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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14

tave Freund. reputed head of the
Aetna Trading Company; Mrs. Irving
A. Want, wife Of the assistant secre-
tary of Swift & Co.; Mrs. Richard w.
Howes, wife of an official of the same
company, whose husbands are said to
be in Europe, and ). Edward Shields,
upon whose evidence Connors was in.
dicted.
Although more than two years
elapsed after the issuance Of an in.
junction by Judge Grosscup upon evil
dence that the packers had violated
the Sherman antitrust law before the
indictments were returned, agents Of
the government constantly shadowed
the jackers to ascertain If they held
meetings.
The government is represented by
Attorney General Moody and District
Attorney Morrison, assisted by numer.
GUS subordinates.
They expect to prove the packers
have perfectly organized trust
which enables them to control the cat
tie market, corner the meat supply
Of the United States and force the
public to. pay whatever prices the
packers decide to ask for their
products.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14
lSO PEOPLE OUT
OF 1871 HAVE HAD
YELLOW FEVER
AT RIVERSIDE PLANTATION IN
LoulslANA-DEATH RATE
LOWER TODAY.

NEW ORLEANS. La. Sept. 14.--Ai
12 O'clock fifteen, new cases and three
deaths were reported.
NEW ORLEANS. La, Sept H.
There have been 10 new cases OF yell
low fever in Patterson. yet the death
rate remains small. AT Riverside
plantation where there is a popula.
ton of 191 people. there have been
$50 cases of yellow fever. At Lake
Providence there were three deaths
and seven new cases.
The total number of cases in the
city Wednesday was 43 with deaths
Doctor ]. II. Tackett. members Of the
State Board of Health. of Meridian
Miss. went across the State line to
Whistler, Ala, to examine some sus
picious cases of fever there. but was
refused permission to see them. He
came home and quarantine was put
on Whistler.
Doctor Joseph Goldberg, of the
United States Marine Hospital ser
vice, stationed at Mobile, had pre-
ylously examined the cases In whis
tier. and pronounced them not yellow
fever, and this probably accounted
for the refusal Of the local authoritie.
to allow the Mississippi doctor Il
make an additional examination al
though no explanations were given.
Doctor Rupert Boyce, before leay
ing for Belize. British Honduras yes
terday, said that he had seen man.
things here to crlticise and man!
things to praise. II yellow feye
We're filth disease he intimated h,
WOULD have had something to sa.
about the uncleanly and unsanitar.
condition of the city. He promiset
that his first criticisms, however
would be made to the medical col
lege authorities. in Liverpool unde
whose auspices he visited the coun
try.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14
NOT HARRY
But Walter Hirsehberser Was Before
3 Squire swindIer.

In giving the account yesterday Of
the complainant Of First ward
woman who told Justice Swindler that
her husband had been drinking and
had set fire to his bed, we gave the
name Harry alias Grip" Hirschberger.
We have been informed to-day that
the name should have been Walter
instead Of Harry. We gladly make
the correction as Mr.. Harry Hirsch.
berger doesn't do such stunts as that
reported on Grip"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14
ALLEcHENlAN SAVES GIRL.
William Jones Reseues Fair Bather at
Ocean City, N. J. 4

OCEAN CITY. N. j.. Sept. H.
Through the heroic efforts Of w B.
Folger Of Cincinnati. the life Of MISS
Partington. Of Chester. Pa, was saw
ed yesterday afternoon. The young
woman and two girl friends were surf
bathing when they lost their footing.
They screamed for help and William
Jones, OF Allegheny. Pa. brought one
of,the girls to shore s
Folger went to the others. both Of
whom seized him, rendering him
powerless. He and the girls were in
distress when life guards reached
them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14
3. AND o. OFFICIALS.
Were In Town Short While ThIs|
Afternoon.

G. G. F. Bent. general superintend-
ent, U. B. Williams, division super
intendent and o. Rickett. division
engineer. Of the Baltimore and Ohio.
arrived in this city on Mr.. Bent's prI-
vate car from clarksburg at 1910
and left for baltimore on No Il this
afternoon. No inspection or anything
of this kind was gone through with
at this station and no significance Is
attached to Mr.. Bent's visit, 3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14
STATE AUDITOR
SHORT Sl45,O0O

The charge is that the Auditor lent
funds of the State to private indi-
viduals and that these individuals
when pressed for settlement recently,
could not make them good.
Sherrick could not be seen at noon.
His friends claim the alleged short.
age is technical one, and that sher-
rick will be able to square all of the
accounts.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14
HAIR UNcoMaED SIX MONTHS.
Ohio Man Charges His wife With
Being Long unkempt.

NEWARK, o.. Sept. 14.--1n answer
ing his wifers divorce petition Fred
erick Hoover declares that Mrs.
Hoover treated him in tantalizlne
way, used unfit language in the pres
ence OF their children and actually
went for six months without combing
her hair. He says 1t became so tan
gled that she was compelled to have It
cut of.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14
Funeral Of Mrs. Hoyers.

The funeral services OF Mrs. Lee
Boyers took place this afternoon from
the residence on Benoni avenue,
Many friends were present to pay the
last tribute to one who was unIyer|
sally loved. Interment was made at
woodlawn cemetery.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14
Funeral Of Mrs. Murphy.

