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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09

We accepted the invitation OF Ed.
Jenkins, Of the First ward, to look In
on the Curio-Museum show being con-
Quoted by Blind Willie" at the cor.
rer of bridge and Washington streets
yesterday. We found tie tent quiet.
orderly and well warmed. and Willie
there with the goods. BY strange
coincidence, we found there a 7.months
old calf, native of Richie county,
we'll developed and in fine condition
except that 1t is wholly without the or.
gans of sight. and is case OF the blind
leading and caring for the blind, each
being dependent upon the other and
yet neither able to look into the face
OF Ills benefactor. Next we observed
fine 2-year old sheep, procured from
Lewis county, with six legs and feet.
che superHuous pair is swung in rear
OF the forelegs proper attached to the
flesh crosswise with the bone attach.
ments running up beside the natural
ones and uniting at the shoulder blade
They are hoofed and iointed as the
others. although being little short
are not used except in getting up when
lying down. Then there was "Jarco.'
The famous rantankerous jumbo mon.
key. the largest of Its kind ex,ant. fun
OF tricks and OF jealousy and anger at
times, which he manifests with ven.
geance. 1t is certainly an abnormal
collection from start to finish but a
quiet orderly place where even ladies'
may go without inconvenience or fear
of molestation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
On a Still Hunt.

Bruce Bartholow acts the better part
of wisdom and goes to the Oyster
State on his hunting expedition to-
day. Although Bruce is no clam, II
will thus be seen that he is on still
hunt for more quiet game that is not
scared from its rock.bound bed by the
sweeping floods of hunters with the
laying of hounds and the roar of guns.
He may succeed in capturing an oyster
bed before his return or pearls OF
greater price" If he can only dive deep
enough beneath the water.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
BOOMERANG
WAS AN ANONYMOUS LETTER
SENT TO HOTEL PROPRIETOR
AT cLARkSsuRG.

CLARKSBURG. Nov. 9.-The' fol-
lowing anonymous letter was received
by Mr.. Guy H. Sinsel, the proprietor
of the Traders Hotel. A careful per.
usal of the same reveals beyond a
doubt the author:
Clarksburg. Nov. Z, 1905.
Mr.. Sinsel.
Dear Sir:-I was at your hotel yes.
terday for dinner. like to eat at
your hotel, but don't like to meet
drunken head waiter at the door,
or the drunken walters that take
orders. You only have one good
waiter and that is John Burns and !
know he don't drink or smoke. You
could make change and put good
head waiter in and I know he won't
tolerate drunxen walters. AS I would
like to bring my wife, but can't
bring her while you have that drunk
en- clique.
FROM YOUR FRIEND.
Strange to say Immediately upon
receipt of the letter, that paragon
of virtue, that dashing, handsome
waiter, Mr.. John Burns, was instant
~ ana summarily discharged. The
Traders is still worrying along at
tending to its business of feeding the
large crowd Of diners three times
day. but where is that matchless
waiter. Mr.. Burns? Echo answers
| where.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
DRAMATIC TRIAL
is NOW GOING ON IN LOGAN coUN.
TY-MAY LAST ALL
WEEK.

LOGAN c. H., w. Va, Nov. "a
case of more than passing interest Is
going on at the Logan court.
William Ellis is on trial for his life.
He is charged with killing two men
on Big Creek three years ago, whose
names were Chapman and Burton.
From the evidence so far submitted.
1t seems that three years ago house
in which quite number OF men were
boarding, on Big Creek, was destroyed
by fire. all inmates escaping except
Chapman and Burton. 1t Is claimed
that there was trouble between Ellis
ard the two men, whose scharred re-
mains were found after the fire, and
II they had not been murdered they
also would have escaped.
A feature of the trial is the fact that
T. G. Chapman, an uncle Of the young
man who was lost in the fire. has ten.
dered the county Of Logan $500 with
which to employ Hon. ]. l.. Spoford
the criminal attorney Of Williamson
in the prosecution of Ellis.
The defense has employed as his at,
torneys Col. John s. Marcum, of this
city, AL Fulton, prosecuting attorney.o Of
Boone county, and Judge F. II Evans
Of Williamson, and the strongest legal
fight that ever occurred In tile annals
of Logan court is on.
The trial began Saturday and may
last all week 1T Is attracting wide
spread attention. ss
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
MORE ABOUT
TOM BLUES FALL DOWN THE Ell.
EVAToR SHAFT AT MORGAN
TOWN YESTERDAY.

