had before. He has seen Paris and
London and all the other great places
OF Europe, and still he Is more than
satisfied to remain below Fourteenth
street, in little old New York" for
the rest Of his days. He does not
even want to return to his seat in
Congress. and announces positively
that he will decline another election.
Il prefer Albany" he said. Wash.
ington is too far away from the Bow.
cry to suit me-"
There was no grand celebration
upon the arrival home of big Tim"
1t wasn't because his friends were
not glad he was back, but because the
big fellow forbade the demonstration.
The only person who went down the
bay to meet him was Little Tim"
He told the wanderer all about what
had happened in the Bowery during
his absence, and how things were 60
ing politically. OF course, he could
not tell him everything in so short a
time, but he gave the big 'un pretty
fair outline of events. Then the Con.
gresham was taken in hand by the
reporters and they made lot of copy
out OF him.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
Houses Are Really Models.

New York's municipal lodging
houses are really models. though they
do not bear that name. The beds are
white and fresh, and the dodgers are
compelled to take bath before re.
firing. During the night their clothes
are steamed and disinfected. Plain
but wholesome food is also provided
night and morning. New York's first
municipal lodging house was opened
in 1897 as an experiment. During
that year $4,000 persons were housed
and fed. In 1904 the number had in.
creased to 10000. The present build.
ings are inadequate and the proposed
new ones are badly needed. Regular
customers" are not catered to, lbut
the idea is to help those who are tenn.
porarily in financial straits.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
warthy Of Attention il Attracts.

sh The tariff conference at Chicago is
sorthy Of the attention 1t attracts.
Democrats and Republicans, business
nen and politicians. men in office and
men out Of office, are in session on a
subject Of the highest Importance.
MARKETS. and still more markets, for
cur rapidly increasing products of
soil and min and mine we must have.
All agree on that point. Discussion
plays around how they may be secur-
cd. Reciprocity has It's champions. A
maximum and minimum scale of du.
ftas-which Is a species OF reciproc.
sty-is urged by others. Tariff revis.
ion. pure and simple. is also advocat.
ed Relief in some form is neces.
Washington Star qnd.).
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
Something ought to Be Done.

Yet something ought to be. done TO
promote the reciprocity policy, which
Blaine rightly declared the compile
ment Of protection, and to the advoca.
~ Of which McKiniey's last speech
WAS devoted. From the viewpoint of
practical politics 1t seems quite evil
dent that little or nothing will be
done on the lines hitherto followed
IN now proposed.-chicago Inter
Ocean tRepD.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
A Futile Suggestion.

h u further said that when It is
realized that under the existing sys.
ten. every business interest is likely
70 demand special reciprocity
treaty of its own, the nation is apt
20 decide to abolish the whole system
oil special privilege and let every tub
stand on its own bottom. The sugges-
tim that the tariff question should
be taken out of politics is fatile-In.
aianapolis Sentinel tDem.).
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
New York,s Municipal Lodging House.

New York's Municipal Lodging Houses.
New Yorks belief in the value of
the municipal lodging house is shown
by the appropriation of 100000 for
an additional one, which will be erect.
ed Immediately. From $4,000 to 49,
600 persons are sheltered In these es-
adjustments annually, and the de-
mand for lodgings far exceeds the
ability Of the commission to meet it.
Many of the dodgers only come occa-
sionaffy, working when they can find
work. and stopping at the expense of
the city when they ARE down and
out A great many of this class are
women, some of them quite old. They
do not like to admit that they are
really paupers, and they manage to
keep out OF the poor house by doing
odd jobs. Sometimes they fail to
make both ends meet and are COM
PEELED to spend few nights at the
municipal lodging house.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
The Democratic Remedy.

Let tariff reform be called tariff
Reform, and let an increase of the
present duties be known as high pro.
tection run mad. Higher duties
would involve more taxation for our
uwn people and the threat of them
would amount to little in prying open
foreign markets. The only remedy
for she present situation is tariff for
revenue only.-Ph Philadelphia Record
eDEn-I.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22

of the age, which can no longer be
suppressed at the bidding of politi.
clans or by the conspiracies Of the
favored few. President Roosevelt
win recognize This sentiment when he
calls an extra session Of Congress to
revise the tariff, and the country will
be sorely disappointed in him II such
a session is not called.-o Ohio State
Journal (Rep).
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
RECIPROCITY and
TARIFF REVISION
PRESS COMMENTS ON LAST
WEEKS CONVENTION in CHI
cAco PRESENT DIFFER.
EMIT VIEWS.

