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Evening journal., 1905-03-10
Boats. Better Than a Team.

Boats would be more use on the
roads than teams are at present" said
Rudolph A. Vallette. rural free mail
carrier yesterday. Mr.. Vallette states
that In many places along his route the
roads are almost impossible on nc
count Of the mud, which in many in
stances is hub deem.
Evening journal., 1905-03-10
To Meet Old Company.

In relation to the old water company
Mr.. smith asked the city solicitor what
action In his opinion, should be taken by
council IN regard 70 the old water com
pany continuing its service temporarily.
MT Cooper replied that undoubtedly
some arrangements should be made with
the New Castle Water Works companv
regarding the matter and at Mr.. smiths
suggestion the chair appointed a com.
m'ttee composed Of Messrs. smith. Cal.
iaeher and Duffy to join Mr.. Cooper in a
conference with the old company in re-.
iation to water al an early date Mr
1emison. as president pro TEN. of Conn.
ch VIII also be a member OF the commit
Evening journal., 1905-03-10
Met President Roosevelt,

Miss Sadie Simon returned home on
Wednesday evening after week 5
visit to friends in Washington, ID. c.
While in the Capital City Miss simon
was presented personally to President
Roosevelt.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-07
NEW LAWS INDICATED

The new real estate assessment OF
Mcdowell county for next year Is
over thirty-four million dollars
Last wear and this and for several
wears it was but little over three
million dollars under the old laws
Mcdowell is not an agricultural
county, but is mainly mining area
The new tax laws have resulted in
raising the assessment of the county
ten times and now it is to be eleven
times what it was before. This Is
mainly on coal lands and mining
properties. together with the rail-
roads in connection Herewith, and.
vet there are still some who hold out
the false theory that the coal and
other companies are to escape and
the farmers will have to pay the
burden. Mcdowell county stamps
the theory rs bascly enormously.
There is another great lesson to
draw from that great county meas
uring up well with Harrison conn
tv. vet when the assessments of the
two counties under the old tax laws
are compared. one readily sees Har-
rison county paid a greater proper
ton of taxes to the state according
" than Mcdowell county. In other
words, Harrison county was paying
not only her tax to the state but also
part of what Mcdowell should have
paid. The new laws equalize this.
Harrison paws her share and so does
Mcdowell. Coal lands in Mellow
ell are worth as much as in Har-
rison. vet Mcdowell coal lands were
assessed under the old laws much
lower than those in Harrison. The
fact is the assessment under the old
laws in Mcdowell were based on that
made years ago, when that county
was a wilderness and there has never
been a proper raise in the assess
ment. Harrison county assessments
have been based to large extent
on the progress of the county and
not on any wilderness state. As the
result Harrison paid far more taxes
in proportion that Mcdowell.
The new laws do away with that
unfair condition and seek to treat
all alike and put all on the same
basis of taxation. The Mcdowell
case shows that they are succeeding
well in this commendable object.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-07
GRAVE vANDALs.

Vandals are Decorating the
graves of the dead in the cemeteries
here and especially in the Odd Eel
lows. They appear to have no re-
gard for the dead or any one else.
Nice cut flowers strewn on graves of
relatives and friends are quickly
stolen after being placed there.
Whether the thefts are made for
pure meanness or for the purpose of
using or selling the flowers is not
definitely known, but by a quiet
watch the thieves will likely shortly
be run down and severely dealt with.
The cemetery authorities, the city
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-07

Lewis county were also received at
the main office. They show an m
crease of over five million dollars ~
that county, or ten times as nue.
increase as that in Hampshire e,
Lewis county used to be purely an
agricultural county but in recent
wears If developed into eons ,1i
abIe mineral county, too. Take
those two counties and one sees at
once once that the agricultural interests
are not being treated unfairly q aLo
der the new assessment and that the
coal, oil and other companies are 4, 10
be required to pay a big part OF the
'aT Certainly in this instance the ag-
rieultural interests have no cause
for complaint, and there will be no
howl going up from Hampshire
county. unless it be the prejudice OIL
snch editors as the one the Rom
ney paper has. Tt appears to the
Telegram it will be busy time with
John Cornwell to explain these hs-
ures away to the benefit of his party
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-07

