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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-01
Il rs, Thomas has returned from a
lhnsiness trip 10 ClarksburG. q

VIII AUlrich has moved from the
Merchant street bank building prop
erty to steubenville, Ohio. the for
mer home OF HIS wife, where they
will reside.
joe Malone, one Of White Days
we'll known citizens was a business
callef inb the city on Saturday. He
belongs TO one Of, the old prominent
families Of that vicinity.
E. a. Russell. a bookkeeper for the
Fairmonts Coal Company. moved from
Walnut avenue 10 Monongah on Sat
arday We are sorry to have him
leave us.
Arlington, the young son Of Ulys.
ses Doollttle of Gypsy, is visiting
with the family Of Charles Meredith
on Diamond street. Charley is diet.
Ing him on ulong tea and Dutch Java
coffee
The Brady Construction Company
has received a carload OF moving ap.
.paratnsS which was transferred TO
Monongah yon Saturday for operation
there.
Charley Baker.E:who recently moved
10 the city with his new wife, has
taken q position in the Hall hardware
store, In place Of Leslie Van Glider,
who resigned.
J.sLowry Google and French Moran,
Of Morgantown avenue, have each Sc.
cured a fine young horse, and from the
elegant appearance they make TO-
gether while being broke to the sad.
die, each one seems to think his 'ls
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-01

our stock Of lawn seed, fertilizers,
Sprayers and mowers. also garden and
nelo seed and fertilizers is complete.
Try our poultry food, bone and grits.
DEAN C REEVES. 7
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-01

City Government.
Mayor-George ". Kinsey.
City Clerk. Engle.
City Collector-Charles L. Barnes.
City Treasurer. e. Powell.
City Engineer. N. Prickett.
City Assessor-S. E. Billingslea.
City Sollcitor-A. o. Stanley.
Chief Of Fire Department.. Frank
Reed.
Water Commissioners. Howard
Svisher. 81
Street Commission a. Rich,
ardson. n s4is MI
Health oflcer- barry Robinson. |. B.
Chief Of Pollee-Jamels \. Morgan
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-01

THE lsYiRGINIAN'S8
OFFICIALS DIRECTORY;
President Of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt, of New York. :
Vice President-charles W. Fair.
banks. OF Indiana.
Secretary of state-John Hay, of
Ohio.
Secretary of the Treasury-Leslle
NJ. Shaw. OF Iowa.
Secretary Of war-wm. H. Taft, Of
Ohio.
Attorney General-w. II. Moody, OF
Massachusetts. ~
Postmaster General George B.
cortelyou. OF New York.
Secretary Of the Navy-Paul Nor.
ton. OF Illinois.
Secretary OF the Interior-Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, of Missouri.
Secretary of Agriculture-James
Wilson, Of Iowa.
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
Victor H. Metcalf, Of California.
President OF the Senate pro tenn
pore-William P. Frye, OF Maine.
Speaker OF the House OF Represen.
tatives-Joseph G. Cannon. OF Illinois.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Chief JustIce-Melville ". Fuller.
Associate Justices-John NJ. Harlan
David ]. Brewer, Henry B. Brown, Ed.
ward D. White, Rufus W. Peckham,
Joseph McKenna, VIM. R. Day. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr.
United States Circuit Judges-Na.
than Con and Jeter c. Prltchard.
United States District Judges-Al.
ston G. Dayton and Benjamin F. Kel.
Ter.
United States District courts-The
Northern District.
Judge-Alston G. Dayton.
Clerk-Jasper Y. Moore.
District Attorney-Reese Blizzard.
Assistant District Attorney-E. NJ.
Showalter.
q. s. Marshal-Charles D. Elliott.
The Southern District.
Judge-Benjamin F. Keller.
Clerk-Edwin N. Keatley.
District Attorney-George ". Atkin.
SON.
Assistant District Attorney-Elllott
Northcott.
U. s. Marshal-John X. Thompson
United States Senators.
Stephen B. Elkins and Nathan B
Scott.
Representatives In Congress.
First district-Blackburn B. Dove
uer.
Second District.
Third district-Joseph H. Gaines.
Fourth district-Harry C. Wood
yard.
Fifth distrlct-James A. Hughes.
State Government.
Governor-Wm. NJ. 0. Dawson.
Secretary Of State-Charles. "
Swisher.
Superintendent of Schools-Thoma:
C. Miller.
Audltor-Arnold c. scherr.
RECONSIDERATION Ogdin.
Attorney General-Clark W. May.
Adiutant Generals. B. Baker.
Commissioner of BankIng-M. A
Kendall.
Commissioner Of Labor. v. Bar
ton.
Chief Mine Inspector. ". Paul.
Supreme Court Of Appeals.
George Poffenbarger, president
Henry C. Mcwhorter, Henry Brannou
Frank Cox, Joseph NJ. Sanders.
Clerk-William B. Mathews.
County Government.
Judge Of Circuit Court. Fourteenth
Judicial Circuit-John W. Mason.
Judge Of the intermediate Court
U. s. Kendall.
Prosecuting Attorney : Scott c
Lowe.
Saskatchewan R. Furbee.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court-R.
Parrish.
Clerk Of the County Court-Geo. II
Jacobs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-01

