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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11
NOTHING SERIOUS.

People spend a great deal of money
folishly nowadays" said the appre
hensiye citizen.
yes" answered Mr. Dustin Stax
"But don't feel like blaming them
If nobody spent money foolishly II
would be impossible for some of us
flnancIers to amass such large for
tunes. "-Washington Star.
Breezy-Why did you resign from
the Don't Worry Club?
Easy-It discovered that the way
the rest of them got out of worrying
was by telling all their troubles Ia
me!-Detroit Free Press.
Did you see that personal that Ma
gruder was writing?"
81 couldn't help seeing IT,"
"WelI, what does ne mean by say,
ing; Return at once and all will be
forgiven and forgotten? Has his wife
left him."
NO; his cook."--cleveIand Plain
Dealer.
Your wife certainly has a remark,
able command of language" said
Gray
Yes. | presume she has" reioined
Mr., Smith, but there are times when
| am inclined to think it has command
Of her, Chicago News.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11

Colonel William +. Cody has been
officially appointed instructor to the
balloon companies Of the Royal Ensi-
neers at Aldershot, England
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11

The Indian Academy Of Science, at
its meeting this week, decided to get
a permanent Academy of Science
building, and will ask Andrew Came.
gle to assist them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11

Nell-Mlss Schalp tells me she is
going to learn to play the harp.
Belle--What nonsensel She hasn't
any talent for music.
Mellon, she knows that; but she
has lovely arms.-Philadelpnia LedS
ger.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11
Memorial to the s62 Victims Of ths.
N4I.,ti, uy.a.L 40 ve.s. h1o

Memorial to the 5b2 VICTIMS q t1a
Atlantic Wreck, 80 Years Ago.
HALIFAX, N. s., Dec, SA monu
ment was unveiled at Prospect yesiers
day in memory Of the 5G2 victims u
the wreck Of the steamer Atlantic, 81
years ago, 4
The expense of the monument was
borne by the White Star Line. which
owned the Atlantic. The monument
was unveiled by Rev. W. j. Ancient
who was the rector at Prospect at ne
time of the wreck and took d promi
nent part in the rescue work
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11
MEN AND WOMEN.

Rev. Father Louis G. GagnIer, of
Springfield, Mass, has just celebrated
the ahieth anniversary Of his entry
into the priesthood,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11

Come III during our removal sale
and buyyour christmsschina. some
good things cheap. Coal City House
Furnishing co.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11

The Southern District.
Judge-Benjamin F. Keller.
Clerk-Edwln M. Keatley,
District Attorney-Elltott North
colt.
U. 8. Marshal-John K. Thompson.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11
United States Senators.

United States Senators.
Stephen B; Elkins and Nathan B
Scott.
Representatives In Congress.
First dlstrlCt-Blackbun B. Dove.
ner.
Second DIstrict-Thomas B. Davis
Third distrlct-Joseph H, Gaines.
Fourth dlstrict-Harry c. Woo
yard.
Fifth district-James A. Hughes.
State Government
Governor-Wm. M. o. Dawson.
Secretary Of state-Charles. w
swisher.
Superintendent OF Schools Thomas
&c. Miller.
Audltor-Arnold c. scherr.
RECONSIDERATION OgdIH.
Attorney General-Clark W. May
Adjutant Generals. B. Baker.
Commissioner of Banking-S. V
Mathews.
Commissioner of Labor, v. Bar
ton.
Chief Mine Inspector. W. Paul.
Supreme Court Of Appeals.
George PofRenbarger, president;
Henry G. McWhorter. Henry Brannon
Frank Cox, Joseph NJ. Sanders.
Clerk-Willlam B. Mathews.
County Government
Judge OF Circuit Court, FourteeAth
Judicial Circult-John W. Mason.
Judge Of the intermediate CouCs-
Q. 8. Kendall
Prosecuting Attorney = Scott G.
Lowe.
Sberin-Howard R. Furbee
Clerk Of the Circuit CouFt-R. B.
Parrish.
Clerk of the County Court-Geo. NJ.
Jacobs.
County Surveyor. H. Wilcox.
County Superintendent Of Free
schoois-Carter L. Faust.
Assessors-Gilbert Holman, Eastern
district, A. ]. Mcdaniel, Western
district.
legislators.
State Senator-Joseph H, McDer-
mott.
Members Of the House Of Dele
gatea-Thomas W. Fleming, James
gates-Thomas W. Fleming and La
mar c. Powell.
County Court.
W. E. Cordray, president; 8. e.
Fleming, C, P, Moore.
FaIrmont District
Justices of the Peace-L. G. Ben
nington, E. 8. Amos.
Constables-Clark W. Walker. j..
Lee Parker.
Board Of Observation-Disclosures Inde'
pendent District.
e. NJ. Showalter. president; NJ. ].
Lantz, W. E. Anett, T. W. Boydston.
secretary.
City Government
Mayor-George W. Kinsey.
City Clerk, Engle.
City Collector-John S. Scott.
City Treasurer. Z. Powell.
City Engineer-J. NJ. Prickett.
City Assessor-W. A. CroWl.
City solIcitor-A. o. Stanley.
Chief Of Fire Departmental Frank
Reed.
Water Commissioner. Howard
swisher,
Street Commissioners Geo d. Rich
REdson.
- -, - - YaL, .N4'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11