Is an eoregious error and tends more
to disorganize than to promote har-
monv. There are few other So
called Republican papers that are
irving to create little stir because
of some personal DISAPPOINTMENT
they have experienced. They think
tbey ought to have things whether
any one else gets any thing or not.
While there is no real cause for
alarm. vet the following from one
of the ioyal Republican newspapers
Of this state is good advice:
eIfsten, Republicans OF the
state! Don't you think it Is best
to stop fighting among yourselves
and get ready to fight the common
enemy. Next fall the Republican
marty must elect a majority OF the
House of Representative, and we
need the five members from west
VIRGINIA. The only way to keep
our delegation solid is to have
,1ni+ed party in the state. Differ
ences in the party and divisions al
ways lead to weakness. FlShtlnS
the state administration may so
weaken the party that we might lose
three members of Congress, and put
in peril the election of n Onlted
States Senator. Republicans OF the
state are not prepared for tins re-
sIlt and they won't have it, What
over differences there are IN the
nartv must be reconciled within the
party. All Republicans should De
ioyai to the State and Federal ad L
ministration. The election next fall
win be a very important one as on
it's result will depend the complex
ion of the next House of RePresen--
tatives, and in our state United
states Senator is in the balance
Think of losing a Senator and sew
eraI members of the House in a
surely Republican state just because
Republicans are divided"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-07
IN FAVOR OF FARMERS.

The Democratic papers still claim
that under the new tax laws the bur-
den of taxation will he on the farm
ers. Possibly they have not heard
from Hampshire county, which John
CornweII. the Democratic nominee
for governor, described in speech
here as ga purely agricultural sec
ton" The land assessor of that
county has just turned his books into
the main office at Charleston and
the increase is shown to be only a
little over half million dollars,
while in other counties. especially in
the mineral counties. the increase
has not only been millions but tens
of millions.
About the same time that the
Hampshire county books we're turn
ed in the land assessment books of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-07
STICK. TOGETHER.

The masses of the Republican
partv and most of its leaders have
awakened at last to the fact that de-
lection in the party, however small;
is not a good thing. and an appeal
is coming from the rank and file for
complete harmony. The only real
occasion for any worry is that some
papers which profess to be loyal to
Republican principles are roundly
denouncing members of the party,
who are somewhat Independent in
their opinion of the present state
administration. Such denunclatlon
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-07
REPUBLICAN PARTY IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

There is a general regret through
out the State among Republicans
that the Republican party has
within it too much factional feeling.
This should not be. No party can
prosper unless it is united and har-
monious The Republican party has
been in control of the State since
1894, about IL years; it has had a
United States Senator for ten years
and two United States Senators for
six years. When the party was CON
tending for supremacy in the State
it was united, vigorous, virile, active
and harmonious, and only in this
way it triumphed. Republicans
should not forget that the party
achieved its victory in 1894 and has
maintained its ascendancy in the
State because its earnestly advocat-
ed protection against free-trade ;
protection to wool, glass, manufac-
tured steel and iron, coal, lumber
and other products.
Prosperity in West Virginia in
its lrgest sense begun with protec-
ton. Under the Wilson free trade
bill which made lumber free, nearly
every lumber mill in the state was
idle and lumber was manufactured
and sold often below cost; timber
lands decreased in value. When
the Republican party came into
power, however. this was all chang
ed. and every lumber mill started up
in the State. and thousands added
since then and all have been pres
porous. Timber lands then selling
for S. an acre are now selling for
$50 an acre. The people of the state
should not forget that the tariff on
lumber and other products of our
state is liable to be reduced and Re
publican support in the House 1t
necessary to maintain protection.
and safeguard our prosperity es-
pecially in the coal and lumber IN
dustry.
1t was due to the effort of Sena-
tor Elkins. that the tariff on lum-
Der is So thousand feet. New
England and the northwest wanted
to allow only 81 per thousand feet
protection against Canadian lum-
her. but he would not yield on 50
thousand and prevailed. The state
and country owes this to Senator FL.
kins. Then, again, our coal inter
ests are endangered by free coal.
which would be very disastrous to
the State. In keeping the RepublI-
can party in power, all these things
must be considered as they are cs-
sential to the prosperity of the state
it therefore behooves the Republic
cans to put aside factional feeling
and differences when there is so
much at stake. 1t is hard to climb
up but very easy to fall back. 1t
is difficult to win a state but it may
be lost with ease. The Republicans
of West Virginia by being divided
can bring about their own defeat.
Never was there greater reason for
party harmony than now.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-07

