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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-28
EMPEROR TO YIELD RULE?
Persistent Rumors That Francis Jo-
seph viii Abdicate.

hRIS dispatch: On
TIE very highest
authority II Is an.
nounced that Empcr
or Francis Joseph
has made up his
mind To abdicate In
the near future. prob
ably In May. This
confirms a rumor
which was printed In
the Petit Partisan u
few days ago. and In
which II was stated
that the Emperor
had already notified
the heir prcsump'
tive. Archduke Fran
els Ferdinand. of his
Intention.
This sudden de-
cision Of the Empcr.
or comes as n result
Of n complaint made
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-28
Eaas.
Governor Slams Bills.

Denver. April Ex-Governor Nc
Donald yesterday signed the following
bills:
House bill No. 22S. fixing the boun-
diary lines of Archuleta county.
House bill No. 2O2. prohibiting the
use of trading stamps. carrying the
emergency clause.
House bill No. 1853. prohibiting black
listing and boyCottlng.
House bill No. 14S. known as the
medical bill. with the emergency
clause.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-28
oARFreLo's PLANS ARE MADE.
Commissioner Ready for Investigation
in Kansas.

OPERA dispatch:
BoyCotts. dlsCrimin.
alton. freight rates
and changes In the
price Of oil are the
four subjects which
the Commissioner
Of Corpora tionE.
James X. Garfield.
will Investigate dur.
ing his stay In Kan.
sas. Under these
four principal sub.
jcCts are q number
OF questions which
will effect the gen.
cral result. In order
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-28
Consultations Of the Fallen.

Adam considered his advantages.
at any rate" he remarked. 81 new.
or had to wear anybody's cut-down
trousers"
Eve fix over fig leaf pair for little
AbcI.-Ncw York Sun. 2
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-28
Sheep.
Grain.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs.
$3.50. Rye. Colorado. bulk. per 100
lbs. 1OC. Oats. hulk. Nebraska. new.
white. si.i0: mixed. slOS: In sack.
Colorado. white. Sl.3o. Corn. In bulk.
9Oc. Corn chop. sacked. Si.OO. BTnn.
Colorado. per 100 lbs. Soc.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-28

Upland. per ton. s9.oOT 1000: second
bottom. $500 tn $500: timothy. Sli.00
di2.O0: timothy and clover. si0O0T
HOO: alfalfa. primo. sj.50n $500:
straw. $500 TOO: South Park wirc
grass. SiI.jOni25O.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05

The Hon. ]. 3. Fox, of Harrington,
made us a brief call Hast evening.
Asking him II he would like TO return
to the Legislature he promptly said
that he would not-that he would not
like to leave his family and business
so long again. He said he would be
pleased. however, to go and stay
there long enough to vote for
United States Senator. He said
his vote would not be cast
for the present incumbent either.
He had no objections, he remarked,
to Mr.. Elkins personally. but he
thought he had been In the Senate too
long already-that he was serving his
second term, and that one term Of six
years should be enough for any man.
Mr.. Fox said that II we had not other
men as well qualified he might feel in
a different way about II, but having
so many just as able and Just as de-
serving, he was in favor Of passing
the Senatorship around among them.
He said II he could have his way no
man should serve in the Senate but
one term-six years-and but two
terms in the House of Represents.
tives. making four years. He thought
it was wrong and hurtful to the party
that Judge Dayton was permitted to
go to Congress SO long, and he feels
the same way as to Captain Dovener.
He said such a course was unjust to.
ward the many others who are Just
as competent to fill a Congressional
seat and that life is 0 short for us
to continue in the ruts we have been
traveling-that we should take up
new men which would give
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05
THE RULE
AT MOUNT WEATHER
Governments New Station on the
Blue Ridge Suburb In Site
and Appointments.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Son the
summit of the watershed dividing the
beautiful valleys of the Loudon and
Shenandoah, forming one of the most
picturesque portions of the Blue
Ridge range Of mountains, sixteen
hundred feet above the sea level,
stands Mount Weather, the recent ad-
dition to the Weather Bureau SER
vice. From its confines far as the
eye can reach is pictured a magnif-
cent panorama of mountain range
and valley, rivers and green foliage,
fertile fields and rugged hills. The
spot is ideal, and If it was the pur-
pose of establish near to the cap
ital city a convenient summer
annex TO the Weather Bureau, the
site has been chosen with a dis
cernment. The same display of good
taste, exhibition of costly furnishings
and artistic surroundings Is manifest
in the interior fittings of the build
ines SO far completed.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in
a recent Interview stated that when
he came to the headship of the de.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05