Portraits In oil of Governor Joseph
Duncan, fifth governor of Illinois, and
Governor John p. AItgeld were pre-.
scented to the Chicago Historical So
clety this week by relatives of the
former governors.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11
THE WEST YIRGINIAN'S
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

President Of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt, Of New York
vice PresldeRt-charleI W. FHi'
banks, of Indiana.
Secretary Of state-EliAr Root. Of
New York.
Secretary Of the 'rroaSury-LeSlie
N. Shaw, Of Iowa.
secretar! Of war-Wm, H. TAFT, Of
Ohio.
Attorney General-w. fl. Moody, Of
Massachusetts.
Postmaster General George B,
Cortelyop, Of New York.
Secretary OF the Navy-Chas. ].
Bonaparte, Of Maryland.
Secretary Of the Interlor-EthAn
Allen Hitchcock. OF Missouri.
Secretary Of northumberland
Wilson, Of iowa.
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
Victor H. MetcaIf, 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 Justlce-Melville W. 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-NR'
than Cor and Jeter G. PrltchRrd.
United States District Judges-Al'
ston G. Dayton and Benjamin F. Kel-
Ter.
United States District COurts-The
Northern District
Judge-AlSton G. Dayton.
Cierk-Jasper Y. Moore.
District Attorney-Reese Blizzard,
Assistant District Attomey-E. M.
Showalter.
q. 8. Marshal-Charles D. Elliott.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11

Tx awest Virglnlaa want u.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11

General H. w. Carpenter, Of New
York, has presented to Saratoga coan-
ty, his State, a deed for 200 acres of
land In the town of Providence, the
proceeds of which are to be devoted
to the support Of the Carpenter In
Urinary.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11

Francis Murphy, who for 81 years
has pleaded throughout the English,
speaking world for the cause of tenn
perance, is dying In Southern Call.
fornia. He is 60 years of age, was
born In Ireland, and came to America
when he was 16 years old.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11

Joseph G. Cannon Is the Oldest man
ever elected speaker of the House.
He was also longer member Of that
body before becoming speaker than
any other presiding officer. The
youngest speaker the House has ever
had was r. NJ. T. Hunter of Virginia,
who was only 80 years old and in his
second term chosen to preside,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-11

Rev. Campbell Morgan. Of West
minister Chapel, London, downtown
institutional and missionary church,
has decided to give one-tenth of all
its income to foreign missions, that
1t would soon maintain one or two
missionaries, aud that he will preach
on that subject once every month
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-18
Volcano in Louisiana

Louisiana has volcano in active erup-
ton and with a crater 70 feet in diane
ter, which is daily growing larger. This
volcano, in the Caddo district, near
Shreveport, started nearly three months
ago from a burning OIL well, which was
brought in as a gusher and which TOOK
fire within a few days of its opening
No sooner did it commence to burn than
the 1O-inch hole through which the burn
ing oil and gas were coming began to
widen. The derrick and machinery dis
appeared in the hole and the work OF
destruction continued
Surrounding buildings have been swal-
lowed up by the cavity, which seems to
be bottomless Great trees growing near
by have been uprooted and disappeared.
In the meantime the burning oil and gas
are being thrown high into the air, earth
md stones being carried up with them
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-18
PROMIs NC OUTLOOK FoRcROPs
Weather Bureau Reports Corn and
Wheat in Fine Condition.