The fellows who tried to stir up
something at the Weston asylum cyl
IDENTIFY had no foundation to begin
on. Judging from the preciPlta,te
manner they took to get out of the
affair as soon as they had an OPP.
portunity to prove the courage oil
their convictions.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-07

authorities and the people generally
are appealed to to aid in breaking
nm this wicked practice. The pat
rons of the cemeteries demand thau
If shall be stopped and are deter
mined that those who despoil graves
are brought to justice.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-08-07

Hon. Louis NJ. Bennett was here
Saturday from Weston
IT. F. Kemper, of Salem, spent
Saturday in the city on business.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
HYMNS OF A HIGH NUMBER.
Curious Rule Prevails in the English
Church at Monte Carlo.

A curious fact anent the service
held in the English church at Monte
Carlo is that no hymn under thirty
seven is ever sung there. The reason
for this may not be generally known,
1t is as follows:
A member of the congregation, a
certain English peer, once went v
the rooms on Sunday, Immediately
after the morning service, and put
the maximum on thirty-two. the num-
Der of the last hymn. 1t turned up,
and the g inspiration was widely
talked about. as such things are in
the frivolous society of the principal
ity. The next Sunday the little
church was crowded and the last
hymn being low number, an I'M
seemly rush to the rooms took place
directly it was announced. Curiously
enough, the number again turned up
and the bank was badly hit.
On the following Sunday the church
would not hold all the worshipers,
but their intent was frustrated, as
all the hymns were off the board ,
and have been so ever since.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
Home RESPONSIBILITIES.

Every member of the family should
have feeling of responsibility about
the care of the home. A bag or ham,
per for soiled clothes should be in
the bathroom or in every closet, and
the men and boys should be asked to
put their soiled handkerchiefs there
instead of throwing them on the floor.
Tell them, too. that when untieing a
bundle the good pieces of paper must
be put away on the shelf reserved for
that purpose and that if they do not
do it some one else will have to do it
for them. Also let them learn to roll
up good pieces of string and put them
in the string box on the shelf with
the wrapping paper. Let them put
torn pieces of paper in the fire or in
the garbage can instead of throwing
them on the floor for some one else
to pick up-in fact, let all remember
the old saying, place for everything
and everything in its place.-Max-
wells TaliSman.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
ISLAND OF TRISTAN D'AcUNHA.
Where Human Beings Live a Life of
Utmost DesoIation.

One of the most isolated colonies OF
civilized human beings on the face OF
the earth is that on the island of
Tristan d'Acunha, which lies almost
midway between the Cape of Good
Hope and Cape Horn. This lonely
island lies in such position that 1T
misses both eastern and western ships
and the islanders receive only the
rarest visits from whaler and occa-
sionally from a British warship. The
inhabitants number about seventy
and are descendants of sailors, cast
Always and a handful Of soldiers left
on the island when it was garrisoned
by company of British artillery dur
ing the time of the great Bonaparte's
exile at st. Helena. When T. G.
Kerry, a British capitalist, visited Iris
tan twelve years ago he found sail
or named Green installed as the chief
man. The islanders have no laws,
church or money but they have plenty
of cattle and raise potatoes and even
grapes. Grain they cannot raise, as
this island is infested with rats. The
people are coarse-skinned and rather
childish in manner, but very honest
and Woodworking.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
An Ex-Sheriff Talks,

