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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
PRoFiT-sHARiNe PLAN
WILL BE CONTINUED.
Steel Corporation Will Offer $4,000
Shares of Its Preferred Stock to
Employees, Who Now Hold
Some 81 1000 Shares.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-The United
States Steel Corporat:-n has made
known it's intention to continue the
plan to share profits with its employees
in the following statement issued by
Chairman E. H. Gary:
The finance committee of our cor
poration has decided to repeat the
offer to the officers and employees of
this corporation and subsidiary cor
porations. to subscribe for the stock
tpreferred - the corporation on
substantially the same basis hereto
fore adopted. The same amount, or
$4,000 shares, will be offered for this
year. The price has been fixed at
$3.50, in order to make the invest
ment desirable. This price. with the
rebates and other perquisites which
may be received in case of contfnu-
ance of employment and satisfactory
service, will make the final cost low. -
According to the latest official state
ment some 81 900 shares of preferred
stock are already held by employees
under the profit-sharing plan.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06

three monumental changes which were
taking place in the country. The
stage driver and the steamboat pilot
symbolized the civilization which was
encroaching upon the mysterious will
derness. While in their PERSONAL
ties and their duties-brave men in
daring occupations-they challenged
admiration, there was profounder
reason for the place they occupied in
the progress of the border. And, just
as we sentimentally mourn the pass
ing of the medieval knights who
roamed the land in plume and sword,
so we mourn the passing of the an
cient knights of transportation
SO much because Of their achieve
ments as because of the thrill and ad-
venture of the day in which they
lived.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
ELEGT TON BRlBERY CUE
OF PRESlD IS TAI CEN
Missouri Senator Calls For an Inves-
5 ttsation Of the Parker and Law
son Charges.

IT.. Z i
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.-Senator
Stone, Democrat, of Missouri has in
troduced resolution reciting some of
the assertions of Thomas w. Lawson
and Judge AL. n B. Parker concern
ing campaign contributions and ask
ing the judiciary committee to in.
quire into the allegations. The res
olution is as follows:
Whereas, Thomas W. Lawson. a
prominent citizen OF Boston, and a
capitalist of reputed large fortune, in
a signed published article has specifi-
cally charged that he S.ilspired with
certain other well-known capitalists
to raise large corruption fund to be
used to promote the election of the
Republican candidates for President
and Vice President in 1896. and that
they did raise $4,000, 900 to be expend-
ed 10 turn at least five of the doubt
full States; and
Whereas. During the campaign of
1904 it was directly and emphatically
charged by Judge Alton B. Parker, a
p,fninent candidate for the Office of
President. and by other citizens of
great prominence and high repute be-
longing to both the Republican and
Democratic parties. as well as by
many important and responsible jour
mails, that large sums of money had
been contributed by, or extorted from
numerous trusts and corr l,ations to
be used to influence the election then
ensuing for President and Vice Pres
ident ~ the United States; and
Whereas, The President, in his
last annual message. sent to Congress
on December 6, 1904. took official
cognizance of the growing tendency
to corrupt the electorate, and did in
direct terms recommend the enact
ment of a law against bribery and cor
ruption in Federal elections: there
| fore,
Resolved, That the Judiciary com
mittee of the State be and is hereby
authorized, empowered and directed
to make inquiry into the matters
stated in the foregoing preamble, and
also generally into the subject of the
use VI H'~uleS III reuSidi eleSLionS, Su
as to ascertain, as far as possible. the
extent of the evil and to report to the
/ Senate at the first session of the
Fifty-ninth Congress, by bill or other
wise, the legislation said committee
may deem necessary to prevent or
suppress bribery and corruption in
such elections. Said committee may
sit during the vacation of the Senate
| and shall have authority to send for
persons and papers and to compel the
attendance of witnesses"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
A Handshakins Record.
New York World.)