weather Bureau Reports Corn and
Wheat in Fine Condition.
The weekly bulletin of the weather
bureau summarizes crop conditions as
follows:
Texas and Oklahoma experienced very
warm weather, while it was too cool over
the northern portion of the lake region
and ON the California coast; otherwise
the temperature conditions were gener-
ally favorable. Too much rain proved
detrimental in portions of Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri, and also in Flor
Ida and portions of Mississippi, but in
northern Alabama, Georgia and the Car
olnas, and over a considerable part of
the middle Atlantic States, Ohio valley
and Tennessee rain is much needed, the
effects of drought becoming serious over
the greater part of Georgia. Rain is
also needed on the north Pacific coast.
Over the central and western portions
of the corn belt and the greater part of
the middle Atlantic States corn continues
in excellent condition, and, while needing
rain in the Ohio valley, the condition of
the crop in that district is generally
promising.
Thrashing of winter wheat is largely
This work has, however, been interrupt
ed by rains in Kansas, and complaints of
injury from moisture continue from por-
tons of Tennessee and the middle At
lantic States. Flowing for fall seeding
is in progress in the southern portions Of
the central valleys.
While rust in spring wheat is more or
less prevalent in the Dakotas and to a
slight extent in Nebraska, Iowa and Min
nesota, the reports generally indicate that
crop has not sustained serious injury.
Harvest is nearly finished in Iowa, and
is in progress in Nebraska and the south
ern portions of South Dakota and Min
nesota, but has not yet begun in North
Dakota, where the crop is generally in
excellent condition, with long heads
which are filling well. In Oregon har-
vesting is active, with yields below ex-
pectations; in Washington spring wheat
is ripening rapidly and is beyond further
injury from hot winds
Nearly all reports indicate that good
crop of oats has been secured. Harvest
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-18
CHURCHES JOIN RANKS.
Plans for Conference of Bodies with
Membership of 100000.

Twenty-four religious denominations
containing 100000 COMMITMENTS have
each appointed from five to fifty dele
gates to meet in New York City. Nov. Is
to take part in an interchurch conference
On federation. The meeting will be held
in Carnegie Hall for week, the object
being the federation of the Protestant
forces in America. President Roosevelt
has expressed his sympathy with the
movement and it is expected that one or
more members of his cabinet will be able
to take part in the discussions of the
conference.
The sixty speakers on the program and
the presiding officers include five bishops
Of the Protestant Episcopal church, six
bishops Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, bishop of the Reformed Episco~
pal church, a bishop of the Moravian
body, representatives of the Presbyterian,
Congregational, Baptist and other de-
nominations, two United States Supreme
Court justices, two judges of State
courts, a United States Senator, Con-
gresham, a Governor, a Mayor and sew
aral college presidents and professors and
many editors and ministers.
Among the issues to be brought before
the church and nation by the conference
are religious education, the social order,
evangelization, home and foreign mis-
sions, the fellowship of faith, the nation
al life and Christian progress. Besides
declaring faith in the essential unity of
the Protestant churches, several speakers
will rehearse the practical workings Of
present federation movements in cities,
rural districts, States, foreign lands and
INSTRUMENTATION work. Denomina-
tional rallies, platform meeting devoted
to young peoples movements and re-
ception to the delegates at the Waldorf
Astoria, given by the half-dozen denom-
national social unions in the city, will
be among the more popular features of
the conference.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-18
State News in BRIEF.

iaNi Morris, aged 80. was drowned in
:, "E-eon Bay while swimming
y severe hailstorm did much damage
y growing tobacco in Dane and Rock
eoUutie>.
Rowland Getchel, aged 20, of Bara-
o''' was drowned in the Wisconsin riv-
= at Newport while bathing.
An unknown man met an awful death
'u t"e tracks of the Northwestern Rail-
N"E company a mile south of Kenosha.
= Is thought that he deliberately placed
l.4<et in front of the engine with sui
aiial intent.
benjamin +. Munro. aged 90 years,
que OF the Oldest inhabitants of Wauke-
'.1' died while dining at his home. \
p'eIe OF food lodged in his throat, the
muscles Of which, on account of his adj
""V'a age, We're unable to remove it.
stephen Hentz, aged 10, was drowned
! = ''"e swimming in the Milwaukee river.
AA',.'z IN company with three young COM
pp~"'ohS had gone bathing, and, conf
11s"l IN his ability to swim, he ventured
INTO deep water. He was swimming
ie" yards away from the other boys.
| men he suddenly was seized with cramps
md sank.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-18