The whole subject Of reciprocity,
n the widest sense, is such in possi-
aiiities- IL affords opportunities for
zhrewd trade bargains which the
American people can Ill afford to neg.
ieri The feeling is growing strong
er. rear by year, that such chances
must not indefinitely be ignored
Cleveland Leader (Rep.).
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
Predicts Tariff Adjustment.

The assembling Of the conference
and the agitation for tariff revision
m the interest Of protection and in
maintenance of our vast foreign trade
point to the conclusion that the pres.
emit tariff Is going to be adjusted in
The near future. Philadelphia Ledger
find. Dem.3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
Joseph sehuster.

Contractor for Cement Sidewalks,
Cellar Floors, Yards, Retaining Walls
and Steps. Stable Floors and Cellars
made water tight, a specially.
Residence-spence street. near Ma.
pie avenue. F. & NJ. Phone 5s4. p.
o. Box, z7e. Fairmont, W. va.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
Id b Fouaht By the People.

Ultimately the issue will be fought
nut by the people; and the Chicago
conference is one Of the signs of what
the alignment will be when the time
comes Buffalo Courier tDem.).
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
! Sane Sentiment.

The sentiment in favor Of revision
i sane and sensible Republicanism
and Democracy, too, for thst matter.
lis the enlightened advanced thought
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
BALTIMORE g OHIO R. r. ss
Popular seashore Excursions, Atlan-
tic City, Cape May, Ocean City,
Sea Isle City, N. j., Ocean City,
Nd, and Rehoboth
Beach, Del.
Thursdays, June 20, July Q and 20,
August 3, IL, 81, at the Fol- 81
lowing Very Low
Rates. 4
BALTIMORE 9 OHIO R. 4

From Fairmont, only $40 round trip,
tickets good in coaches only.
Only $12 round trip, tickets good In
Pullman cars when accompanied by
regular Pullman ticket
All tickets good returning 1s days,
including date OF sale
stop-oyers allowed on return trip
at Philadelphia, Baltimore and wash
ington. I:
Ask Baltimore and Ohio ticket
agents for pamphlet giving detailed
information. n,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22

Directors-Geo. M. Jacobs, 8. L.
Watson. ]. M. Hartley. Harry shaw. w.
8. Raymond, G. 3. Hutchinson. How
ard r. Furbee.
We solicit your business. which will
receive prompt and careful attention
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22

House carpenter and contractor
Always ready and responsible. Call
F. and NJ. phone 1926. R. F. D. No. 6
Z Zach Cleavenger.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22

Our Ere and burglar proof vaults
are free to customers for prirats
papers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-22
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
SPECIAL Low EAREs-suMMER
SEASON, 1905.

Atlantic City, Cape May, Ocean City
and Sea IsIe City, N. J, Ocean
City, Md, and Rehoboth Beach.
peI.-Special excursions opera.
ted June %. July 6 and 20.
August 8, II and 81. Tickets
good sixteen days.
Denver, coI.-G. A. R. Encampment,
September AZ.
Portland, ore.-Iewls G Clark Cen
tennial Exposition, June 1 to !
October is. Sss
For detailed information call ON or /
address Ticket Agents, Baltimore q
Ohio Railroad.
T. B. HENDERSON.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-27

William Scofield, one of the witt
Mr.. Howe, was standing about 500
feet from the place when 1t occurred.
He saw Mr.. Howe fall to the ground
and try to get up. Mr.. Scotieid says
he never saw such a mass of rock In
the air in his life. He is OF the opin-
ion that but one explosion occurred,
although the first, he says, may not
are shooting all the time.
The farthest away that rocks could
be found was about 1000 feet, al
though people in the vicinity say
small rocks feel on their homes fully
1900 feet away,
Every home in the vicinity has
from 10 to 100 holes through the roof
or through the front walls. Nearly
every glass within radius of 500
feet from the explosion was broken.
Through barn. owned by Mr.. Han
son. about 500 feet from the ex-
plosion. large rock was thrown.
striking his horse on the nose. but
not injuring him seriously,
Had the explosion occurred a little
later many of the pupils OF the Edl-
son school might have been seriously
injured. If not killed. as many of
them pass along the streets Just be-
low the scene of the accident. The
pupils say that the explosion shook
the entire school building. The school
is ahout 1900 feet from the place OF
| the explosion. M
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-27
This Is the Record of the Man Who Is Playing For the
Church Vote--The Permit Was for Liquor Selling On
Sunday By the Washington Water Power Company
at Natatorium Park Where Women and Children
Spend Their Holidays.

