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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17

way enterprises il Mandh,IFia.
Recognition BY Rus y q t'ie
exclusive right BIZ Japan to glye a q
yice and assistance to Korea a Ne
interest 81 good government.
Il 8. An agreement by Russia not 8
| to impede an Eventual extension Of
1.-THE Korean railway into Southern
Aiancburia. ), (.
Russia adopted the policy cf de-
I1ay and finally gave her answers m
Ian unsatisfactory manner TO y apan.
| Russia made counter-proposa to
japan, asking that Japan recognize
lManchuria as outside the Japanese
empire and that a neutral zone be-
established in Korea. These nego-
!tiations continued until February.
l1g04 when Japanese statesmen
without hope Of peaceful adjust
ment concluded there must be war
and that Japan must fight 10 pre-
serve her own, and February 8 of
l:that year steps were taken to strike
the ffst blow.
The result Of the first year Of the
war may be summarized as follows:
Destruction Of the Russian naval
Ipover in the Orient. Only a few
lcruisers at Vladiyostok remain Of. all
1.-THE great feet which the Car bad
There in February. 1904. i; s.
Capture Of Port Arthur after a
lsseven months siege. !;
Victorious advance of the d apan!
Iese army from Chemulpo through
Korea and Manchuria to the Hpn
river, Is miles below Mukden.
Japanese occupation of Niu-
l:chwang and all Southern Mdpeh,lF-
lie.
The losses in men are conserve
ltively estimated as followss
Russians 10000 killed or. died
| OF disease. 100000 wounded 80 600
lcapLureu tlnciudllig Sf,VVVfd tsQrl
lArtlmr.) B
Japanesc-14,ooo killed; or died,
OF disease: $4,000 wounded 600
captured.
Thus is it shown that Russia has
Ibeen beaten so far. but there Is no
levidenee vet that she will abandon
1.-THE, war, except the internal discs
sions at home and these have not
ARRIVED at such an aggrayating stage
Jas to lead to the belief that they Will
not be temporarily put aside atlaets.
AS the result the conflict will likely
continue another year. Meanwhile
the world looks on and waits to see
Japan completely whip one of the
most powerful nations.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17

The Town of Adarnston, under its
new administration proposes to loal
after the interests of the people If
that place. The first thing the new
administration did was to cut down
the current expenses by reducing the
salaries of the officers and its may II
openly and emphatically declared
that his policy should be what would
be to the hest interests of the town.
Now, the administration proposes
to grant a franchise for a gas corr
spany there. The town has gas brit
it believes in competition. 1t is
announced that rates under the neg
company will be reasonable and
lower than are now being charged.
BE that as it may the competition
created by the operation Of another
gas company there viii naturally
bring the prices down.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17


looms There. The argument Is more
tl'an ridiculous, when one Considers
tie fact fhat other state Institutions
are located ia p|aces that have a.
loonsa Take the State Normal
School at Fairmont, for instance.
Many girls from the best homes IN
the Commonwealth Iii attend that insti-
tition and VET there are several sa-'
looms in Fairsnont. Nov, we have
here mi this particular case girls who
have not known the ways. Of the
world, girls who are pure and innos
cent, and yet the state permits them
if the al uinent is good, to run the
risk Of being p1oSally ndangered g
depicte ins the case Of Salem by the
opponents 70 the proposed city char
ter for that place: In other words
there are some goody goody people.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17
WITHOUT TRUE S7,RzPE.