The funeral Of Mrs. Bridget Muir.
ply took place at St. Peters Catholic
Church this morning at nine o'clock
Impressive services were conducted
by Father Boutlou, and interment was
made at Holy Cross Cemetery.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14
GOING ROUGHSHOD
AFTER PACKERS TRUST
IS FEDERAL COURT
TRIAL BEGAN in
CHICAGO TODAY

CHICAGO Sent. 14-The belated
prosecution OF the Packers Trust be.
gan n the. Federal Court TO-DAY.
Judge Humphrey. OF the District
Court. Of Springfield, six months ago
emnanelIed a speciai grand iurv tn
investigate violations Of the Inter.
state Commerce and Sherman anti.
-trust laws. The naneI contained
farmers. capitalists and retired busi.
ness men. After hearing hundreds of
witnesses the Jury returned indict.
ments against the following men:
]. Ogden Armour. p. A. Valentine.
< Arthur. Meeker. T. j. ,connors. s. A.
lMcRoberts. @. w. Armour I,ouis r.
Swift. r. F. Swift @. n swift Z. AZ
Carton. ID. n. HartwelI. A. n. yeesder
r. c.i McManus a n evans r Al
Cudabv. ~ Morris and Ira n Morris
During the invest,pation additional
iindictmenfs charging the renresent..
tiyes ~ the hackers With consn,rin. !.
q defraud instice by +amnerinp with
Witnesses were. returned against Thos,
I e,onnors peneral sunerintendan+ NJ
Armour q Co. Joseph weissenbach
4 attornev, Sfor- -sn,zhere,,e,.. and scbwarzs.
child comnany. Leo 9 Josenb bnver.
Georpe q Honlxins auditor and Retb
4 q cansey: traff,c manager for tbe
same company for alleged tampering
with witnesses, and J.. Edward
Shields and q. B. Fisher, employees
of the packers.
The grand jury found evidence
which convinced its members that a
4 clearing house was operated by the
packers under the name, Aetna Trad.
ing Company, dealers in sausage
castings. This concerns books were
seized, but all other records and its
furniture were spirited away. Shields,
who was an employes of Armour &,
Company, confessed that an attempt
was made to influence his testimony.
Upon his statements Connors was in.
dicted. Government agents constant.
ly watched officials OF the packing
houses and spent months searching
for evidence of violations. When the
violations began many packers fled to
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14
A Large Gas Engine.

The Decker's creek steel mill has
bought 21O-horse power gas engine
which will be used to, run the electri.
cal machinery in the mill. 1t will be
built by the Westinghouse people of
Pittsburg. This will be the largest
gas engine every brought to this part
of the State. It will be delivered De-
cember 15.-Morgantown Chronicle.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-14
rAg WEATHER.
Warmer To-Mo'rllrow.

WASHINGTON. D. d. Sept.
14.-Forecast for West Virginia:
Fair tonight and Friday; warm
or Friday y
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-23
sREAD-ANp-euTTER Duties.

The "bread-and-butter letter" is the
note of acknowledgment written by
one to his hostess after q visit. The
Observation-Disclosures CALI Is the call
which enc pays after having been en-
tertsined at dinner or luncheon or at
any other regular meal Plenty of per-
sons know the thing who do not Tecog-
nize the name for 1t. A good many
persons apparently DO not appreciate
the necessity of either the letter or the
all.
Perhaps 1t is a little harsh to say
that this Is one of the ways in which
a well-bred person can he distinguish
ed from an underlined man or woman
Such a distinction throws too man!
persons who are otherwise all theg
should be into the outer darkness II
the ill-hred There are depresSingy
few who do not belong to one class or
the other.
Nearly every one, however, unless
he be an impossible sort of creature,
acknowledges that the bread-and-but-
ter letter is indispensable. Most
ltransgressions in this line are found
| in tine delays that are shown in writ
ing. The first thing guest Should
40 after his return from Visits to
write his note of appreciation % the
friends by whom ne mas just BEEN en-
tertained. Often Tie guest SEEMS to
think that any time within m,nth or
SO viii answer for it. That is ne way
in which 1t occasionally comes about
that the note is never written, and
that the quondam visitor puts hi lself
down as hopelessly undeubred
Sinners OF this sort are ew com
pared with those who negect their
luncheon or dinner calls. Busy wO-
men are often remiss In tbs respect,
but they are angels of light when con-
trasteG with men.
II is abominably rude when anyone,
imam or woman, is so lacking in a sense
Of society obligation, as . accept an
invitation and then, from laziness or
indifference. neglect to ry call af-
forwards. Allowances nay be made
for the very much oveworked mar
or woman who seldom has a spare
hour tc give to sucn things-or to
anything else, but the culinary lunch
con or diner-out should FEEL it a breach
lof decen~y To accept an invitation and
Then to omit the call nat should fol
How.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-23
HOW TO PUNISH A CHILD.
Means by Which You May Cause Him
Profound Remorse.