Nice home grown potatoes, 40
cents per bushel. ]. S. Pople, First
ward. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
THE REwaRDs or FTDETIITY.

Readers of the state Journal who
| have been following the journeys Of
Mr.. z. ". Howe across the Pacific, as
described in his letters in this paper.
recan his reference to the Midway is,
lands and their inhabitants.
These islands, Mr.. Howe says. lie
eleven hundred mites west of Homo
/ lulu. coral reef only few feet
above the sea level. but sufficient to
afford q cable station. There live a
cable operator with his wife, two as
sistants. and a few servants. All the
cable messages between eastern Asia
! and the United States are relayed at
that station. and this dis what necessi-
tates the presence of an operator
there.
You have often noted in travelling.
Mr.. Howe continues. lonely railroad
stations in out-of-t he-way places, but
you never have seen anything equal
ling in loneliness the cable station out
there in the middle of the Pacific
ocean. eleven hundred miles from the
nearest human habitation. There is
no vegetation on the islands, only sand
and water in every direction. The
siberia stopped there for a brief
time on its last trip eastward, and
that was the first time the few people
on the Islands had seen other human
beings in five months! Think of the
loneliness of it!
But there is another element in the
case that Mr.. Howe does not point
out The very fact that requires the
presence of that lonely operator in
the middle of the Pacific ocean puts
him in instantaneous touch with two
continents. Every word that passes
on the cables under the seas between
Asia and America goes through his
hands. On him depended the COM
munications that passed between the
Japanese peace commissioners at
Portsmouth and the japanese govern
ment at Toxic last summer. Through
his hands went the cable correspond
ence between President Roosevelt and
the Mikado. which is credited with
finally bringing about peace. All the
news from the Philippines he must re-
peat. Some of this he probably does
not understand. for it is sent in secret
code, but he undoubtedly hears the
great news of the world even before
centers.
The moralist can draw a great les
son from the lonely operator on the
Midway islands. He is there because
his duty demands it. and his very f1dei-
ity to duty brings MN his greatest
privileges.
You can carry out the moral for
yourself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom The Atchison Globe.l


Unfortunately there is usually mighty
little in the story that drinking man
has quit -
It is a sign of the most extreme old
age if one exhibits good sense IN CHRIST
mas buying -,
Speaking of Sunday reading: The chill
dren seem to have discovered lnat,s no
colored supplements go with the Bible
After all it is a great credit to an old
man If he can boast that he owns ms Own
home, free from all enculnorslhce-
THE men are receiving their first Christ
mas gifts: Their wives are giving them
>. handsome assortment OF hints
when there is sickness and trouble and
Mother is sent for. that is one occasion
when no one notices she wears old fash
toned clothes
If YOU like babies, never notice them
when their mother is present, unless you
want to see her get out her handkerchief
and wiring their noses
When a woman gives a big party COM
plimentary to a friend, she remembers
her labor and the bills and looks as crit
icalIv at her friend ash she had bought
her and paid too much
Considering that q man gets up early in
the morning and goes away 10 be gone all
dav earning money, it is a wonder his
fIai1qffers don't also get UP and assist
and watch him make the start.
II the human race were built on plans
that meet daily requirements. men would
have two more legs that they might con
stantly be kicking themselves, and wo-
men would have six mere pair Of hands
that they might keep up with the W5rk
the children make around the house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