The reform element at Salem, As
a local paper terms some people. is
not Of the true stripe, as shown BY
the incidents Of the recent general
election, Did not a fellow, who pro
feses to be a reformer and one Of
that elements present leaders, ap-
proach a speakeasy man in that place
and tell him that, if he would use
This influence for his election to the
state legislature, he would vote for
the Salem charter? The TELEeRAaf
| put this up to them once and it was
not denied. Again, didSnot some Of
those protested reformers 60 about.
proclaiming themselves as reformers
and at the same time speak in favor
of some for the highest offices in the
county, who were Soak" gamblers
and other things that would not look
well in print? 49, s'-.-
Yet these are the people that pro-
fess to be sanctimonious and really
believe themselves without sin. They
! are afraid to 90 that far though be-
cause of the fact that they know
that other people are on to them
and their game. Also In this con-
nection one of the men from Salem
who is down at Charleston lobbying
against the bill is the same one who
| promised to vote for the charter, if
a certain speakeasy man voted as he
dictated and used his influence in
that direction.
Still another who is taking an ac-
tive interest in tho opposition i q
man who went over the county
sapeking against a man who was
conscientious Christian gentleman
who was never known to take q
drink. and advocating the election q
a Soak" The gentleman he thus
fought had not the slightest oppo-
sition for nomination. There was
nothing that could be brought rtp
against his fitness for the Office
Nothing could be said against his
character. Yet this protested re-
former and a preacher at that took
the pains to 60 from place to place
preaching against his election and
talking loudly and long for one
who he knew was morally unfit
for it to say nothing about qualifi-
cations and the like.
And yet another in conference
with friend of his who was in The
speakeasy business told the latter
that it would never do to vote fol
a certain man, because he knew hin
like book, having been raised il
the same country, but the night be.
fore the election this same alleged
reformer took the pains to tell The
speakeasy man that he actually lice
about the fellow against whom h,
wanted him to vote in the first place
There is rottenness for you in Den
mark, and the public actions d
others associated with the opposi
ton to the Salem charter are of the
same caliber.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17
GREATER s.s4nEil.

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n MAJ, and haSe Z sta,. sS ssai s',s
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which Salem 4 n6t H. sI - s ss y !
|e;ty fbaf would bsy al hesa .asn
|fbese lim;tof;ons 10, haa, 81 .,;9ta :. j
wears aeo Anona IN, 40 s SEQ na - ses
ltbat hive becoma sn1ls 100 oec,, pap ia
with tbeS s;tnat;nn q IL b. s, r,.ass
|buro News wb;cb 4 Z n INV ,;n a,Ss -,
with tbc nrogress;ye ~ s,onn , II
salem and ably ,,rges Tho nassaao of
|tbe iii bysthe 1ss;sIst,,,.s y folIo,r :.
ssWifb eyarv ,.s,., an, !. -
THE legislat,rs salsm c -. $50 fa,. :, -
with 5 reanest that shesbs s ss,r .v,@Ss !,
charter Her ren, r sis baga aa.s 40
INST INST q baen yef,sad a,,s s ~ ~
Strenuous nrotsst 4hat sbas conc ~ W. ~.
! from within her own confines
| Salem eharto III I'm l. s s s,ana,,,a -
and th; s t;roa - Ia .iY psuu
| "a s,,ecass III a.. a.as pe.ssr pion,sfs
mast Tyer .. aa T. a4 s.ms N u tne
t5;son connt;, sas ron m TIL l:,,
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17
THAT 4RMoRY.


1t is matter that is subject 10
much criticism, when it comes to an
outlay of $4,000 or more for what
purports to be an armory in Parkers-
burg. but, which in reality. some say.
willSbe big ball room for the social
set Of that city. This is only a nrt
of the cost. The state will have ia
pay care-takcrs, buy light and heat
and pay for insurance every year [,
come.
1t is matter of grave doubt as to
whether the state needs such a build
ing. Ut might be well enough for
West Virginia to have big storage
house, but certainly there is no all
vantage in general to the soldiery ot
the state to have one big headquar-
ters, which it can never reach, ex-
cept on special occasion. What eosd
would an armory out at Parkersbrs
do to Clarksburg soldierve :
Also in this connection the es.
Establishment of an armory at Par
kersburg as proposed would he a
sure bid for the state encampmc,,t
every year and Parkersburg would
be made military headquarters far
the state, when, in fact, such head
quarters should be at or near tl,e
seat Of government. There are
other places IN the state entitled 70
aust as much consideration. such As =,
Clsrksbrug, Wheeling. Parkersbur :.
Fairmont, Grafton, Mar6nsbarss''
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17
Rooss8Ef.r AND lD1ToRcH.