gThe body Of Olive r. Templeton of
awyer. who disappeared Feb. in a
srstnrjous manner, has been found near
Joseph. Mich. She died, it is believ-
while wandering about aimlessly,
smpSick. Miss Templeton's case batfied
l. authorities for months. Large re-
brIs searches under every possible pre-
rs. and on the strength of even the
Enrest clues, failed to locate her. She
s3pDeared from the chapel Of Emmanuel
k1Iagn of the Adventists, while regular
sprciSps were held there. She entered
Il chapel. but was not seen to leGEe, nor
fva ever thereafter. Several letters
snnd 4 few days later indicated that
H. had been homesick. The body was
i Shed up on the shore by the swirl Of
L. water in the wake of passing
|eampr. The authorities were at once
btitied and the badly decompOsed body
b. taken to the morgue at st. Joseph.
here by certain marks which are still
Esringuishable. the remains were readily
|patitied as those of the pretty Sawyer
ri who. many believed, had fallen the
Ictim Of foul play.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-18
&CHc1l1z 8
COLLEGES

Prof. Flinders, the Psychologist, has
discovered in the Sinai peninsula the an
cient temple of Seabit ell Khadem.
Prof. Curie, the distinguished discov-
erer of radium, has been elevated to the
dignity of member of the Academy Of
Sciences of France.
Dr. A. V. V. Raymond, president of
Union college at Schenectady, N. Y,
refused an offer of $4,000 to become the
pastor of the First Presbyterian church
of Buffalo. His salary as president is
$500.
Prof. N. A. Cobb of Spencer, Mass,
is to push scientific farming in the Ha-
waiian islands in behalf of Uncle Sam.
He was formerly in the employment of
the Australian government in New South
Wales.
Prof. Henry G. Davis, a member Of
the philosophy faculty at Yale, has been
chosen as professor of philosophy and
biblical literature in Washburn college,
Topeka, Kan.
Prof. Albert M. Reese of the Syracuse
university has gone to Florida under the
auspices of the Smithsonian institution to
collect eggs of the alligator to work out
its embryosogy.
The Rev. DIR. Ryan, rector of st. Pat
rick's college, Thurles, Ireland. has been
commissioned by the Vatican to visit the
Philippines with the view of establishing
Irish ecclesiastics there.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-18
STARVATION IN SPAIN.
thousands of Persons Living on Herbst'
Roots and Berries.

Thousands OF Persons Living Oh heTDSf'
Roots and Berries.
In Andalusia, the most fertile part of
Spain, practically the whole working pop
ulation is face to face with starvation.
In the provinces of Cadiz, Seville, Ma
laga and Granada the peasantry, who
comprise two-thirds of the total inhab-
itants, have been living for the past few
months almost exclusively on herbs, roots
and berries.
The bakers from the towns, who sup
ply the more prosperous inhabitants with
bread, have been obliged to make their
rounds secretly at night, for the appear
ance of a bakers cart in the day time
inevitably means an attack by mob of
starving peasantry, desperate with want
and destitute of work, who have nothing
to do but lounge about and struggle
against the gnawing pangs OF hunger
Many eases have occurred of isolated
country houses and villas being broken
into at night by improvised bands Of rob-
bers, who, nevertheless, despite the temp
tation to general pluuder have always
confined their depredations to the larders,
and have taken nothing but food with
which to keep body and soul together.
Many poor peasant mothers rendered des-
perate by the pitiful cries of their starv-
inc children, have been driven to take
from their little stores Of medicine, put
aside in case of illness, powerful drugs
with which to send the suffering infants
to sleep, and thus still their cries.
The sole cause of the present condi-
ton of the peasantry is the iniquitous
system under which practically the whole
Of the land belongs to a few wealthy
families. The condition of affairs is very
much the same in this respect as that
which prevailed in France prior to the
revolution There are no small land own
ers, and the position of the peasantry is
almost as bad as that of the slaves and
serfs of the middle ages.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-18
FALLING WALLS KILL.
Department Store in Albany Co11apses
and Buries Scores.