CONGRESSMAN CampbelIs bill which
he has Just introduced into congress to
do away with the evils of the private
car system is certain to nrovole ire
mendous controversial it gets to the
point where the beef trust and the
other big owners of private car lines
fear that it win pass.
From the brief summaries of the bill
that have been received in Kansas thus
far it appears that Mr.. Campbell in
tends to abolish private cars entirely
by prohibiting railroads from hauling
them. This goes much farther than
President RooseveIt's idea evidently,
for he only recommends that the sup
ervision OF private car lines and other
methods of indirect Tebating shall be
given to the administrative body that
shall regulate rates.
At first thought it would seem that
the Kansas congressman's proposal is
somewhat drastic-and it win undOubt-
edIy be so considered in many quarters.
But the private car evil is one of the
worst-possibly the very worst-of our
transportation evils. and it win require
heroic measures to eradicate it. Mr.
Campbell evidently realizes this and
he is striking at the root Of the trou-
bic by moving to abolish the entire
system
Few people realize just how great a
drain upon transportation private cars
are. According to d report issued last
January there We're then 65,S8S refrig-
orator cars owned by private car lines
and only 1S,6SS owned by railroads. In
addition to refrigerator cars there were
sc. $40 private cars of other kinds. a to-
tai of 1852. 6S7 cars of all kinds belonging
to private lines.
OF late years no records have been
obtainable concerning the earnings Of
private cars. for their owners claim in
dependence of the interstate commerce
commission and viii not report, but
back in 1872 the annual convention OF
the international car accountants gave
out some figures. At that time the rail-
roads were paying three-fourths Of a
cent per mile mileage on 10000 private
cars, and the cars earned $50, $4,000 in
mileage in 1890 The value of these cars
was about $500. and the earnings
amounted to $S6 per car per month";
pretty good interest on the investment
This rate Of earnings applied to the
162, 6S7 private cars now in use would
aggregate ST.. 900 year. The esti-
mated capital invested in these cars is
800, COO 600, so that the car lines are
making at least II per cent interest. on
their investment Just from mileage
alone
However, it is asserted that the rate
Of three-fourths Of a cent q naile now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
JANA WKER JOTS

Atchison sympathizes with the gov
eminent in the task of digging the
canal. The Globe comedies that the
Panama job is almost as big a prob
lem as running Atchison's coal mine.
Theory suggested by the foreman of
the Hutchinson News: The man who
threw the chunk of iron through the
window of the presidents car may
have been printer who had tried to
get fourteen columns of message into
twelve columns of newspaper.
The First National bank of Kingman
takes nearly a page advertisement in
the local papers of that town to pub
lish its statement Each general item
is explained in a clear, concise man
ner. It makes an extremely striking
advertisement of the banks business.
The sweet singer of the Ottawa Re
public tunes his Tyre, opens his mouth
and MARBLES forth this: These are the
days when the children raise a howl for
Christmas toys; when the stovepipe
fair, high in the air, falls with a fear
full noise; when the plumbers glee is
sweet to see, for water pipes burst in
two; while gas burns free and the wise
men see more trouble to go through:
while coal is high and prices fly above
our limit to pay; and it's all because
of the many flaws in the world as it is
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
Frelght Rates IN IIllnois.