The Wheeling Register wants a
meeting of the, State Editorial AS
sociation-wants It revived. This is
a thing that we never took any stock
in. We never saw that it accomplish.
ed anything without 1t was a good
time on excursion occasions. We never
attended any of its meetings. What
we have advocated, and which we be-.
lieve would be a profitable thing, is
the formation Of a society of the Re-
publican newspaper men. AS their
party is in power they could by or.
ganizing or uniting, secure legislation
that would be helpful to
generally in the State, and by coming
together once a year or oftener, they
would be able to work more harmo.
niously politically. and perhaps more
effectively. For business more than
for political reasons 1t would pay. the
Republican newspaper brethren to or.
saniZe. BY a united effort they could
accomplish wonders. The
of the State should do more legal
printing and advertising than they do.
In this respect they are far behind
their contemporaries of New York.
Pennsylvania, Ohio and other States,
While the Democratic brethren can
take care of themselves and do as
they please, yet we believe they could
effect much by having an organization
of their own. In the effort of the Re.
publican organization to secure need.
ed legislation for the craft generally,
1t could be given substantial aid by
the Democratic body. The latter's
Endorsement of a measure would of
course ave weight with the minority
party in the Legislature as it is at
present constituted. Viewing the
matter thus, we are very much in
favor of the organization we have sug-
gested. as we cannot see that the pres.
ent State association, which has long
been in a state Of "innocuous desue.
tude," will ever be of any more ac.
count in the future than it has been
In the past. In organizing a Republi.
can association we would feel like
drawing the line on the Insurgents"
but as there are SO few of them we
would not insist upon keeping them
out. The proper thing, we suppose,
would be to take them in and endeav.
or to make them better men.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05

partment he found a few half starved
scientists. The reverse OF this pic
ture is SO strikingiy portrayed at
Mount Weather that the people Of the
country who support this luxurious
abode OF weather experts and scien-
lists may well ask to what limit win
the expansion of the weather service
extend.
When the late j. Sterling Morton
was Secretary of Agriculture after
the separation of Mark Harrington
from the service he looked around for
a new chief. Of the Weather Bureau.
willis L. Moore was then weather
%forecaster in Chicago. He was sum
moned to Washington and placed In
charge. The expansion of the Wealth.
er Bureau service dates from the In
stallation of Chief Moore.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05
COMING HOME
A NUMBER or BOYS WILL RE.
TURN TO JOIN COMPANY H
WHEN 1T GOES TO CAMP.

Company n drilled last night again,
and 1t is quite evident that the men
will have to take a brace II they ex-
pect to carry OF the honors at Park
ersburg. J There isn't snap enough to
their work. and 1t is to be hoped that
the company will wake up to the fact
that a prime essential of a crack mil
itary organization Is "vim"A"Vim"
with a capital ~" There is still
time to get good and busy before the
fifteenth and it is expected that the
company will ginger up. The COM
pany suffered a good deal the past
winter and spring from the %infrequen-
|cy OF drills and the absence of SO
many men when there was a drill.
The result is a disturbing ineptness
now in both manoeuvres and manual.
In direct contrast ito this condition
of affairs, however, is the spirit of
loyalty to the company which, in spite
of the persistent knocking that the
company is receiving from a certain
oouiSS, 10 cltdEly eNlueuCSp IN inc
enthusiastic preparations by all the
men in anticipation of the big time
at Parkersburg. This knocking, which
was spoken of In the West Virginian
a few days ago, has finally been
TRACED to n man, from whom really
nothing else, considering the circum-
stances and the man. ought to have
been expected. So his influence will
amount practically to nothing. Some
idea of this spirit of loyalty may be
gathered from the letters and tele-
grams which are pouring in on Cap.
tain Nicely from out-of.town members.
Chester L. Thomas telegraphs from
Rockford, Illinois, where he is en-
ployed, that he will be here August
14th, for the special purpose of going
with his company to Parkersburg.
Similar messages have been received
from Ice Polling, at Hendricks, Viii.
liam Lake, at Mount Clair, Clyde Kin.
sey, at Kingwood, Wilbur DeBerry,
at Cameron, and Fred Boydston, at
Frostburg, Maryland.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05
Copper Workers Go West.