Some papers whose views are as
marrow on most all other sub ects a.
on the patriotic course Of President.
Roosevelt in his official acts are now
diligently engaged in criticising his
special message to congress on t y
divorce question, q question that y
aRitating not only great religious
denominations but also the people
IA general Of the nation, and truly
none have set forth the matter more
clearly than he, when he says
81 call the attention Of the Con-
gress to the fact that no statistics
have been collected BY the Federal
Government upon the subjects OF
marriage and divorce since the year
1886, and that but few Of the States
have provisions for the collection Of
such statistics.
rhe institution Of marriage s
Of course at the very Foundation Of
our social organization, and all In,
fuences that affect that institution.
are Of vital concern to the people Of
The whole country. There is d wide
spread conviction that the divorce
laws are dangerously lax and ina:e-
ferently administered in some Of
The States resulting in diminishing
regard for the sanctity Of the mar,
riage relation.
ts'The hope is entertained that 81
opeTation among the several States
can be secured to tile end that there
may be enacted upon tfessubject Of
lnarT RI 8 and divorce uniform laws
ontaining AL possible safeguards
Tor the security of the family. Tn
felligent and prudent action in thai
alrectIon wall be greatly prompted
III securing reliable and Trustworthy
STATISTICS g upon marriage and divorce.
q ,e. flae matter Of sufficient
general importance 70 recommend
lnat tne Director OF the Census be
aalnorlze9 by appropriate leelsla-
lt 1lc, collect and publish statistics
persalning 20 fnat subject covering
me PERIOD !. from 1885 to the present.
tlme,
: 9erI "a there Is nothing that af-
lects the welfare OF the nation 30
mncn as ITS social fabric and fro.
marriage y that fabric woven, and
as q, congress e designed TO look after
inc :, Y, interests ct the people as q whole
mat pctly's duty rs to give itslatten-
.tlcn g this phase of Americanslife.
10 act advisedly on this question it
ls essential that all such information
should be gathered as will give con-
gress g clear insight Into prevalent
ditions.
AS suggested by Mr.. Roosevelt the
fundamental principle Of a research
OF the question is the matter ut.
gathering statistics and no branch
of the government is so well equip
ped as the census bureau for the M. !. /
pose, With full details and partic,,-,
lars, such as that department gathers
about other features of the country,
and its people, congress will SIC
readily where the weak places are
and be enabled to pass legislation Of
a curative mature.
Besides. in answer to his critics.
That some :, of the leading religious
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17

Il.tf Il
( az is evident taiat taat gepf i, ilfSued-
ing ct Wolf Summit 4. iuess blaIi
on part 0ft boftood. ii
~ ssible fhe psep sl,gif eohid, uni
ty were tired. 81 thing sy'.fe
.Sarsiss m saiid affair wis
simply meant 70 create Ai,csi q sesfe a
would prevent repetition Of What tnes
nad complained of But Il tnsre was al
benadde attempt and tiess engaged
were aetelRined TO STRING some one mp;
1.-The matter should BE- ptobed 10 tde boi
tom and every snlat, who tried u tsIse
tae law into MS own hands snoala be-
severely dealt It'll. An such sapn3a be
made to- understand that they iaslst
obey tie law just as well as thoss stas5y
would punish for alleged violation y
the law. Mob rule must be discouraged
.rather taap encourages, even, II those
who were willing 70 use a rope, have 70
be made subject, to the legal hang man
rope.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17
RANDoLPH,s usuRPATIoN.

The people of Harrison county refused
to elect Ernest Randolph to represent
them. The people Of Salem last year
votesl MS candidacy for mayor down ami
later the same place voted q big ma
iority against mis- representing Them and
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17
THAT SCHOOL ARGUMENT.

sAof all the arguments the TEIR-
GRAN. has heard against the Salem
city charter it is that about the In
dnstfial School for Girls. being in
thai: Y place and ityould not don
that ascosnt to permit the people
p 80 gass Is ':,a thess s lsll V ~
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17