iFIo4n the chicago NeWS.5
The Illinois railway and warehouse
commission, which has been conatSer-
ing the question Of freight rates in this
state for nearly four years. has finally
become convinced that the rates are
too high. It has ordered reductions
of 20 per cent. from the charges now
exaeted- In announcing the order the
commission presents a number Of sta
lstics which on their face justify the
cut The evidence, it declares, SHOWS
that the rates in Illinois are generally
higher than those charged for the
same service in other states. higher
even than in Indiana, where the roads
fixed their own rates. Carrying
charges from Chicago to points just
over the line in Indiana, for instance.
are much lower than to points nearer
Chicago in Illinois. Where there is
no competition the rates between Hi
nois towns are higher and in some
cases double those charged for the
same distance from points outside the
state.
Some Of the railways evidently are
disposed to protest against the reduc-
ton and threaten to take the issue into
the courts. That is their right and
their privilege. The grounds for the
reduction, as stated by the commits
sion, are questions of fact and should
be easily proved or disproved. # they
are borne out and Illinois rates are
too high the shippers within this state
have been suffering injustice and the
new order is a necessary, beneficial
measure for their protection. If the
facts are incorrectly stated the roads
Will be able to have the order annulled
and their ultimate position will be
stronger than before. Some of the
roads complain that the $40, 100000
cut in their revenues will compel them
to reduce wages or forego dividends.
If under q reasonable rate the roads
cannot earn a fair return on their in
vestment there will be good reason to
go into the question of capitalization,
which viii be both interesting and in
strnctive. Transportation companies
that are overcapitalized cannot expect
to be protected from the consequences
at the expense Of the general public.
Stiu. if there exists any good reason
Why the Illinois shipper should not
enjoy advantages equal to those ac-
corded to shippers in Indiana, Iowa
and other adjacent states the railways
should hasten TO make that reason
known and present the facts. figures
and arguments in support of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.I
A chronic thirst is mans worst
asset.
The fellow who eats hash realizes
that there is a place for everything
If we all loved our neighbors as we
love ourselves the world would become
a mutual admiration society.
The difference between scandal and
harmless gossip depends upon whether
you tell it to some one or some one
tells it to you.
A man can't take his money with
him when he dies, so instead of laying
by his money for rainy day it might
be Just as well to lay by few rainy
days.
Blobbs-"so your new cook left
without any warning, eh2 What was
the trouble ?" Siobbs- The kitchen
FIRE. aided and abetted by can OF
kerosene
Mrs. Muggins--''I only knew my
husband three months before we We're
married. How long had you known
yours" AIRS. Buggins--' Vet I've
been married seven years and don
know him yeti ..s-s--.-4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
REALLY A NEW ERA.

This is an era of reform. Things
that We're winked at and condoned for
a generation are now considered crimes
and are punished as such. There has
been a great awakening in the coun-
try and the people are not likely to for
get that President Roosevelt is respon-
sible for the movement. 1t has never
been the policy OF the Republican party
to live in the past. It is progressive
and when one important question is
settled it fearlessly tackles another
The tariff and the money question have
been disposed of. Law enforcement"
now occupies the center OF the stage.
Our statutes are full to oveFhowing.
Much with which they are filed sounds
well but amounts to little practically.
The demand of the hour is for the en-
forcelnent of all law. Then if any have
been enacted that are not good they can
be replaced. If new ones are needed
they can be enacted. Respect and
obedience to the law is the corner
stone. of the nation and thes present
crusade is a righteous and Popular one
-xingnlsns IAeader-Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

applies only east Of Chicago and st.
Louis, and west Of those points the
charge is one cent a mile.
But the mileage is not the only in
come Of the private car lines. For the
refrigerator cars. which are owned
largely by the beef trust or its sub
sidiary companies, receive millions OF
dollars from icing charges. and at least
one contract has been shown to the
Interstate commerce commission, giving
the private car company a commission
OF d25k per cent on all freight charges
on perishable goods carried in its cars,
which in some instances would alone
amount to more than the mileage in
come
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

from the Chicago News.1
Even the barking dog stops to take
bite when hungry.
It requires an expert dentist to dent
a soft hat properly.
No woman believes in saving money
by buying fewer clothes.
A woman without jealousy is 1T
subject for the undertaken.
Feminine beauty should appeal to the
heart rather than to the eye.
Smiles that show through tears are
the silver Innings Of the clouds.
Habit may be second nature, but IL il
seldom an Improvement on the orfgi-
nal.
knowledge is power until a man
reaches the point where he knows it ali
Did it ever occur to you that nearlv
all the books on the art of acdlfirins
wealth were written by poor nien9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
DER XMAS SERMON.

