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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1905-09-12
POPULAR EXCURSIONS TO
NIAGARA FALLS.

Via Baltimore a. Ohio Railroad. Only
ll.70 Round Trip from Charles Town, W. Va.
June 30, July IA aud 2s August and is,
Sept tnber a. IS. 1865 Excursion tickets
will be fold on above dates for any train max
ing connection with Train No. a0l leaving
Washington ZOO a. M, Baltimore Camden
Siation.) 750 q. m, arriving niagara Falls
at II 90 p. NJ.
From points west Of Mt, Airy and Washing
on junction, tickets will be sold for any
train on day previous o above datcss
Tickets valid for return ten (I0) days, in
GLIDING date Of sale. on all regular irnips ex-
cept BLACK Diamond Express" of Lehigh
Valley II. X.
Holders of Niagara Falls tickets have the
privilege Of making a delightful side trip
from Niagara Falls TO Toronto and return
going aud returning same day for SIPS (ex-
cept for excursion Of September ID aud on
return journey can make the charming side
trip from Rochester 10 Thousand Islands and
return for 1918.
stop-oyers permitted on return trip al Buff
falo, Rochester Junction, (for R0chester.)
Geneva, Watkins Glen, Glen Summit Springs
and Mauch Chunk.
Ihese popular excursions are run through
one Of the most beautiful sections giving day
light views Of the beautiful Susquehauna
yer. the Lebigh and Wyoming Valleys.
Call on BaItimorr Il Ohio ticket agents for
pamphlet giving full information. tsi5,
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CHARLES RISSLER,
Undertaken & En- balmer
CHARLES TOWN, W. VA.

Will furnish all kinds of Baskets and Collins
and do Embalning according to the latest
and most approved modes. Ladies' aud gem
tlemen's burial robes on hand.
Offices in Maxwell buiding, formerly oc-
cupied by Hon w, H. Travers) where he may
be found al all hours, either day or night
Feb 2-y
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ESTABLISHED 1914.
Society Meetings.

r. A. M.,-Jefferson Chapter No. 5, 4th
NJ onday night Of each month
l. o. r. M-shenandoah Tribe, No. ~,
ey cry Monday night.
Knights Templar.- Commandery
No. 5, LIST Tuesday Of each month.
Royal Neighbors of Ameliea.-Camp No.
1862, every Tuesday night.
Knights Of Maccabees--Jefferson Tent No.
As, every Tuesday night.
X. of P.,-Blue Ridge Lodge No. 1S1, every
Wednesday night.
l. o. o. F..-Wildey Lodge No. q. every
Thursday night.
A. q A. M..-Malta Lodge No. so, I'd and
4th Friday nights of each month
Modern Woodmen. Charles Town Camp
No. 1864, every Friday night.
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The Sefferson,
Charles Towns Newest and Finest Hotel
c. E. FRANKS, Proprietor.

The jefferson, just completed, is one of the
finest, most eommodious. cow nient and
pleasant public houses in the two Virginias
Centrally located in the beautiful and thriv-
ing town Of Charles Town, ". Va. at the
gateway of the famous Shenandoah Valley.
The Jefferson. as first-class public house
offers superior attractions to all classes OF
visitors.
The Bar has the most modern equipment
and is well supplied with the choicest Lii
quors and Wines in all varieties.
Sample Rooms specially arranged for the
convenience of Commercial Men. Free bus.
TO and from all trains.
Rates 50, $3.50 and So per day
april 25-y. G. e. FRANKS, Proprietor.
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SUMMER SEASON, 1905
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cursions operated June %, July 6 and 20
August g. II and 81. Tickets good sixteer
days.
DENVER, CoL.-G. A. Il. Eneampment
August 20 TO September g.
PORTLAND. OBE.-Lewis q Clark Centen
NAL Exposition june /, October Is.
Special announcements from time to time
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Railroad. Excursions tickets will be sold
from points within radius OF so niles OF
Philadelphia at rate OF one fare plus so cents
for the round trip; and from points so to 100
miles from Philadelphia the rate will be ,ue
fare plus 81 90 for the round trip
Tickets on sale September rs. H. aud Is,
good returning 10 September 25 inclusive.
From Points more than 100 miles from
Philadelphia the rate will be one fare plus
100 for the round trip. tickets on sale
September Is. rs and IL, good returning 10
September %, inclusive. except that upon
payment OF 81 90 to Joint Agent, extension of
return limit may be obtained TO October 5,
1905. Set full details from Ticket Agent.
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July Him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
AFTER FIVE YEARS WAR.
ans Has at Last Won VictOr
Over Prairie Dogs.