AT the New Years reception at
the White House President Roose-
welt shook hands with 1887 persons.
The reception lasted three hours and
81 minutes. Assuming that the
greetings proceeded at regular rate,
each hand-shake occupied one and a
half seconds. This must be the
worlds record for steady and rapid
hand-shaking. Mr.. Roosevelt shakes
hands heartily, and on the average
his hand moves SO inches to every
hand-shake. AT the New Years re-
ception his hand travelled over five
miles before the procession passed.
The muscular energy required for a
moderately virogous handshake has
been computed to be equal to that
exerted lifting an eight-pound
dumb-bell two feet. This would make
the total energy expended the equiva-
lent of lifting one ton Ga feet. What
a vigorous man the President isl
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
ADAMS sNIIL al. OATH
Us COLOR l0'S GOV NOR
Democrats viii Have Their candi-
date sworn In on pay prescribed
by Law-The Supreme Court
Orders Investigation.

DENVER. Jan. 6.The Democrats
have decided that on january 10. the
date prescribed by the statutes, they
will have Aiva Adams sworn in as
governor of the State The oath viii
be administered by Justice Steele
Of the Supreme Court The hour and
place of tie ceremony have mol beez
definitely Settled.
The Fifteenth General Assembly
was called to order to-day and the
work of organization commenced al
once. Lieut.. Gov. Haggott presided
over the Senate and the permanent
organization of the House was efFecs
ed By the choice of William II, Dick
aon as chairman
The Supreme Court to-day directed
that an inquiry be made into the con-
duct OF the last election in this city
and ordered that il assume the scope
asked by the Republicans. This
nleans that tie Investigation shall
not only take in the ballot boxes. but
the poll books. registration slips; and
all other matters pertaining 10 the
election. The application of Alra nd
ans for modification. of the order
limiting 1t to the ballot boxes only.
was denied. The order was. however
modified in the matter OF eS psnse. II
was directed that Mr.. Adams pay
one.half of the expense attendant up
on the examination of the boxes ana
one-half of the salary Of the referee &.
be appointed by the Supreme Court
in this connection. The Republicans
were directed to pay one.hah The ex.
penses incident to the examination
of the boxes and all the cost of the
Investigations of all other matters
pertaining to the election.
No action was taken by the I.eSi
lature to-day looking toward Sc
Element of gubernatorial conte
and it is not likely that anything in
this direction will be undertaken AZ.
the first session tomorrow.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
MOODY ASSERTS TRUST
CONTROL MEAT PRICES
In Brief to Supreme Court the Attor
ney General says Hold combina,
ton Has on Consumers Is
Mereiless and Oppressive

!. C. + u
WASHINGTON. Jan C,-The briet
of the g. eminent in the case Of
Swift & Co. Us. the United States,
known as the beef trust case. pre-:
pared by Attorney General W H.
Moody. has been presented To the
Supreme Court of the United States.
The brief is devoted, principally 10
an argument showing that the pack.
ers are engaged in conspiracy 10
monobolize interstate commerce in
fresh meats. The At, ney General
says:
1T may be remarked that judges
have differed as TO the validity of ag-
gregations of capital effected by some
form of organic union between sew
eral smaller and competing corpora
tons. and economists are far from
within limitations. are hurtful. s..
too, associations of manufactures to
regulate competition within a re-
stricted area have not always been
condemned by courts and have some
times been approved by publicists.
But has responsible voice yet been
heard to justify. legally or e;- 'lomical-
~, conspiracy or agreement between
nearly all the producers of a COM
modify necessary TO life by which the
confederates acquire absolute con
troll and dominion over the produc
ton. sale and distribut.' n of that
commodity throughout TIE entire ter.
ritory of Nation, with the power at
viii to raise prices to the consumer
of the finished product and lower
prices to the producer of the raw ma
terial? Yet such Is that E.,y at the
bar of this court. That there is a
conspiracy to control Is merciless and
oppressive, are facts known TO all
men. The broad question here is,
does the governments petition. with
it's statements of fact standing un.
challenged, discover that conspiracy
to the ctlrt? We submit that 1t does,
and that the decree of the Circuit
Court should in these things be af-
firmed."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
PRDpDS SEQ MEMORIAL
TO GENERAL | ANTOA
Movement Started 70 Erect a suita-
BILE Monument to the Great
soldier.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. GA
movement has been started to erect
a monument to the memory of Gen
Henry W, Lawton. who was killed in
the Philippines, and whose grave in
the Arlington National Cemetery is
unmarked save for the simple head
stone which the government places
at the graves of all it's soldiers A
movement was started some time ago
Lawton was native. to erect me-
mortal TO the gallant General. ana
it is intended AT the meeting of the
Legislature TO Introduce bill appro-
priating money for such monu-
ment.
Col. Clarence Edwards. chief of
the lnsular Bureau OF the War De-
partment, who was General Lawtons
chief OF staff in the Philippines, has
started a movement in Washington
to mark the Generals grave with a
suitable monument He Is about 10
Issue call for funds from The sol
diers OF General I.awton's old Phil
lppine command and hopes by this
means and by contributions from
friends aud admirers of The General
TO raise enough TO erect suitable
memorial. General Lawton's widow,
who received a gift of about $4,000
from the American public, has not
provided monument because it was
the Generals expressed instructions
to her thai it ne should happen to be
killed she was to use whatever money
that might come to her in educating
her four children.
General Lawton's grave liz in the
pretttest part of Arlington. and is sur
rounded by five monuments, Wis.,
itors often comment on the absence
of shaft TO the memory OF General
Lawton,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
LADY cLANcARTY is
cuaED OF cANcEH.
Successful Treatment Of the Famous
Belle Billion, Once Queen o.
Music Hall Stage.