Thomas Blue, The well-known color.
ed plasterer. fell from the top to the
bottom of the elevator shaft in the
Main Street Building Company's block
about half past eight o'clock. and was
not fatally injured. The temporary
elevator, or hoistas 1t is usually called,
was beneath his feet, and the force
Of the fall broke the heavy boards and
TWO by four scautlipgs of which 1t was
made. The victim of the accident was
not rendered unconscious. und his
physician, DR.. David Holt, believes
that his injuries will not prove fatal.
No bones were broken. There was no
abrasion of the skin, and al noon,
there had been no developments to in.
dicate Internal injuries. Tie patient
was suffering from a pain in his back.
and in the region of his heart, but
these symptoms were not regarded az
serious. The escape was a remarka.
BILE one though not without precedent.
The accident was due to the break.
lhS vi Il CdDlS WHICH tIle
The cable was regarded as heavy
enough for the work, and had been
used successfully for some time III
conveying brick, mortar and timbers
TO the upper story of the building. One
Of the men employed in superintend.
ing the construction stated this morn.
ing flat the workmen had been warned
not to ride the elevator when 1t was
loaded and that there was a wheelbar.
row loaded with bricks on it when
Blue made the trip.
The accident caused considerable
excitement among the workrlen en-
ployed on the building and one negro
in particular, made startling outcry
when he saw the rude hoist with o
man upon 1t shoot down the shaft
The distance traversed by Blue in his
downward plunge was between seven
~ and eighty feet.
An ambulance was called III very
few minutes after the accident occur
red, and the injured man was taken Il
his home in the Second ward-New
Dominion.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
SUPREME R COURT
HANDED DOWN A NUMBER OF
OPINIONS TUESDAY
MORNING.

CHARLESTON. Nov. Gin the
Supreme Court of Appeals, the fol-
lowing business was transacted Tues
day. all judges being present:
Dimmack VS.. Wheeling Traction
Co. From Ohio county. Judgment
affirmed. Opinion by Sanders, j.,
J. e. Polling 6 Co. vs.. John w.
Moore. Jr. From Tucker county.
JudEment modified and affirmed.
Opinion by Sanders,J.
Dudley vs.. Barrett ct al. From
Wood county, Judgment affirmed.
Cox. J. sRs
Nutter VS.. Brown. From Harrison
county. Decree affirmed. Opinion
by Poffenbarger. J. Brannon, p, dis
senting.,
Clayton vs.. County Court. From
Gilmer. county. Decree modified and
affirmed. Opinion by 1Poffenbarger,
J.
State VS.. Dolan. From Tyler coun.
ty. Judgment reversed. Opinion by
McWhorter, ]. Brannon, p, dissent
ing.
Oil and Gas Well Supply Co. VS..
Gartlan ct al. From Wood county.
Reversed and remanded. Opinion by
McWhorter, ].
Roberts VS.. Coal and Coke Co. From
Kanawha county. Judgment reversed.
Opinion by McWhorter, J.
Tracewell VS.. County Court. From
Wood county. Judgment, reversed.
Opinion by Brannon, P.
Poffenbarger. j., files, dissenting
opinion in the case of State VS.. Meyer.
State VS.. Wenger. From Pocahon.
tas county. Writ of error refused.
Stats vs.. Georgia Insurance Co.
From Mason county. Writ of error
refused.
Clarksburg Wine and Liquor Co.
VS.. Geo. Maury ct al. From Randolph
county. Appeal and supersedeas re,
fused.
Geo. S. Couch, Jr., of Kanawha, Ii,
censed to practice law and admitted
to this bar.
Camden VS.. West Branch Lumber
Co. From Braxton county. Return
to certiorari filed.
Carey Mfg. Co. VS.. Watson. From
Harrison county. Petition for re.
hearing filed,n ,r a.,
Meadows VS.. Wagner, From Ka.
nawha county. Dismissed on motion
of appellant.
Mason VS.. Mill Creek Camel Coal
Co. From Kanawha county. Dis.
missed on motion of plaintiff in error.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
Eroze Out and Left.

Willie Satterfeld, of State street,
came in home yesterday from Elkins.
where he made brief visit. He did
not tarry long. according to his own
report, by reason of the cool reception
unexpectedly extended to him out
there. The whole country was wrap
FED in a mantle of snow but business
was on hustle. industries of all kinds
being projected.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09

The United Irish League in Limerick
decided to oppose hunting in the coun-
ty unless masters of hounds took steps
70 prevent the attendance at meets OF
landlords and agents who had not re,
stored evicted tenants or broken UP
their untenanted lands.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
New Railroads Building.