w. Fl. Webb, secretary of the Penn
Wyoming Copper Company. with
workings in the latter State and Offices
in Chicago. passed through the city
this afternoon en- route to Wyoming
with a party of Warrington gentle
men. who are going to look over the
holdings of the company. In the party
are Drs. Ice and McNeely; u. R. Seal
and M. j. Matthews. In about ten
days Mr.. Webb expects to return and
organize a party from this city who
will go West with the same object.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05
a VICTORY ZOE rAx REEoRM.

49, FIrNEH uN.LaU
II any person ever doubted the ne
cessity for the revision OF the tax
laws their fears should be set at rest
by the result of the eassessmen OF
real estate In Mcdowell county. Last
year Mcdowell county was assessed
at $%3.110,301. The reassessment this
year sets the value of its real estate
at S34,O22,473. This shows that un-
der the old laws Mcdowell county
property was assessed at one.eleventh
of its actual value. Property In this
end of the State was assessed at one
half of its actual value. The result of
this was that on every dollar Ohio
county paid taxes to the amount of
five and one.half times the amount on
every dollar owned In Mcdowell coun-
ty. And yet there are persons who
will still assert that there was no
need of revision of the tax system.
Mcdowell county Is the center of
the richest coal fields in the State. Its
development during the past Is years
hao bcch hlpdl dlitltu. flItGeH years
ago 1t was nothing but a wilderness.
Now its coal lands under operation are
worth $50 to $500 an acre. Its coal
lands off the railroads are worth $25
10 $50 an acre. Yet when the last
reassessment of the real estate in
1900 was made under the old laws
there a not only no increase shown
over 1890, when the county was wild
and barren, but the size of the coun-
~ actually decreased many thousands
of acres. But when they r~eassessed
this property this year under n wise
and Just law the reign of the tax.
dodger ceased. The county no long.
er will succeed in lodging it's taxes.
1t must pay on the same footing that
Ohio county does. The days when It
paid more than 6ne-fifth less taxes on
the same value of property that Ohio
did are over And the equalization
means dollars saved to Ohio county,
Now we IA see why 1t vas that
when Mcdowell Republicans met in
mass convention to select delegates
TO the Wheeling convention last sum
mer only three men were present who
favored the nomination of Mr. Daw,
son.-Wheeling News.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05
THE WEsT viRGINIAN,s
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
Thermometer Readings For Past
Twenty-Four Hours-H. Glenn
Fleming, Observer.
MORE IGNORANCE AND FALSE.
HOOD.

An ignorant correspondent of the
Kingwood Argus juggles a lot of fig.
ures on the reassessment of lands in
Preston county. a fair sample of which
is the following:
THE farm that was assessed at
$1,000 under the old law has been
raised to about $4,000. At .s5c on
the 500 valuation the farmer paid on
his $1,000 farm $3.50 year under the
old law and under the new law his
$1,000 farm will pay. at zoe on the
500 valuation, $40, an increase to the
farmer OF $780,,
In the first place, the returns from
Preston sent in by the land commits
sioner show, as the Argus states else
where, that the entire valuation has
been only trebled and not increased
1--WE times, as the above would indi.
cate, the figures being as follows: Re.
assessment s7.629.097. old assess
ment, s2,65I399. A slight calcula.
ton shows that the valuation under
the reassessment is a little less than
three times that Of the old assessment.
In the second place, the coal holdings
and town properties figure largely in
the increase, 50 that the farms are
probably not more than doubled. In
the third and last place. the calculation
is absolutely and unquahfedly false as
the poor man will NOT pay 20 cents
on the hundred dollars valuation I'm.
der the reassessment. The assess
ment just made is for next year, and
before a levy is made the law makes
a reduction TO 10 cents on the hun
bred, but the Board of Public Works
Will likely take the starch out Of that
to the tune OF eight or ten cents, so
that the poor man" viii come out
away ahead, 1t is indeed strange that
newspaper editors of alleged intelll-
gence would allow and encourage
such Justification in their columns.
Deception and Misrepresentation are
the main stock in trade of the anti
tax reform organs, but there will be
a great awakening one Of these days
when the people see how they have
been lied to by these tricksters.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05