LONDON. Jan Completely
cured OF cancert., Such IS the re-
markabie statement made by the
Countess of clancarty, once the IA
nous Belle Bouiton, OF the music hall
stage. who has just returned To Lon-
don from Paris. accompanied BY her
husband. Early this year the Conn
tess was oyertaken by the most re-
lentless of all maladies cancer OPP
erations were performed. but In vain
Sentence Of death was pronounced
by Sir Arthur Vernon Macan. presi
dent of the Royal College of PhysI-.
clans. ireland, and the eminent can
Ger specialists who were consulted
by the Earl of clancarty concurred
in this verdict. Two of the greatest
cancer specialists of the day declared
that the Countess could not live more
than six weeks.
AS last resource Lord c1apcarty
took his wife to Paris, and placed
her under the treatment of DR.. Doyen.
with what result Lady Ciancarty told
in her own words yesterday.
When / was placed under Dr..
Doyans treatment had only three
weeks OF life left. 8 she said. THE
new treatment began in March. In
all had 20 NEGOTIATIONS Of the anti
cancer serum; from IS to so is the
usual number.
AT the end OF the course ! was
pronounced by DR.. Doyen and his col
leagues free from cancer. Here ! am.
able to walk about, to enjoy life. not
very strong yet. but quite cured of the
terrible disease from which / suffer
ed
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
MANY MURDERS IN
A GAMBLING DEN
Remarkable Discoveries Made In 4
Garden Near seviile-Pro-
prietor Escapes,

MADRID. Jan. 6.Eight skeletons
have now been dug up in the garden
attached TO the gambling den which
was kept by Juan Aldige at Penaaass
near Seville. The police are still
making excavations. as Il is beIiess<a
that the total number Of vietinzs has
not yet been found There is evi-
dence to show that the crimes extend
over a period of at least six years.
The condition OF the remains shows
that the victims were killed by the
single blow OF heavy manner from
behind which broke IN the sknlf
Graves were prepared beforehand for
AIdigeis guests, so that no time was
lost between the commission Of the
murders and robberies and the inter-
ment OF the bodies Aldige has es-
capped, it is believed. 70 Brazil The
man who was arrested yesterday at
Huelya proved to be an American
tourist
The wife and son of Aldige, two
female servants and two male accom-
plices are under arrest, charged with
having aided Aldige in the commits
sion Of the crimes.
A special judge is to be appointed
to investigate the case.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
THE BIBLE IN TURKEY.
Government Refuses to Permit Street
Sales of 1t.

CoNSTANTINoPLE. Jan. 5-The
Porte has at length replied to the
notes of the American Legation and
British Embassy regarding the sales
of Bibles, and Notwithstanding pre-
vious assurances the Prote refuses to
authorize street sales.
The Porte's notes, which are in
identical terms, declare there is no
doubt that agents of the Bible socie-
ties indulge in propaganda in ex-
planning the utility and use of the
Scriptures. and as all propagandas are
forbidden by the laws of the empire
the action of the colporteurs brings
them under the prohibition.
Consequently, the government can
no longer consent to the system of
peddling Bibles, but must insist that
the sales be confined exclusively to
shops or the depots of the societies.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
SUICIDE KISSES HIS
MOTHER GOODBYE.
weiI-known Boston Lawyer Then
Leaps to Death From New
York Ferryboat.

NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-Tenderly i'm
parting kiss on the forehead of his
mother, John Parsons. well-kncwn
Boston lawyer, ran TO stern railing
of the Lackawanna ferryboat Mont
clair and leaped into the North river
in midstream. His body has not
been recovered
Come back. John" the woman
screamed as he plunged into the wa
ter, and then she fell fainttng.
Fifty passengers who were out in
the bracing air were within a few
feet of Parsons when he stood for a
moment poised on the rail. They
were too startled to move, and in a
few seconds the man jumped and dis
appeared.
AS he splashed into the river the
passengers recovered their senses
and began shouting and screaming.
Orders were given to stop the fer
ry. but as there was hardly any hope
of recovering the body, the boat pro-
ceeded to Hoboken.
There the mother of the suicide
became SO hysterica1 that physicians
were called to attend her. She would
not tell why her SON committed sui
eide.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
POISONED HUSBAND
TO WE'D HIRED MAN.
Startling Confession Said to Have
Been Made BY JosIyn's
Young Wife.

MASON, Mich, Jan. 6.-Mrs. Car
RE Joslyn, the young wife OF William
Joslyn. who died Christmas Day at
his home in Wheatfe1d township I'M
der circumstances that were consid-
cred suspicious. was brought to the
Jail here, charged with numbering her
husband. and, according to the off,
GERS, confessed that she poisoned him
with arsenic. Joslyn's body was dis
inferred Tuesday by the prosecuting
attorney and sheriff, and the exami.
nation of the stomach showed guam.
tity of arsenic. Mrs Joslyn. in her
confession, the officers say, stated
that she was in love with the hired
man, Isaac Swan. and that they con.
spired TO put Joslyn out of the way,
SO that they might marry. Mrs. Jos
Ign says that Swan purchased the ar
senic and she administered it to her
husband. The first dose she gave him
was small one in his coffee. She
continued the poison doses at fire.
quent intervals, giving them to JOS
Iyn says that Swan purchased the ars-
enic and she administered 1t to her
bed. 1t took two weeks to kill her
husband, the woman said. Mrs. JOS
Ign was accompanied to Jail by her
two little children, aged three and
five years. Officers are searching for
Swan.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
ABOUT STEAMBOATS, LONG AGO.
Interesting Subject Before Kansas
Historical Society.
(Kansas City Journal.)

fKansas City Journal.)
A paper On "The Early Navigation
of the Missouri River-Rise and Fall
OF Steamboating," by Phil E. Chap
peIl, of Kansas City. Mo-, was
bright feature of the annual meeting
eof the Kansas Historical Society, at
Topeka, on December 6. OF course,
we have not seen Mr.. Chappell's pa
per and have no idea of its scope or
scontents- But it would not begin at
the beginning unless it told of the
New Orleans, built at Pittsburg in
1871, FOR the navigation of the Ohio
and the Mississippi, and constructed
for Mr.. Roosevelt, of New York, one
of the Presidents ancestors. The
New Orleans was the first steam craft
to navigate our Western rivers. Eight
years later, in 1919, the stern-whee1er
Western Engineer assembled the Mis-
souri, river with Major s. H. Long
and party of typographical en-
gineers sent out by the government.
On June %, 1919, Major Long arrived
at Charlton He wrote in his diary:
The Western Engineer being the
first steamboat that had ever ascen-
ded the Missouri above Charlton,
great numbers of settlers were at
tracted TO the banks of the river on
both sides to witness our progress"
But, it was IS years later before West
ern enterprise had reached the point
of building steamers. The first
Western built boat was launched at
st Louis in 1887.
On the great Western plains the
romance of early day life was close
Iy associated with the stage coach.
Along the navigable rivers it was
with the steamboat, and always and
everywhere if had been with trans
pnrtation. Transportation stood for
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The second annual meeting of the
stockholders of Fairmont Industrial
Company will be held at the office of
Levi B. Harr, 3221s Main street. Fair
mont West Virginia, on Tuesday, Jan.
uary 10, 1905, at 2:3o P. NJ.
LEVI B. HARR, President
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06

If you have anything to buy, trade
or sell, come to us, or we will send
agent to you. We deal in anything
and everything. Brokerage, Storage
and Auction Co. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-06
GAS FITTING.

w. E LeveIIe, 722 Locust avenue,
practical gas fitting at reasonable
prices. Work guaranteed. All calls
promptly answered and work careful
~ done. Goth spFones. consoIida-
ted. z2-s. Bell, 2sssJ.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27

VII
Gold from Sea Water.