Kansas Has at Last Won Victory
Over Prairie Dogs.
Kansas is almost at the end of n war
of five years' duration on the prairie
dogs. The war began Immediately after
the session OF the Legislature in 1901,
and has lasted until the present year.
The authorities who have been in COM
mand of the States forces now believe
that they have the fight won and that
the prairie dogs in Kansas are nearly
extinct. While the war of determination
has been waged against prairie dogs, it
has also been directed against the pocket
sophers. The prairie dogs infest the
western end Of the State and the pocket
gophcrs destroy crops in the eastern
third Of Kansas.
Five years ago the deprcdations of the
prairie dogs and pocket gophcrs reached
Il point where the commissioners of the
various etstprn counties offered rewards
for the gophers, and the Legislature of
the State appropriated $1,000 to be used
i'll conducting experiments which would
result in the discovery Of a means of
Kidding the State CT prairie dogs. The
first apprOpria ton was made by the leg
%islature of 1901. and the second appro-
priation was made in y U The State
authorities determined to ina a means
of Kidding Kansas of the rodents. When
the fight began in 1901, d. E. Lantz,
field agent of the State Agricultural
college, made an investigation, at the
end of which he reported that 100000
acres of land, or as much land Is the
State owned, was made useless by the
invasion of the prairie dogs.
The war against prairie dogs probably
would not have started had it not been
for the campaign of the cattlemen of the
western counties. The prairie dog is
subject to periodical occurrences of con-
tagious diseases. These diseases carry
off the animals with great rapidity, but
until 1901 the rodents had been free
from the diseases for three or four years.
AS Il consequence, they had increased
until they were a menace to the ranches
in the western counties.
Experiments conducted by the State
Agricultural college showed thai carbon
disulphide and strychnine were the most
effective poisons which could be used
in the war for the determination of the
prairie dogs. The State sent a number
of men into the field and spent in the
n~eighborhood of $4,000 in exterminat-
ing the dogs, and it is claimed that the
State is practically free from them now.
In many instances Is or 20 lead dogs
were taken from one hole after the poi
son had been applied by the State
agents. rs ".rT ar- s.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
Map Showing Russian Districts in Revolt and Cities Where Clashes
with Loyal Troops Resulted in Boodshed.

Twenty-four railway cars were de-
molished and all the soldiers in them
were killed Or badly injured when
rebels blew up a train with troops sent
to quell the rebellion in Livonia, near
Stockmannskof, a railway station. The
rebels also wrecked with dynamite
one or two trains SEN to give assist
ance. General Andronikoff and many
soldiers were killed.
A rumor is in circulation that the
insurgents in CORTLAND have seized
Windau, Friedrichstadt, P~ratZenburg.
Holdingen and other places. and that
a popular tribunal at KopenhouZak
has executed several officials.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
PANIC RULES RUSSIA.
GENERAL STRIKE LAUNCHED
AND WORST is EXPECTED.
Traffic Is Pnra1yzcd and Armed Re
volt notwithstanding Palaces
Light Shores of Baltic for Forty
Milcs-Mutincers Burned.