The Fairmont West virginian
speaks Of the last jolt" it gave the
Gazette. II hasn't jolted the Gazette
the first time yet. No paper whose
editor can't write three lines without
sticking his tongue out can jolt the
Gazette.-Charleston Gazette.
As We have before stated. the Ga
zette is edited by poor old george
byrne, who may not stick his tongue
out, as he says we do. but who was
never known to write one line without
the seat of his breaches was out. By
the way. he is not suffering from the
last jolt" we gave him. We were
mistaken. The last jolt" he got was
from the Parkersburg State Journal.
from which he probably never will re.
cover.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05
NATURE SPARES
The stricken Rose From GrIef.

The Stricken Rose From Grief.
What a fortunate provision of nature
It is. that deprives the rose of mental
suffering; for o poignant would be its
grief to discover. in the height Of its
blooming glory. that q canker fed at its
heart. and that Its beauty and fragrance
were doomed forever. Nature always
spares the suffering: she is a veritab:e
store-house OF pleasing rewards, for
those who seek her aid. In the years
gone by falling hair and grayness have
cast a gloom over the lives of thousands
OF young women. but thanks TO the In
vestigations of scientists the true Gauge
of hair destruction Is now known to be
a germ or parasite that burrows into
the hair follicles. Newbro's Herpicide
absolutely destroys this germ. thus
permitting the hair to grow as ma
ture intended. Sold by leading drug
g!sts: Send 1oc. in stamps for sample
to tho Herp:cide Co, Detroit. Mich.
E. A. s%illingslea & Co.. Special
Agents.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05
Inereased federal Revenue.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 5.-The
preliminary report of Commissioner
Yerkes of the internal revenue bu.
reau shows that the receipts from all
internal venue sources during the
year ended June 80, 1905. amounted
to s~2S4,1S7,97G, an increase as com.
pared with the fiscal year, 1904. of
$1,2S4,195 The expenses of collec.
ton are shown to have been approx
imateIy $i,G93.4S9.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05

The talk of Judge Con to the eff
feet that he may resign his j~udgeship
soon does not anything more
than that he wants to enjoy a period
Of rest. That is what he says, and
Of course he means it. He is not go.
ing TO leave the bench to take up poll
tics. The people will have something
to say as to what he shall do politi.
cally as soon as he is known as ex.
Judge Con.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05

That was a real cute trick Of Uncle
Seeve's, getting the Fairmont West
Virginian to print an article in favor
OF Judge Goff. The astute senior Sen
ator knew there was no other way of
killing the c~larksburger as certainly
as that--Charleston Gazette.
The C~larksburger was killed like
poor old george byrne, Of the Gazette.
imagines he is killing eG~ovefnor paw.
son.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05
.spo liz ro.pAYA.,

thisi lowe 1t to German Syrup"
gThe time-worn Injunction, "Never put
off It'll tomorrow what you can do to-
day" Is now generally presented in this
form : "Do it to-day p That is the terse
advice we want 70 give you about that
hacking cough or demoraiizing cold with
which you have been struggling for sew
eral days, perhaps weeks. QTake some
reliable remedy for it To-pAY-and let
that remedy be DR.. Boschec's German
Syrup, which has been in use for over
thirty-hve years. A few doses Of it will
undoubtedly relieve your cough or cold,
and its continued use for a few days will
cure you completely. ono matter how
deep-seated your cough, even if dread
consumption has attacked your lungs,
German Syrup will surely effect a cure
as it has done before in thousands of ap.
pareutly hopeless cases of lung trouble.
qNew trial bottles, aSc; regular size,
75c. At all druggists. a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05

II Judge Golf is not going into Doll.
tics he will make a great mistake If
he resign soon. The people will
make life miserable for him in run.
ming to and impIoring him to run for
the y. s. s~enatorship.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05

While her debts amount to $4,000.
600. Cassie L. chadwick's estate is
worth only $4,000. Thus her credi-
tors win receive not quite one cent
on the dollar.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05

In Luzerne, Switzerland, a few
weeks ago, Paul Butler, son Of the
late Gen. Ben Butler. married Anna
Barstow, a Mattapoisett girl.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-05

Tax reform is like John Browns
soul-it goes marching on.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-08-12
Killed at a Crossing.