Etas sest ii Tue county 81 tne lssisiatnr>
ina yet AZ presume Is fspFe>sn. them
at chasiest ton. Tie iact Is few got
tog<thes and raised fund to p,r hi.
expenses while be IS down ihere dsat.
Ing III wisaes 81 hi native placa. Ii
takes Idts of gail To "a all this ia ta<
face Of III fact taat lsis own PEOPLE arc
against him. But the man who win az:
clare IN written word mat Re efiors..
the national and stats Prohibition plat
forms and thsn runs on he Dsnocrs,i,'
PLATFORM the pint form of ise pafty that
nominated whisky men and pefsr ds-
slased against u. the same part yao.s
members Of executive c6lnmittees wfre
seen giving orders ia saloons fori u
tion booze, the sans patty ia, ~
fslll y 80, 900 in ttae county for Il 3 hi
bocdIe the same party tliat sent ucn2S
out 70 st;ie country pfs einei b. be ,ixd
On election day anu d.'IIsd - Masr it
conld Of III when, II found TIE at hopp-
ing the other way Is mot szpsei 4. ID
be eOnsisent And ys jan al bips
Is made % npnold his Hands Common
modes otisat to tell hin tist IL e H.
PIE did not want him IN HE leEisistus1
and that ought to be enadeS to insps, !
upon him the fact eenat Tie isaiosfiy
Of the people OF dis native f,lfca d.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-02-17

Dr. g. ~ Hardman ocnist by far the best qualified
snd occul the state for the fitting
tea training under the came
lrom xnsiand Gsmany and France bous 5
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-03-31
OFFICE STEALING.

1t is noted that the Republicans of
Colorado did steal the governorship of
that State in fashion which called for
bitter comment from even such
staunch Republican papers as the
Baltimore American. In Kentucky
some years ago the Democrats under
Goebel we're accused of an attempt to
steal the governorship. The Republi-
cans undertook to prevent what they
termed steal by assassinating the
would be governor. Colorado Demo.
Gratis, however, have not thus violated
decency and law, They have not added
assassination to the list of crimes of
which they are SO often accused. Since
the Colorado affair anything ought to
60 this side of assassination, for the
seating of Peabody who nobody would
admit was elected. and his agreed res
isnation and the seating of the candi-
date for Lieutenant. Governor, Nc
Donald, was the boldest, most bare
faced steal of public Office ever perpe-
erated In America, the Hayes. Tilden
AFFAIR not being q marker.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-03-31

eminent they provide for three mem.
beers of the commission who shall be
executive officers. One of these has
b zen selected in the person OF Judge
Charles E Magoon, now counsel OF
the commission and law officer of the
Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War
Department. Judge Magoon will be-
come Governor of the Canal Zone. An
other member practically decided upon
will be Chief Engineer Wallace, who
has all along had charge OF the engi-
neering work but who has not, thus
far, been a mem Der of the Comm iSsion.
The third remains to be selected. He
will be chairman of the Commission
and the utmost care is being taken to
find man with pre-eminent qualifica-
tions for this important post. The
four remaining members of the Com
mission will be consulting engineers
of proven ability, but they will not be
called upon to perform executive duties
in connection with the Commission.
These charges are necessary because
General Davis, the present Governor
of the Zone. while man Of fine ability
is SO much of a military martinez, and
so thoroughly tactless as to precipitate
constant friction with the Panama
Government. Admiral Walker, pres
ent chairman of the commission. will
be permitted to retire to make room
for a younger man of greater force and
energy.
Serious and extraordinary evidences
of vandalism have come to light as
having attended the recent inaugural
ceremonies. The damage done to the
bronze tracery of the gallery doors Of
the House of Representative will nee
essitate an expenditure of Sc. 500 for re-
pairs. A heroic statue of Ceres on tho
East front of the Capitol shows five
white spots where vandals have chip
ped off pieces of marble varying in
size from that of quarter to a silver
dollar. The table on which has lain
the bible where every President sin &c
and including Lincoln has taken the
oath of Office, was marred by the
chipping off of silver of the beading
which surrounds the top but it is not
certain that this was done by vandals
but may have occurred when the wind
on the inaugural stand overturned the
delicately made piece of furniture.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-03-31