Scott City, Kan, March 20th-(Spe-
cial)-Almost every newspaper tells
of cures of the most deadly of kidney
diseases by Dodd's Kidney Pills,
Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Rheuma-
tism and Bladder troubles, in fact any
disease that is Of the kidneys or caus-
ed by disordered kidneys is readily
cured by this great American remedy
But it is in curing the earlier stages
of kidney complaint that Dodd's Kid
ney Pills are doing their greatest
work. They are preventing thousands
of cases of Bright's disease and other
deadly ailments by curing Kidney Dis
ease when it first shows its presence
in the body.
Speaking Of this work Ex-Sheriff
James Scott of Scott County, says:
81 have used eight boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and must say that they
are Just the thing for Kidney Disease.
We have tried many kidney medicines
but DoGds Kidney Pills are the best
Of ALL"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
Treating Wrong Disease.

taken six bottles of DR.. Pierces medicine am NJ
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tute in place of "Favorite Prescription"
There Is nothing in the world lust as
rood :" although avaricious druggists Will
Sometimes say so for the sake OF the
greater profit to be made upon the IN
ferior article Shun all such. :.
Every wise and careful housewife recogI,
nizes the value of good home medical
hook DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Med
ical Adviser is that kind OF a book and
the best of its kind. 1t used to sell Tor
81 80 per COPY. Now big edition is be-
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cover mailing only. French cloth bind
ing ten cents extra. Address DIR. Il. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
ASSIST NATURE
a little now and then, with gentle lax
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ing and cleansing. yet gentle cathartic,
to remove offending matter from the
stomach and bowels, to tone up and
invigorate the liver and quicken lts
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multitude of arrangements and dis
eases. -,
Of all known agents to accomplish
this purpose, DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets are unequaled. Once used they are
always in favor. Their secondary effect
is to keep the bowels open and regu-
lar, not to further constipate, as IS
the case with other pills. Hence, their
great popularity with sufferers from
Rabitual constipation, piles and their
attendant discomfort and manifold de-
rangements
The pheasant Pellets" are valuable
in all cases of biliousness, sick and bill
GUS headache. dizziness. costiveneSs, or
constipation of the bowels, sour stomach,
windy belchings, heartburn pain and
distress after eating, and kindred de,
rangements of the liver, stomach and
bowels.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24

whole army corps 10 reinforce HIS
left. March / Gen. Kaulbars seemed
to successfully resist Kuroki, but a
general engagement began along the
whole ninety miles of front the Rus
SLAMS holding their positions in the
center and making some successful
counter-attacks on their extreme
right The Titanic struggle continued
Thursday, the 100000 men and 5000
guns battling desperately, the Rus
sian left wing being driven back thir-
teen miles from Ia Pass.
Then by some military magic, by
forced, hidden march that will be for
ever famous, Gen. Nogi and his Port
Arthur veterans appeared opposite the
Russian right flank. To them and
Gen. NodZu's army was assigned the
task Of crumpling back the Russians
and threatening Mukden from the
west. Under cover of these demon
strations strong Japanese force was
pushed to the northeast to cut the
railway and telegraph lines upon
which Kouropatkin relied exclusively
for supplies and communication and.
after Kuroki's success, which the
daring Oyama took for granted, to
join part of Kuroki's forces in sur
rounding Tie Pass, Kouropatkins last
refuge, forty miles north of Mukden.
Tremendous Losses.
With tremendous losses on both
sides Oyama steadily frightened
around Kouropatkin a great cord of
men and steel, and despite desperate
resistance continued his drives
around both wings of the Russian
army. Last Monday Oyama's front
was like huge bow, the base on the
Sha river, the right arm reaching out
east of Fushun and the left arm eX-
tending west and north of Mukden.
March the scouts of Gen. Nogi's
army, on the west, and of kurokis
met at Tie Pass; the iron circle was
forged, but was not welded at the
north. 1t was the beginning of the
end. Kouropatkin abandoned his
strong position on the Sha river I'M
der cover OF DARKNESS. Inc JdpdHeSe,
attacking at once from all four sides.
drove the Russians into Mukden,
which was entirely untenable. Friday
Kouropatkin telegraphed to the czar,
Last night began the retreat of all
our armies"
The Japanese occupied Teta Thurs
day morning, Fushun Thursday night,
Mukden Friday morning. They had al
ready invested Tie Pass, prepared for
the Russians last stand, and cut the
railway.
Kuroki was advancing northwest,
driving the panic-stricken Russians
against the Japanese western armies.
Kouropatkin seems to have sacri-
feed his rear guard in a last desperate
attempt to cut his way through his
enemy, probably toward the northeast.
1t is reported that the Russians have
lost 100000 men, killed, wounded and
prisoners. 1t remains to be seen
whether Mukden will be, literally. the
Russian Sedan, whether no remnant
escapes of the greatest army Russia
ever assembled
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
KIPLING SYSTEMATIC WORKER
English Author Puts in Ten Hours
Day at His Desk.