Railroad building is being push
ed rapidly in every direction and
the entire country is getting down
to business in way that ought to
inspire confidence in the hearts of
the most pessimistic.
Commercial and Industrial pub
LEGATIONS predict that the next four
years will be the most prosperous
this country has ever seen.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
We Learn From Experience.

r. c. Boyd, the over-ambitious book
keeper for w. s. Thomas, who has
been in the City Hospital for some
weeks with typhoid fever, g at last
cohvalescent. From his experience,
however, he will learn for the future
what many others have not yet done,
that he can not rush heedlessly on
at an overdrawn tension and do sew.
eral mems work for any great length
Of time without in the end paying the
penalty, and large Doctors bill be-
sides. Either one is bad enough in It.
self to bear. but to double the dose
ruakes one sick in body and lean in
purse. Avoid 1t hereafter. Bob. and
profit from experience.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09


scribe !. reggIariy."
Q1ndigestion Is making an awful record
rs n cause of sudden deaths. It is beat.
ing heart failure in its ghastly harvest.
QYou read in the papers daily OF appar!
emily healthy and even robust men Being
suddenly attacked with acute indigestion
diving II manly cases a before e anu physi Ss
could be called in.
qThis should be warning to you who
suffer with regular or periodical attacks
Of indigestion. If these unfortunate vic.
Tins OF acute indigestion had taken q
small dose of Green's August Flower be.
fore or after their meals they would no,
have fallen prey to such sudden seizures,
qAugust Flower prevents indigestion by
creating good digestion. talso regulates
the liver, purifes the blood and tones up
the entire system in natural way.
qTwo sizes, a5e and 7sc. All drugsista
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
Business Conditions are StilI Improving.

3 From every section comes the
good news OF bright business con-
dftions. Factories are running full
capacity with orders booked for
their entire output for months to
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
Fairmont's Fair Future.

That Fairmont will share in this
general prosperity goes without
saying. Being located as she is in
one Of the very best sections of the
State that is now conceded to be
the first in the Union in industrial
development, she stands preeminent
among them all.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09

E. A. s. Whitford, of the South Side,
returned yesterday morning from his
trip East. where he took in his old
home city of Providence. R. |. along
with many others. arriving travel-worn
and weary after his tour.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
What Others Think Of us.

The Manufacturers Record,
speaking of West Virginia, says ii
is "a field nowhere surpassed in
richness on the globe"
Cent Per Cent, in an article on
The Development of W. Va, says:
trsW est Virginia is coming into her
Inheritance, and her wealth prom
ises when developed sufficiently for
approximately accurate measur-
ment, to equal II 1t will not exceed
that OF any other State. Recent as
was her first enumeration among
the States of noticeable activity,
her progress has been so great that
she now occupies first place.
Help dig the stream OF prosper
ity wider and deeper that leads to
Fairmont.
LEVI B. HAIR.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09

Lost anything? A West Virginian
want ad. will find it for you.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-09
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. FIRST WARD NOTES.
. BY Our Regular Correspondent.
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Mr.. Jesse Mcintyre, of Watson, was
admitted to tie City Hospital yestcr.
cay for treatment of typhoid fever
thus following the example OF his wife
who preceded him by q few days with
the same disease.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-18
AFEw SUGGESTIVE FIGURES.

The Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey announced another DIVIDEND Oh
Is per cent. This is for the cur
rent quarter. 1t distributes $1o,00O,0oo
of profits among the compact body OF
shareholders in that $lO0,00o,ooo con-
Germ. If the rate Of dividend were TO
be kept up thruout the present year
eyery 500 share of stock would receive
$50 profits, and $60,O00,00O would be
divided by the shareholders.
From 1891 to 1895 this company paid
80 per cent year. Then the dlvl-
dend Jumped to 81 per cent in 1896 and
1897. and 80 per cent in 1898, 80 per cent
In 1899, iS per cent in 1900 and l9ol'
as per cent in 1902, "A per cent in 1903
. and SO per cent in 1904. In all, S4oo'-
an OO0 or four times the par value OF
( the capital stock.
The Standard Oil dividend is always
an uncertain quantity. The directors
do not take the public into their conn
Aence. 1,he stock is not traded III on
tho stool; Exchange because the COM
many does not see fit to make state
ments about it's earnings and business
to the exchanges listing committee.
4 John u. Rockefeller is credited with
%he ownership of 100000 shares OF
STANDARD. Oil stock.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-18
lsi.i-3ss3sSnSaa''&s'
{ LOOKER-ON in IOWA