The appointment Of Weymouth by
Acuff will mean that a man unframed
in every particular, whose life until
he was discharged for incompetency,
was spent as railroad employee, will
have charge of the building of the
new reservoir and the installation of
the new pumps.
The appointment will mean also
that Weymouth will force the adop-
ton of the water meters provided
by the Trident Water Meter company,
which is controlled by j. M. Comstock
and w. H. Cowles.
Can there be anything more cor
rupt, more dishonest, than this deal
to retain in power an aged, broken
down railroad employee whose sole
recommendation is that he will install
the water meters sold by the water
meter gang?
Do you understand that when you
elect Acuff as mayor you will place
in power the Spokesman-Review,
which will drive contractors to buy
supplies of companies controlled by
Cowles?
Do you know that by the election of
Acuff. Jack Snyder, Phillips and that
other job-seeking bunch of republican
councilmen, you are placing the pow
er to give away public property in
the hands of the Washington Water
Power company and the Pacific
States Telephone company?
Are you going to permit Weymouth
to compel you to put in Trident
water meter?
Are you going to give away more
streets and bridges to the Washing
ton Water Power company?
Consider these questions carefully.
Ask yourself, before going to the
polls, whether 1t is safe to put into
power a solid corporation crowd of
politicians, whose campaign expenses
are paid by the corporations seeking
valuable rights, whose entire official
conduct will be dictated by the
Spokesman Review, the Washington
Water Power company and the other
corporations seeking to rob the city
Try to decide If 1t is not better to
trust a man like Floyd Daggett, who
is standing on clean, straightfor-
ward, honest platform which says
something" and which he is bound
and compelled to uphold.
And
DO not get sidetracked by the stool
pigeon candidacy of Henry l.. Lilien-
thai, whom the Spokesman-Review is
supporting also because he can not be
elected. but will take votes away from
Daggett.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-27
[Hpl0I[R5 WILL NOW
ASK TOR AN INJUNCTION

thus further complcating the situa-
ton. Labor leaders claim there will
be 5000 transfers out by tonight.
Labor leaders threaten to call out
every unionist in the city If necessary
to win the strike, which now hinges
on the employment by the Ward COM
pany of former union transfers. A
special meeting of the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor will be called to
empower business agents to order
strikes according to their discretion.
One hundred and sixty drivers of
the United States Express company
refused to deliver goods to the boy
cotted firms and struck when one OF
their number was discharged. Their
action affords an opportunity desired
by the employers to ask the federal
courts to enjoin the strikers from
interfering with interstate COM
merce.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-27
Delayed Discharge On Spokane and
Inland Throws Rock Against Near
by Homes WoundinS Number of
Persons And Causing Great Prop
erty Loss in the Neighborhood

succeeded in getting some people out
of their homes between the two eX-
plosions, but some were unfortunate
enough not to be notified.
When the second explosion did
come rocks as large as mans head
were thrown for hundreds of feet
north of the bank and against the
small dwellings In the neighborhood.
some of which are not yet completed
and some just being moved into.
The home of Emil Hanson, about
$50 feet from the rocks, was nearly
wrecked, as is another house owned
by him,
W. +. Howe was the most seriously
injured person. lie was behind barn
500 feet from where the shot was
fired. His injuries are not fatal, but
very serious. lie had a puncture
wound and confusion Of the LEFT
ankle and confusion of the back. lie
was removed to the hospital at once
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-27
GIANT POWDER EXPLOSION In
UNION PARK INJURIES SEVERAL