Kiplings method of work presents
a direct antithesis to that of the Ger
man scholar. The English scholar
spends only about ten hours day at
his desk but he is a systematic work
er. going about his writing at the
same time every morning. A friend
of the author who has seen him late
ly says that he has grown very thin
and looks much more than the thirty
nine years that stand to his account.
1t would seem that he has never quite
recovered from his serious illness in
New York and that the death of his
little daughter had deepened his spir-
ituality. Kipling's favorite form of
recreation is motoring, and he takes
a boyish delight in rediscovering Eng
land with his hand on the brake. An
American author who met him last
summer warned him to be careful
not to let his enthusiasm make him
run his machine off the island
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24

The consumption c. cigarettes in
Mexico during 1904 reached the enor-
nous number of 3,456,C00,000. This
was over 100,0O0,O00 more than were
consumed in the United States during
the same year, and Mexico's popula-
ton is less than one-fifth that of the
United States. Three of the largest
cigarette factories in the world are
located in Mexico City. In the larg-
est of these cigarettes are manufac-
tured at the rate of 10000 a minute.
Last year the sales of this factory
amounted to sS.77O.0OO. Ten years
ago the sales amounted to but ST.
059,337, showing a big increase in
consumption.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
GREATEST BATTLE in HISTORY
Conflict Around Mukden So Designated 0yama One OF
Worlds Greatest Soldiers.

A correspondent who accompanied
the Japanese army under Gen. Kuro-
XII thus describes the movements OF
the greatest battle known to his
tory:
Oyamas victorious troops are pur-
Buing Kouropatkin's army, crushed
and demoralized. In the greatest bat
tie known to history the Russians
have been routed from their chosen
stronghold SO carefully prepared.
System, system, and again system has
triumphed over graft" and disorgan-
iZation.
1t is fair to assume that Kouropat-
kin a fortnight ago had at his dls-
posal between the Sha river and Tie
Pass 100000 electives at least. Oya-
ma is far too sagacious to have tried
to envelop such a great force unless
he had more men than his brave but
over-cautiouS adversary. SO Whatever
the reports spread to deceive Kouro-
patIin, the Japanese probably had
100000 men at least when Oyama
first attacked in this battle FEB. 70.
This estimate. of course, includes the
reserves that have been hurried for
ward and Nogi's army that took Port
Arthur.
Oyams's Report.
Oyama announced to his sovereign
on March 10 that he had successfully
completed his enveloping movement,
lin which we have been engaged for
some days past" The days past
then numbered thirteen.
In all those days Oyama made not
one feint He struck again and again,
but wherever he struck he was fight
ing. not feinting. By his constant at
lacks he concealed his main purpose,
his final aim. He confused his enemy,
who undoubtedly was Handicapped by
an inefficient intelligence department.
The japanese enyeloping movement
began Feb. &c by Gen. Kuroki's right
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
Maine's Only Woman LAWYER.

Miss Helen A. Knowlton of Rock
land. Me, is the only woman lawyer
in that state. She Tas admitted to
the bar of Knox county six years ago
and has acquitted herself well in the
practice of law Miss Knowleton is
not woman sufTragist. IF men can
not properly govern the country.
what can they do?" she asks. Her
relations with the bar are most pleas
ant and she is glad she chose the pro
fession OF law.