Parkersburg, March 1S.-Not to dis
cuss here the real position of Con-
gressman Hepburn on the talked CT
rate legislation in congress, this lacl
has been brought out. That the MEM
Der of the Eighth district heard OF,
knew about, and acutely felt the critl-
cisna concerning his supposed antag-
onistic position on this vital question.
This SO much SO that he came clear
from Washington to attend a farmers
meeting composed of his constituents
and read before this gathering TWO
letters. now commonly referred to as
"Pete's certificates of Character The
point is this, if Congressman Hepburn
was thus moved to act by this Hood
of criticism, whether he was unj"stly
accused or not, affects not the argu-
ment in the least. Other members OF
the Iowa delegation can be reached in
like manner. When thu idea is firm
lv fixed in our delegations understand
ing that they go to Washington to rep
resent their constituents, rather than
to put into law their own opinions,
then there is hope of needed reforms
being carried out always provided
that by pen and press our delegation
| is informed of the wishes OF thelf
constituency. Genial Dave Henderson,,
"our Dave" dates his downfall from
the time when he commenced Wrltlns
his constituents letters, telling them
in substance that he knew much pet
ter what was for the real good OF saio
constituents, than they did the1n-
selves. 1t is claimed that at the Tune
of the excitement in the Kansas legls-
lature, concerning the state establish
ment of an oil refinery, there were ohly
thirteen townships in the entire state
that did not send delegations, commu-
nications or resolutions to members or
the legislature, expressing their wishes
| on this all important question. Moral:
Write YOUR congressman what you and
your neighbors think and wish for
when important measures are before
congress for discussion and action.
Some of us "old fogies" never miss
a minstrel performance. Don't con-
fuse the facts. We're not particular
ly stuck on jubilee singers or colored
MINISTRIES, real black men. But we do
banker after minstrel performance
I"white men blacked up" such as Nor
ris Bros Pell and TroWbridge gave
us in Boston and New York and Chi
cago twenty years ago. And so when
| Hi Henry's mammoth aggregation of
| real MINISTRIES was advertised we all
went and were disappointed and came
away sorrowful For this minstrel
company has been improved Moth
ing old or stereotyped allowed. That's
what hurts ,1s We wanted to hear the
old sexton sung by a doubled up old
darkey leaning on a cane, before an
| open grave, with a voice reaching
| clear down to his boots and lower.
! When he finally gathered them in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-18

tFor Sunday Reading. !
All Sorts Of Opinions. .
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Old He'll and the New He'll.
"A Methodist Preacher in the Chris
tan City.l
He'll has lost it's powers as deter
rent from evil When men were born
in fear, lived in dread and looked on
death in horror, hell was a philoso-
phical, rational and useful basis of re-
straint. Do not misunderstood me as
suggesting that hell has died out. The
place of it's burning has moved. 1t
was made the terminus of sin, and of
it men were afraid. That was rational
and right. We must teach men to
dread the fires sin lights within. That
is more rational and awful than any
fires that can burn without. Sin puts
hell into men, not men into hell.
The hell of medieval days and more
modern times, as far as any practical
helping toward righteousness Is con-
cerned, has gone out. But more fear
full hell is burning. Only few have
eyes to see it. The speculative hell is
subject for jokes of comic papers.
Thank God, the hell of fact is not yet
a joke with men. He who knows any
thing of sin knows that sin and hell
are synonyms. The church has lost
the assistance of the strong right arm
of moral law, because she pushed into
the speculative realm a question that
belongs to present fact. He'll is
present fact to those who know the
kind of fame that burns in every NOR
al world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-18
threat Of epidemic typhoid in the MUIR

threat Of epidemic typhoid in the MUIR
muir of it's every ripple.
1t is time to be watchful not only
in the larger cities but in the smaller
ones. The country is purifying itself
by drainage, washing the accumulat-
ed nosomeness of the winter season
from it's skirts in floods of infection.
Now is the time for cities unfortunate
enough TO be forced to depend on adj
iacent rivers for their water supply to
make examinations and tests OF its
purity. Sc long as our careless and
almost criminal methods of sewage
disposal into the contracted streams OF
the state endures, eternal watchful-
ness will be the price of freedom from
epidemics.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-18
CONGRESSMAN LOT THOMAS.