Mrs. Emil Hanson was very badly
bruised about the legs and back. She
and her two children were about $50
feet from the place where the shot
was fired and, on learning of what
was coming. ran for safety. This ac-
counts for the injury to her back.
Joe Jarvis, who works for Hanson,
and side.
Mr.. Johnson. one of the bosses on
the contract work, was slightly injur-
ed on the side of the head and on the
arm. Johnson faced the danger and
risked his life to give warning in the
houses just below where the shots
were fired. The names of the others
injured could not be learned.
The explosion threw rocks through
the air with such force that some
weighing 90 pounds went entirely
through the first wall of house and
lodged in the partition of the next
room.
One small house which was va
Gated but n short time ago, was en-
tirely destroyed, receiving the bulk
of the discharge. 1t was overturned
and torn to pieces az If ii were paper
Between the small houses and the
place where the discharge occurred
probably five tons of rock covers the
ground Some small trees nearby We're
made bare of limbs and number of
chickens. probably - or Il, which
were feeding under them, were al
killed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-27

Two people seriously injured, four
or five slightly hurt and about slo.-
600 worth of property destroyed is
the result of the explosion which oc-
CURED this morning at about 1880
O'Clock on the Spokane x Inland rail-
ways new grade ON Eighth avenue
between Atamont and Jackson.
The cause of the explosion is not
exactly known, but it Is presumed
that three shots We're put In the hui
side to blow down a lot of rock for
the purpose of grading, The three
shots were about 10 feet apart and
contained 22ia kegs of powder The
electricity did not work well and the
two shots to the east went of nrst,
leaving but couple of feet of rock
fof the last charge to blow out.
Workman Johnson, who Is good
powder man, realized the danger after
tie two discharges and fastened To
notify all within harms reach. lie
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-27
ACuFF VOTED FOR BAR LICENSE
WHEN LIQUOR DEALER REFUSED


Without leg to stand on the Spokesman Review
is attempting to bolster up the falling candidacy of
W. H. Acuff by bringing to the fore it's usual list Of
"interviewed' business men,
When was it that Nelson w. Durham failed to
trot out his st of professional interviewed' bust
men to support the tall tower declarations?
Over and over again you find the names,
the wise sayings and the same burlesque at
tempts at ''securing the opinions of the people,"
That list is seldom changed. There are the same
"business men, the same sycophantish utterances
the careful oversight of any live, independent
business man who has opinions of his own-at vari
ance with the commercially valued "opinions'' Of
the Spokesman-Review.
Always these same "prominet citizens.'
Yet scan that part of the list sprung by the
Spokesman Review this morning as "endorsng"
Acuff's candidacy.
Are those names familiar to youg
DO you happen to recollect having seen any of
those names connected with the water meter move
ment?
Do you remember where you last saw the names
of j. M. Comstock, George S. Brooke, d. M. Thomp-
son, w. S. McCrea, F. e. Goodall, R. B. Patterson
and M. B. Connolly?
Don't you recognize your old friends of the water
meter gang?
All of these men were "interviewed' in the
Spokesman Review this morning They all talk for
Acuff.
Inc opokesnan-heVle" Is declaring 10 you that
Acuff is opposed to water meters.
TITS gibbous le
w. H. Acuff, Nelson W. Durham, j. M. Comstocl
d. M. Thompson and other members of the water
meter gang just hot for the forcible installa
ton of water meters they were when they first
started to bolster up the falling plans of the water
commission
Just as hot for that scheme on the day they were
put to rout by Mrs. Charles Sweeney.
These the men the Spokesman Review Gin
terviews" on behalf of Acuff.
Those men have been interviewed on the
railroad commission, on the water meter demand, on
the amount of business done during the holidays, on
Turnerism, on McBrideism, Durhamism-
And every other old ism born of the morgan
attic wives of the tall tower ghouls
Truly tits time for real, live, dsinterested bus
mess man to bolt when he sees that Spokesman Re-
view ''interviewer'' coming.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-27
WHAT THE CHARTER
Amendment PROVIDES

election n majority vote in favor OF
the franchise, II shall be granted; IL
a majority vote against the franchise,
II shall be defeated.
Should the city council grant or
refuse a franchise. and If within 80
days thereafter a petition signed by
Is per cent of the voters Is filed with
the council, asking such franchise to
be submitted to the people, then the
council shall in like manner order an
election.
All of the expense of such election
shall be paid by the applicant for
such franchise and the city shall not
be required to pay any part of such
expense. nor can more than two spe-
cial elections be called in one year.