Xmas ISIS Gaming. Der viskers Ut
Sandy Claws ISIS sticking Offer der
ho-rising like a lace curting ofer
backyard fence. Def gazing und re-
ciefing ISIS aboudt due.
Id ISIS customary to gift tings to der
poor ind needy. Berhaps you hat a
desire to gif someding? IF you do,
fer heafens sake hat a liddie sense,
put up in der packach along NIT der
present. No poor defl init holes in
hiss socks und a. starting family can
put enuff tobasco sauce on a God
Bless our Home" motto to make i'd fit
to eadt He und hiss family could
use a yard uf belonysissage to bedder
advantage den dey could fancy
lamp shade. Lamp shades, unless dey
ISIS cooked chust right, breed in
dichestions.
Der poor vidder NIT sixteen Kids
und a morkitch on der voOd-b
needs a bunch uf ham und -four
vorser den she needs a porcelains
euspidor nit hand-bainted rosess
on id
Haf sensei
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
JOURNAL ENTRIES

We try to eoptimistic, but we con-
TESS that we don't expect Indian sum
mer to last all winter.
Pretty good joke the way Steve
Elkins has been fooling us all this
time; Made US believe he was against
rate regulation when he was the only
original rate resgla TO.
If Mr.. Morgan .iszin me business of
buying gold br9cks. why doesn't the
D. On himg
Some way OF other we find it
mighty hard tosget excited over a SIX
day bicycle race.
We have 6Een Wondered what q
state officials report or a governors
message woulds sound like if Tom
MeNeaI wrote it. Tom can make
anything else Interesting.
We have a feeling that the title OF
colonel fits on and should belong to
every good-hearted man who pretends
to be the other way. You know the
brand-the man who tries to he a
pessimist. always finding fault and
amusing somebody, but who is really a
GENIAL, soft-hearted sort of an indi-
Vldual. That's the kind of q man the
title of colonel goes well with. p s.
ffed Nandegrlft is at least a major
general
A Smith county man claims to have
discovered that the most comfortab HE
place to have a boil is under the chin
Did he ever try having it on some
other fellow?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

freight. These are strong words, but
every man in the service, down in his
heart. knows that they are true.
have listened to these men telling
with absolute glee how they got to-
gether, ali promising, even swearing
IA genueman's agreement not 10
give a rebate to 3 certain shipper, and
how. the moment they got out of the
meeting every man used his best wits
to break his oath as quickly as pos
slble. Surely, a system which pro-
duces such dishonesty is wrong,
wrong from the bottom 70 the TOP.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
REFLECTIONS on A BAC1TEr,ar
[From the New YorZ -

IFfom the New York Press
It is a terrible nuisance to Ya,5s
reputation to live up to.
Wit is like a woman-mosf az 41.
charm IS IN the way you dress it m.
What IS criticism if you give it to
somebody else gives It to you.
A woman's idea Of heaven is xvl,ars
she could have half a dozen c4,if5El,7
without ever having to be botheresi
to so into hospital to have ~ i -
cut OF, yet they expect him to weIeo me
Christmas. olAls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
XMAS C0AAENT
NEXT

Now that J. Ralph Burton has again
been convicted by a jury in the United
States courts it is time to put the
sleuths on the trail of Will whites
friend, the frisxy Senator Platt OF New
York. Don't he admit that he and the
charming Chauncey are employed to
guard the interests of the big New York
corporations in the q. S. senate -Pratt
Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

The kansas farmer isn't the only plu-
sceraf these days. The Kansas conn
nv editor is another. For instance.
shore IS one Of this class in a Kansas
county seat town who bought his paper
1eae than three years ago for $4,000.
Going i'm debt for it. The first year he
naid half of the Indebtedness out of
ire net profits Of the paper and now
Il is bringing him in from $500 to 800
every month. OF course this editor
NAV be somewhat exceptional, but
only as he IS above the average IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

''Irrigatfon' at Garden City and
Irrigation at Topeka are not de-
fined the same way. When a states
man enters Copeland county and in
quires for an ''irrigating ditch he
does not mean to infringe on the
riparian rights of nybody.-Hutchin-
son News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

ability. There are dozens Of others do
ing as well, or almost as well. He sinap-
y picked out a good town for his bust
ness, and he runs a drst-class paper,
charging his patrons what It is worth.
They value it accordingly and appre-
Gate his work