The dream Of the alchemist still
lives. Who can make gold from base
metals? Who can transform the hid.
den elements in water? Liversidge
has estimated that the ocean contains
from 100 to 260 tons of gold per cubic
mile, or total of 10O,OOO,0OO,O0 900 tons;
but if this be divided by 100 the value
would still be $697 Ill, OOO, 900, 900,
while M. de Wilde, of Brussels, finds
that all of the gold mined up to the
present time would not form a cube
more than thirty feet square, repre-.
senting a value of $13,559 946, 900. M.
de Wilde has new method of sep.
aration, from which he expects great
results. He treats ocean water with
concentrated solution of salt of tin,
which transforms the gold into purple
of Cassius, an oxide of gold and tin,
and this is fixed by -hydrate of mag
nesia, which is liberated from the sea
water on adding lime water. The by
drate of magnesia has been charged
with as much as Is per cent. of gold.
which is removed with cyanide OF
potassium solution.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Eyelet Cut Out Of the Leather,

upper eyelets. These latter are sim,
liar to the round eyelets, except that
they are open on the upper side to re-
ceive the lacing.
The eyelets are REINFORCED by 8
tongue which is tapered at the end So
that it can be passed through the
leather and clenched on the under side
Of the shoe, metallic plate being in
serted between the outer and inner
facings; of the leather: This plate cor
responds in shape to the eyelet open
ing in the leather, this consisting OF
a slot with a bell-shaped mouth. A
series of these slots, near the edges
of the leather from a. series,o of tongues
In lacing up the shoe the lacing cord
is drawn through the slots into the
eyelets and then across the lacing sill,
of the shoe to the eyelet on the other
side. so that the cord passes under the
lower portion of the tongue and over
the upper portion. This naturally
presses the eyelet against the foot Of
the wearer and prevents, it from be
ing bent out of position. The inter
vening plate re-enforces the leathe,
around the eyelet and prevents it from
tearing out, giving rigidity to- the fas
tenirg:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Clean Eqqs.

The eggs from some farms are al.
ways clean, and from other farms are
always dirty. We know of poultry
houses where at least half the eggs
gathered are stained with mud. This
is because the hen yard is small and
the situation low. Water gathers In
front of the poultry house door, and
when the hens go out and in they nat
urally beat the soil into mud. A
single hen going onto a nest Of eggs
will stain nearly every egg. AS poultry
raisers know, it is practically impos
slble to wash these stains off. The
glutinous substance on the outside OF
the egg shell seems to catch and hold
the dirt, and it is no easy task to re-,
move it. 1t is perfectly easy to keep
the eggs clean by keeping clean the
surroundings of the poultry house. II
any farmer will notice the market quo
tations, he will see that dirty eggs sell
at very much lower price than clean
eggs. The difference in the prices is
what the farmer loses by permitting
his eggs to become dirty. This loss is
the more inexcusable as it is an I'm
necessary one. 1t is easy enough to
keep the hen yard clean and the nests
clean.-Peter Graham, Bourbon Co.
Kan.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Good News for ALL

Bradford. Tenn, Oct. 23d.-(Spe.
cial. research shows Kid
ney Trouble to be the father of so
many diseases that news of discov-
cry Of sure cure for it cannot fail
to be welcomed all over the country.
And according to Mr.. ]. A. Davis OF
this place just such cure is found in
0odd's Kidney Pills. Mr.. Davis says:
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are all that is
claimed for them. They have done me
more good than anything l have ever
taken. I had Kidney Trouble very
bad and after taking a few boxes of
Dodd's Kidney Pills l am completely
cured. l cannot praise them too
much
Kidney complaint develops into
Bright's Disease, Dropsy, Diabetes
rheumatism and other painful and
fatal diseases. The safeguard is to
cure your kidneys with Dodd's Kidney
Pills when they show the first symp
tom of disease.