The gloom which has settled over
Russia is the deepest the country has
ever known, and the outlook the most
desperate. The palaces of the nobility
are blazing from st. Petersburg to
Odessa, and the mutilated bodies Of
the partisans Of the Emperor fill the
bitches of country roads and h gut
tiers of the streets of the rebellious
cities. Mobiles who have been able to
escape the vengeance Of the peasants
in the country and the proletariat in
the town are fleeing to the frontiers,
leaving memorial halls and wide es-
tates rs loot for the now fully aroused
people.
The memory Of centuries Of oppres-
sion seems to stir the masses to mas
sacrcs of the most revolving cruelty.
Believing that each blow struck the
nobility reaches the despotic govern
ment, the peasants are striking deep
and sure. On all the snowy reaches
around Riga mobiles have been slain
by scores, their bodies thrown to the
vulturcs, and their ancient castles
made scenes of orgies Of drunken
- - III VI AN NAiNc ~
tates are divided among the men who
drive away or kill the former owner.
the rich tapestry, furniture, pictures,
and carpets go to peasants huts, and
the castles are destroyed.
Sailors on the Baltic Sea declare
hat the coast Of Livonia for forty
miles north Of Riga is lit with the
flames Of burning estates. In Riga
hotels down to the meanest lodging
houses are crowded with persons who
bear the highest names in Russia,
who have been glad to escape from
he Infatuated mObs with their lives.
From all other portions Of the I'M
happy empire come reports as awful.
Wherever the flag of revolution is
reared ever the soldiers sworn to
serve the Gar dock around it. In
VladivOstok the most terrible cruelties
are being perpetrated alternately by
he loyalists and the mutineerS, which
ever has the upper hand at the time.
Three times has the city of Takum,
in Courland, changed hands, each time
after a desperately fought battle be-
tween the troops and the newly formed
provisional government.
st. Petersburg Strike Starts.
The general strike started in st.
Petersburg very tamely. In the cen
ter of the city the shops were not
closed, the proprietors having received
guarantees that if they remained open
they would be given ample protection
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29

and hat any deputation of strikers
seeking by threats OF force to compel
the closing of the shops would be in
stantly arrested. There was, how
ever, an impressive demonstration in
the industrial sections.
The main interest In the strike of
the railroad men conferred In the War
saw station, where he government
was to make a test of it's ability by
moving a train for Berlin. The depot
was packed with troops. There was
q wild hurrah, accompanied by a roar
Of escaping steam, and a few minutes
later the railroad men walked out Of
the yards in a body.
The authorities, however, were pre-
pared and after a delay of ten minutes
a locomotive manned by soldiers of a
railroad battalion backed into the sta
ton and was coupled to the waiting
train, which was crowded with peo-
pie seeking to depart from the unhap-
py country. Lines of soldiers with
fixed bayonets f1anked the train and
an official with four soldiers entered
the carriages and thoroughly searched
them in order to ascertain if suspi-
cious persons We're on board. Twenty
soldiers entered the baggage cars,
while another detachment was scat
tered through she carriages. The train
then pulled out. An extra car loaded
with wrecking apparatus was attached
to the train to be used in cas- Of ac-
cidents between stations. The usual
mail car was missing.
In the manufacturing districts be-
ycnd the Warsaw and Narya gates, in
the S-ehlasselburg district. and IN the
sections on both sides of the Neya the
workmen generally obeyed the SUM
mons to strike and thousands Of them
emefeeo to the streets
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
Brief News Items.

Charles T. Yerkes has appealed to th9
New York police to protect his $4,000,
bronze fence from vandals.
William n. Reid Of Cincinnati, Ohi6bl
65 years old, a cousin Of Whiteiaw Reid
ambassador to England, committed sui
eide.
Anthony Fia1a of Brooklyn, N. z. the,
arctic explorer, and Miss Claire Puf-ii
year were married at the brides home,
in Nashville, Tenn.
The body Of Sheriff w. B. johnson OF;
F~ernandina, Fla, was found on the
beach and all appearances pointed to
the belief that he was murdered.
The report of Col. w. @. Gorgas. chic
sanitary officer Of the Panama ceRAIl
zone, shows only three cases Of yellow.
fever in October. One victim va a.
American.
DR.. n. #. Brooks, former psfnelDalI
Of the Uniontown, Pa, public seAeollTT
Who vas arrested several nsatAe
Ia London. England. % Z eAalDV
bssslsmsnt, has bsen fouad anl0.a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
TeleRraphic Brexitie..