Albion McAllister, aged 10 years, was
killed at the public crossing at Rhodes
dale, Dorchester county. Wednesday
night of last week by the Ocean City
Flyer on the Baltimore, Chesapeake and
and Atlantic railway He was crossing
the track in wagon, when it was struck
by the engine. demoishing the wagon
and throwing McAllister about 60 feet.
He was struck on the back of the head
and never recovered consciousness. He
was carried to the hospital in Salisbury.
but died at II O'Clock the same night.
He was prominently connected in his
neighborhood He was warned by some
bystanders not to attempt to cross the
track, as the train was in sight and run
ming at speed Of about 80 miles an
hour. He, however, drove on the track
and met his fate. He had been to Cam
bridge to take an examination for one
of the college scholarships within the
gift of the Dorchester County School
Board He graduated last year at the
Vienna High School
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-08-12
Killed by Epress Train.

Prof. A. G.. Harley, secretary of the
State Board of Education. was instantly
killed at Laurel. Thursday. Aug. 3, by
train No. 9 of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. Professor Harley. with his
son. Mr.. Charles II. Harley. an attorney
of Baltimore. and some ladies were
crossing the tracks west of the station
on their way to camp of United States
soldiers. Men on an engine lying on a
siding warned him of the approaching
train. but it is supposed that he became
confused and failed TO get out of the
way Of the train. His body was fright
fully mangled, his son and the ladies be-
ing eyewitnesses to the accident. Pro-
fessor Harley had held his position in
the State Board of Education for a
number Of years and was well known to
the teachers of the state. He was for
many years recording secretary of the
Maryland State Teachers Association
and was reelected at the last meeting
of that body at the Blue Mountain
House.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-08-12

Mr. George j. Dryden, who resided
IN his farm over the river about "A
half mile from Snow Hill. died sudden
~ Thursday afternoon, about six O'Clock.
He had gone out in the field where some
plowmen were at work. and was met
by bis son, Pullman, who was returning
from the field He told his son that he
would walk a little farther, as he did
not feel tired In looking back few
minutes later. his son missed him, and
on going back to look for him, was
shocked to find his father dead. Mr..
Dryden had been great sufferer from
acute Bright disease. He was rs years
old, and had been prominently identified
with the affairs of the county for a
number of years. serving at one time as
County Commissioner. He was large
owner Of valuable farm and town
property.
MIR. Dryden was member of the
Christian Church of Snow HILL He is
survived by four sons, and two daugh-
tiers. as follows: Mr.. Edward Dryden,
of Atkinson's district, Mr.. G. Marion
Dryden, of Snow Hill. Mr.. Pullman w.
Dryden. of near Snow Hill, Mr.. Charles
T.. Dryden. professor of Languages at
Gettysburg College, but now taking
course in German at Leipsic University,
Germany. Mrs. Edward j. Bounds. of
near Snow Hill. and an unmarried
daughter. Miss Elizabeth Dryden.
His funeral will take place this morn
ing Saturday. and Increment will be
made in Nazareth burying ground.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-08-12
FenwiCk's Camp.

This quiet aggressive camp by the
sea, ten miles north of Ocean City. will
begin today. Saturday, August 18th.
Rev. c. A. Grise. pastor in charge. has
labored diligently and faithfully to make
the meeting great religious and moral
uplift. Some Of the ablest ministerial
talent in the Wilmington Conference
will assist Rev. Mr.. Grise. Next Sun
day morning Rev. G. w. Bourke will
preach, and DIR. A. w. Lightbourne will
preach in the afternoon and evening.
Thursday will be Civil Righteousness
Day" and DIR. Lightbourne will preach
in the morning on 1.-The Kind of Relig-
ion Needed for These Times" In the
afternoon Hon. +. c. Hendrickson. one
of the ablest and most eloquent lawyers
in Maryland, will deliver an address on
what Rights Belong to the People in
Civil Government. Mr.. Hendrickson is
deeply interested in law enforcement
and temperance reform, and every one
interested in these subjects ought to
hear him.
The camp may be reached by way of
Ocean City. where launch makes daily
trips each way. Boarding facilities are
the best.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend the services. espec-
ia0 on Thursday.