Three hundred persons employed in
the large department store of the John
G. Myers estate in Albany, n. Y, had
just gone to work Tuesday morning
when the whole center of the building
collapsed from roof to cellar. Nearly
hundred men, girls and children were
carried down in the wreck. The first es-
innate placed the number of killed and
injured at forty.
The catastrophe is the worst of its
kind in the city's history. The Myers
estate had been making extensive repairs
on its building. Tuesday morning a gang
of Italian workmen started to remove an
iron pillar that supported the main floor.
Evidently they had failed to brace the
floor properly, for scarcely had they loos-
ened the post when down came all three
upper floors within a radius of fifty feet
from the fatal pillar. The wreck crashed
through to the cellar, burying the work
men and carrying down those who hap
pened to be working in that portion OF
the building.
The fire department was called out
and the work of rescue began at once.
Considering the nature of the accident
the number of persons who escaped with
only slight injuries is remarkable. Ihe
scene which followed the collapse is in
describable. Most of those injured were
young women. The walls and roof OF
the center of the structure fell into the
building, forming a mass of debris, under
which were the unfortunate victims. The
scenes about the building were as pltia-
BILE as those within. Several hundred
relatives of employees were there and
their supplications as to the welfare OF
their loved ones were heartrending.
Wednesday morning found 200 men
still toiling over the wreckage of the
department store, where twenty-four
hours before occurred the saddest catas-
trophe in the history of Albany. Fifty
women were still unaccounted for. Elev-
en- dead bodies, many of them mangled
almost beyond recognition, had been tax
en- from the ruins thus far
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-18
Finds Stones in Pocket.

The clouds surrounding the disappear
ser Of Edward Morseth were cleared
0ay when his Iifeless body was found in
le waters of Halfmoon lake at Il point
tie foot of the hill below the Lake
few cemetery, Eau Claire. While it
1mot he said definitely the exact cause
death Of Morseth, the indications point
} suicide. What gives rise to the suicide
ir,"y is the fact that the body was fully
'thrd and in the pockets were found
uoul twenty-five stones, the weight of
hlrA was twelve and one-half pounds.
is generally thought that Morseth, due
losing employment, became despond-
ut. He was an industrious person and
good habits, and not known to have
Il enemy. This fact and that he had no
l'"ry, has a tendency to explode the
lu"Ier theory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-18
BIG SPREAD OF FEVER.
Alarming Increase of the Yellow
ScOurge in Louisiana.

ScOurge in louisiana
At New Orleans sixty new cases Of
yellow fever and four new deaths were
reported Wednesday, bringing the respec-
tive totals up to G53 and 124. The large
number of new cases and subfoci is sur
prising, but no attempt is being made to
account for it. OF the new subfoci three
are uptown, ana the balance downtown.
Two dead men were found in a shanty in
the woods, and it was found that they
had died of yellow fever. They were
Italians, who had died from lack of at
tention.
The most alarming feature is the rapid
spread of the epidemic outside of New
Orleans in districts not previously infect
ed. There have been twenty-five new
cases reported in outside parishes during
the last twenty-four hours. Nineteen of
these are in the town of Patterson and
are mostly Italians. The three other cases
reported are in st. Charles parish, one Of
them being negro.
In spite of the great increase of the
scourge both in New Orleans and in the
outside parishes, the State board of
health has decided to demand that Gov.
Blanchard call out the militia to protect
travel through the parishes which have
imposed drastic quarantine against New
Orleans. The present chaotic condition
threatens not only to ruin the business
of the city, but is a constant annoyance
to travellers.
A proclamation has been issued by the
board prohibiting any town, parish or
village from refusing admission to per-
son from a non-infected locality holding
a health certificate not more than twenty
four hours old or to a person from an
infected locality who has spent six days
in a detention camp, and has been dis
charged with a marine hospital certih-
cate.
Interference with the passage of steam
boats or trains is forbidden unless they
violate legal quarantine regulations. No
mail, freight or express matter shall, I'M
der the proclamation, be refused from in
fected territories, provided it is carried
in cars which have been fumigated by
the marine hospital service.
All persons who disregard these regu-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-18
STATES.

ing is now finished, except in extreme
northerly districts, where it is we'll adj
vanced.
Cotton shows some improvement in
Tennessee, western North Carolina,
northern Alabama, Mississippi, Arkan-
sas. Oklahoma and portions of Louisiana,
but elsewhere over the cotton belt the
crop has deteriorated. Picking is general
in southern Texas and in some central
counties of that State, and has COM
.nenced over the southern portions of the
eastern districts.