Edward Lovett, former sealer of
weights and measures of Trenton, N. j.,
killed his wife and then committed sui.
eide.
The dormitory Of the government
school for Pottawatomie Indians at Ma
deau. Kan, was burned. the loss being
$4,000.
Judge withrow of st. Louis ordered
the grand Jury to make a thorough in
y~estigation into conditions in the police
department.
Suit to force the Peoples Life and
Accident Insurance Company into the
hands OF q receiver was fled 1t Louis
vule by 3. ~ Richardson. a Director
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
News of Minor Note.

The main building of the Pittsburg
steel hoop works was destroyed by fire.
The loss is 100000.
Frederick Bachman of New York, 10
years old, said to have been an accom-
plice in a 5000 robbery, was arrested
in Milan, Italy.
Because her husband refused to kiss
her before going to work Mrs. Wesley
Peyfon at Charleston, w. Va, shot him,
inficting a dangerous wound.
Italy has accepted the proposition of
Spain to hold the Moroccan conference
at Madrid instead Of at Algeciras. 1t
is now expected that the representatives
will meet Jan. K.
Henry Labouchere, the well-known
London editor and liberal member of
parliament for Northampton, will not be
4 candidate for reelection to parliament
ut the coming eiectioLs ei aeeounto OF adj
vsncins ase. He first entered parliament
forty years &
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29

when old Queen Charlotte was not only
Kissed and insuited, but even pelted with
offal while on her way from st. James
Palace to what was then known as
Buckingham House (now buckingham
Palace. The mob even went so far as
to stop her sedan chair, and there is no
knowing what might have happened had
not the homeliest of all of England's
long line Of queens let down the glass
of the chair and apostrophised the mob
with the. following words:
81 am 20 years of age; | have been
so years Queen Of England, and / never
was insulted before"
Her anger, her absolute fearlessness,
and at the same time her wonderful
dignity, turned the temper of all those
of the mob within earshot. The Kisses
were converted into cheers, and it was
amidst the plaudits of the crowd that
the sedan chair continued it's way I'M
INSTRUCTED to Buckingham House.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
CHRISTMAS MAIL.
Records Broken This Year by III
Avalanche of Gifts.

Records Broken This Year by an
Avalanche of Gifts.
An avalanche Of parceled happiness
tumbling down upon Uncle Sans mail
distributors during the week preceding
Christmas nearly buried the service past
all recovery. In New York City several
clerks We're made seriously i'll by over
work during long hours, and no doubt
like conditions prevailed elsewhere.
In the field of foreign mail alone the
pressure has been so great as to break
all former records. The Etruria brought
into New York the heaviest Christmas
mail ever landed at that port. She had
$500 bags and "A packages of parcels
post. The mail steamer was obliged to
make two trips down the bay to remove
the mails. The ST. Paul brought LOOT
sacks of Christmas mails.
The American liner Philadelphia car
ried ont 1926 bags Of Christmas mail.
1t was the largest dispatch of mail in
the history of the port. In fourteen
days outgoing steamers have carried
away $ 4.142.G 69. The Philadelphia took
the great bulk of Christmas money sent
by einigrants to the "old folk" 1t had
G0,331 international money orders,
amounting to $685. 05.
Great Britain got 1892, 99S, the great
er part being billed to Ireland. More
than sol 900 went to Italy, and nearly
$4,000 to Germany. Sweden got near
Iy as much. while 100000 went to Rus
STA. Hungary and Austria got $129. 900,
$4,000 going to Austria. Denmark got
$4,000. Greece 81 $50. Belgium S2.3S1,
the Netherlands S1.G65, Switzerland &c.
900 and Lunenburg $S43.
All this is bnt a brief mention of a
little bit that has been going on in one.
locality. All around US similar worl,
has been carried forward in varying de-
grees. 1t Is safe to predict that if one
could see the grand total the figures
would produce the greatest amazement.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
Odd. and Ends.