Tho announcement Of the death OF
Hon. Lot Thomas yesterday came as
surprise to Iowa people, lew OIL
whom knew that Mr.. Thomas was IN a
nracar,o,,s state of health. He died
on train at Yuma, Arizona careo
for in the last moments by his Wl1e
and daughter, who were accompany
;np him to the west coast where ne
had hoped to recover his health.
Judge Thomas was an Iowan not by
birth but by development. He came
here fresh from school in 1868 When
Iowa was but fairly beginning her de-
yelopment and grew up with the
ro,ntrv He taught school, worked on
a farm and studied law as so many OF
our most successful men have done;
had two terms in the state University
and hung out his Single In the en-
bryotic town of Storm Lake, removing
afterward to Sioux Rapids, then the
county seat of Buena Vista. When the
county seat came to the thriving VII
lage of Storm Lake Thomas came
with it and has since been citizen
of that city. He grew from a stfug-
Cling country lawyer without other
means than his ambition and ability
into district judge Of the Fourteenth
judicial district and succeeded George
d. Perkins as representative from the
Eleventh congressional district eight
years ago. He was defeated for fifth
term by Il. H. Hubbard last year.
Lot Thomas was more useful
man than a great one. He filled his
offices as he lived his life, respectfully
and conscientiously. He was fairly
representative Of that large class of
American citizens who have made
something of themselves" by their
own unaided efforts. His death re-
moves from the state public man
who will be long remembered and
whom it can i'll afford to spare. He
was part of Iowa's growth and an ac-
tive factor in her greatness. Such men
are always missed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-18
THE SPRING BREAKUP AND TYPHOID.

Alorg with the crocuses and the
robins comes typhoid. All the infec-
tious accumulations of a long winter
are draining into the streams from
the side hills, leaking thru the earth
to the underground water courses,
floating down the gutter to the sewers
that discharge into the rivers. The
hidden dangers of the spring are as
many as its beauties. The spring
break up unchains typhoid. AS de-
ductien from the results Of an investi-
CATION undertaken by Surgeon Gen
cral ,Nyman some years ago, it was
estimated tina. there are every year
mo fewer than $4,000 deaths caused
By typhoid fever alone thruout the
United States, not to speak Of diarr-
hoeal diseases, which latter will aug
nlent the number by half, and based
upon an estimated mortality Of 10 per
cent it is within reason to assume a
yearly prevalence of 100000 cases OF
this disease" And most Of this appal-
ling total is attributable to our lax
methods that permit the pollution OF
the sources Of our water supplies. SO
generally is this statement accepted
that in his speech in congress on the
river and harbor bill Mr.. Shras urged
thet the scope OF federal jurisdiction
over public and navigable waters
should be enlarged to prevent their
pollution, and thereby secure the pro-
teotion of public health and the val
liable food fishes Indigenous to them
The navigation interests he listed as
important. but the prevention of dis
ease incastulab!y more so.
Increasing population poisons itself.
II We are to make sewers Of our mar
row rivers in Iowa we must seek 9TH
ar sources Of water supply. The most
heanrfful river In Iowa, the Cedar, is
q ac;.roe of terror to every city on it's
ranks. Waterloo and Cedar Rapids
draw their daily water supply from it
With scar and trembling. There is a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-18

on the last gather" we expected him
to strike a note, an octave lower than
written in the score. We wanted to
hear Way Down on the Swanee R1V-
err by four male voices each one an
artist. We yearned for double clog
dancing. We expected some planta-
ton songs and scenes. We wanted a
real fool Niger at each end and dig
unified colored gentleman with a deep
base voice for interlocutor. We were
all ready to laugh at jokes a hundred
years old We missed the man with
the bones and the tambourlne. 1t
would have been worth the price of
admission. just to see this tambourine
man end up by hitting the next man
on his head, just once. But no. we
had to see a modern up-to-date per-
Torrance. vaudeville mix up. Jug
glers and gynnasts, good ones, too.
but they had no more business in a
minstrel performance than Billy Sun
day would have in Henry Ward Beech
er's pulpit. Mr.. Hi Henry. you prob
ablv know your business, but let it be
suggested that unless you return to
straight work, your days are number
ed. Why, one of these days some
body will give an up-to-date rendit-
ion of Uncle Toms Cabin. What'll we
do then?
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