Is it right that a property-owner
should lose 81 20 to let a dealer made
50 cents? A dealer makes so cents
more on fourteen gallons of ready-for
use paint. at $l50 per gallon. than our
agent does on eight gallons of l.. u NJ
paint and six gallons of linseed oil
which make fourteen gallons of the
best paint in the world, at $1.2O per
gallon. the property owner loses just
81 20. Is it right?
1t only requires gallons of l.. u M
and gallons linseed oil to paint a
moderate sized home.
Ten Thousand Oh urches painted
with Longman q Martin ez l.. u M
Paint.
Liberal quantity given to churches
when bought from b. F. Hughes,
StauntOn; G.. H. Cohron, Stuart Is
Draft; j. B. ROden, Waynesbo Au.
gusta Milling u Mer. Co., Messy
Creek
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-03-31

Buena Vista, Va March 27.-The
hardware store of II. l.. Gllkeson was
broken into few night ago and about
$75 worth of goods taken.
Owing to several new enterprises
going up here, there is not vacant
house In town and the sound of carpen-
tiers hammers is heard on all sides.
People are paying up the delinquent
taxes on lots that have lain idle since
the boom, and building houses on these
same lots. These taxes have accumu-
lated ON boom time assessments and
amount to a great deal more than the
lots would have brought few years
ago. Among those most actively en-
gagged in this work are R. j. Brown, a
leading merchant; w. z. Newland and
Councilman, w. Z. Paxton.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-03-31
Jules Verne Dead.

Jules Verne, the famous French
novelist died at his home at Amlens,
France on Friday. He was born at
Nantes, France. IN 1928. He stndied
law there and in Paris. and began writ
ing short romantic dramas while wait
ing for practice at law. In 1858 be
commenced his series of marvellous
scientific stories, which won attention
as continued tales in the Paris daily
newspapers and became world famous
ten years later. His works, though
highly imaginative and defective in
style, were characterized by wide
scientific knowledge, in the main &C.
curate, and by graphic powers of de-
scription. His best known works are
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea, "''ArOund the World In Eighty
Days." "A Journey to the centre Of
the Earth" and "A Trip of the MoOn.'
HIS novels were translated into many
languages.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-03-31

We have not heard great deal
about graft since Machen and his con
freres went to the penitentiary, but
there are thousand men who were as
guilty as Machen and the Groffs, who
should be run down. Senator Mitchell
Of Oregon has been indicted, and so
has Congressman from Oregon OF the
name of Herman, for land frauds.
These, Secretary Hitchcock Of the In
terror Department will see are prose-
cuted, as well as many more, for there
have been great frauds there. But
this should not make the government
forgetful of those other departments
where graft ran riot and thieves broke
through and stole.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-03-31
An Auto Line in Highland.

Monterey, Va, March 25.-A COM
pany of Highland men, headed by Mr..
Isaac Bussard, of Monterey, has de-
termlned to settle the question as to
tho utility of the automobile az means
of mountain travel by giving the mat
ter practical test. Mr.. Bussard is
now negotiating for a machine, Of such
horsepower and construction as seems
best adapted to such a course, and he
has every assurance that one can be pro-
cured that will successfully stand the
test and make good the guarantee pro-
posed by the company.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-03-31

The very eommendable effort of the
supervisors and citizens to arrange for
the MacA damizing of the Churchville
road, seems likely to be about to bear
fruit. The supervisors, as we under
stand. have proposition from the G.
& o. Ry. to furnish certain amount
of money for this purpose, provided
the other portion is raised by the eoun.
ty or it's citizens 1t is now under
derstOOd that the amount has been
raised which was required before the
G. j. O. would do the rest. d that the
question now rests with the G. 4 y.
This is a most important road, and
should it be MacAdamized the lands
along it will be greatly enhanced in
value and the road itself made far
more important and useful.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-03-31
Low Rates to Charlottesville

Account Virginia Sum er School of
Methods, at Charlottesville, June 20
August 4, 1905, Southern Railway an
nounces rate of one first class fare plus
25 cents for the round trip from points
on it's lines within State of Virginia,
including Washington, D. c., mini
mum rate 5 so; dates of sale June "a,
%, 26. July l, 2. 8. 8, IL, IA, with final
limit Is days in addition to date of sale.
For further Information call on near
est ticket agent. Southern Ry.
mar 81 At