An atom of matter is probably q
crystal of electricity.
The total III of Abyssinia is
about 50 .5OGo.Oo0 a year.
National bank notes are cne-sixth of
the money in circulation.
Japanese and Germans have the
same average brain weight.
New Orleans and Galveston low ex-
port more wheat than New York.
The birth rate in Berlin declined
from 46 per 1000 in 1876 to % in 1902.
A shell from a 12-inch gun makes its
flight of nine miles in forty-two Sec
ondA
The banking capital OF New York
City has been doubled within five
years.
More than 100000 worth OF
sporting soodswcre sold In the United
States last year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29

BY an explosion Of dynamite in the
thawing house of the War Eagle and
Center Star mines at Rossland, Il. c.,
John s. Ingram was killed and several
others were seriously hurt. substa-
ton of the electric light plant was wreck
ed and the town was in darkness.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29

A reward OF $1,000 has been offered
for the capture of the burglars who shot
man in the employ Of merchants in
Beaver Falls Pa. Watchman Brew en-
deavored % intercept four men whe
were robblDe Z drug store aud vas bilie&.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
Tht. Funny world.

"a man doesn't really get any n
until he is 40 years ofsage."
whats the application"
And then no business house seems
to care to employ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Bulletin.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
Getting

Lets see: Willyums was married a
little over a year ago, wasn't be? How
does he and his wife get along?
Splendid"
That's good"
eyes, they're divorced now"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
HOOTING BRITISH ROYALTY.
Case WhicL Has Not Had Il Parallel
in Over 100 Years.

The recent hooting of Il member of
the British royal family by a crowd of
unemployed in London prompts a writer
to remark that it is necessary to go
back more than 100 years to find a pre-
cedent for it. The last instance of a
member of the royal family being boot
ed by a London mob in the streets was
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
would cover Il.

Lovely sleeping nymph." Isn't 1T"
"Yo-es.a
"Do you notice the glamour the art
fst has fhsown Owe ft?"
mo, / don't. But II II was mineI
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29

president Roosevelt leaves Washington
on vacation trip. Explosion in Letter
mines at Zeigler, ILL.,, Kills thirty-ive men.
80. Russian artillery depot in Harbin blown
up ard seventy-fve men killed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-31
THE STATE FAIR.

The most popular institution of its
kind in North CAROLINA is the State Fair.
held every October in the city of Raj
eigh. A meeting of the executive
committee was held in Raleigh yes
terday to begin preparations for hold
ing the annual exhibit next fall. The
officers have already been active and
promise many new features.
The business of the Fair has been
well managed. Some years ago it
could hardly meet the expenses, and
some of the enthusiastically the late
Governor Holt and General Julian S.
Carr-went down in their pockets to
meet the deficit. But all that has been
changed. The management has paid
the interest en- the bonds, Will pay s
portion of the principal. and refund
the balance of the bonds at lower
rate of interest.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-31
MARYLAND IN LINE.

One of the most important elections
of the year will be held in Maryland
on the Constitutional Amendment.
which is in line with the amendments
in the other Southern States. The
matter has been delayed by disagree
ment between the Governor and the
General Assembly, but now the Su-
preme Court has held that the amend
ment must be submitted to the vot-
ers.
Maryland has, to less degree. been
injured like the other Southern States
by unrestricted negro suffrage. The
amendment would exclude the unedu-
Gated negroes from the electorate. A
leading lawyer in Baltimore estimates
that the amendment would decrease
the Republican vote by $4,000 and put
Maryland safely in the Democratic
colum. That number is probably too
large, for many negroes in Maryland
can read well enough to vote, but it
will eliminate a large number and put
Maryland in line with its sister South
ern States.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-31
And That Niger Was Dazed.

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, N. c., March 30.-Seim-
ster King, negro who was caught
with clothing stolen from the room Of
three young men Tuesday night while
they slept, was given a preliminary
hearing yesterday afternoon. and COM
mitted to Jail without bail on the
charge of burglary. He came here
Monday from Winston, saying he
wanted to run restaurant. The room
of the young men was entered by the
cutting of the lock, and all their wear
ing apparel, even to their shoes by the
bedside was taken. The evidence
against King was very strong. To
show how little the average darkey
knows about the seriousness of some
offences, King yesterday plead to be
allowed to work his offence out on the
roads and be done with it. He de-
clared that he didn't want to be
hangin' round here waitin' for cote
an dom nuthin' all that time" He
seemed daZed when told that he might
have cause to be thankful that he
wasn't found hanging by the neck
some of these days on account of his
serious offence.