Good Housekeeping.-Hav YOU
ever given child the privilege OF
choosing his own punishment-either
whipping or the deprivation OF some
beloved treat. solitude in mis- cham
Der or some other form. and had him
prefer the whipping ito have 1t over
v ttn?" Doesn't this prove it to be
the lesser punishment? Something
20 be borne with stoically, as a neces-
ry evil, perhaps. but forgotten the
next moment in some pleasure or rec
reation.
If, however, upon mature delibera-
ton, 1t seems expedient to spply the
rod, let 1t, by all the regard you have
for your child's self-respect, be done
in the privacy of his own room and not
even ninted at before other children.
There seems to be strain OF cruelty
in the makeup of some children that
delights in another's punishment. Ii
a cnild must be punished in this way,
IL eve other expedient has been tried
and found wanting and 1t seems that
he will learn the desired lesson in no
other way-for let it be understood
that punishment is given for no other
reason than reform-tlen shut aim mp
in one room and yourself in another
until your anger has had time to cool,
and he to reflect. Then with calm
face. prayerful and sorry heart and
a dignified demeanor go to him ami do
the job thoroughly and well.
Keep him closeted until the fierce
ness of ais emotion has worn away.
Then take him out, battle and clotae
him afresa and keep nim with you.
Talk to aim, not about his offense,
you nave punished him for that. Let
it drop, Cheerfully expect it not to
happen again Be kind and loving to
him and prove by your actions that he
has grieyed you.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-23
a JUDICIAL RLAckMAlLER.

Joseph NJ. Deuel. is a New York
Judge. lie is paid $4,000 a year by
the people, and is clothed with an
honor that should be worth more to
him than $4,000. What is his return
He is part owner and one of the
editors OF paper OF which the &C.
cupation is printing scandal about
people who are not cowardly enough
to pay for silence. The law forbids
aim TO engage i'll practice or business,
and requires him to give his entire
time to his Official duties. What kind
OF public opinion would allow aim to
remain upon the bench until 1918.
Every day ne sits upon it is a disgrace
to the state that endures him.
American opinion is now awakening
1t has plenty of work to do before i:
goes to sleep, among politicians.
judges, lawyers, business men.
journalists, and the public generally.
Indeed, it should not go to sleep at
all, Eternal wakefulness is the price
of liberty. Crimes" write EIihu
Root to the mayor OF philadelphia.
committed by men who have political
power are often sheltered behind Of
fetal Indifference and inactivity. and
then some one has to do more than his
duty to secure justice, and you will
hot be the first public officer who has
done a great public service against
ne resistance OF those from whom
tne service ought to come. There is
more at stake here tnan the mere
punishment OF isolated offences" All
OF which admirable truths apply not
only to Philadelphia and her boodlers,
but to corrupt judges, lobbyist SEN
ators, and get-rich-quick corporation
directors with equal aptness. MY
feeling is" said Mr.. Root also, that
the things one has the opportunity to
DO are substance" which he has con-
trasting with the shadow of struggling
for the remote. We all just now nave
the opportunity OF joining In the task
OF lifting American standards of in.
tegrity and keeping them on a plane in
which money is not the Hottest aim
of man.-Collier's
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-23

latter stretches helping band DOWN
ward. The two unite, and the tornado
mas found itself Leaves and dust
ascend through the sucking spiral,
giving color to the mass. Now its
growth is rapid. Twigs and heavier
opJects are carried upward, and as its
strength increase, boards, branches
and loose objects of every description
are added to the whirling conglomera-
ton overhead. Tie cold, dry air
quickly congeals tae moisture of the
lower stratum, and forms first vapor
and then cloud. giving the finishing.
touches of color to the funnel, which
is now in good order and ready for
business. Planks, trees, shingles,
bricks, dust, feathers, fence-rails. and
even animals and houses, may be seen
floating around in the vortex, like
swallows cireling about a chimney as
one observer describes it. When it
becomes surcharged with debris it
bursts like huge bomb, emitting
volumes of dense black vapor like
smoke, and scattering it's contents
over acres of ground; then it resumes
Its funnel shape, repeating the belch-
ing process as fast as It's gullet is
Woman's Home Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-23

having resorted to hostilities TO settle
their disputes. An impartial tribunal
that should accept this as funda
mental principle would soon find It
self condemning each side to pay IT'S
own bills.
The practice of imposing in
IDENTITIES having undergone important
notifications in the past, QUE OF
deferF zee to an enlargng moral con
cepf On of the real nature OF way, il
may be anticipated that the time will
come when the principle underlying
them win be entirely swept away. Il
the enlightened sentiment of man
kind were to be brought to bea,
heavily against them in the future, il
is conceivable Tat an important check
would be given to the wlole system
of modern nilitarism.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-23
Queer Franks of Tomatoes.

1t las been repeatedly asserted by
persons Who have studied the course
of tomatoes that they actually go out
of their way seeking what they may
destroy. The pendent tertacle swings
from side to side, worming along from
one building to another, as if it were
the trunk of monstrous elephant
reaching out for peanuts. This
rapacious popularity is accounted for
by the fact that the cloud is heavily
charged with electricity, and the fun
mel is magnetically attracted toward
upright objects. Tae Mexico, Mis-
souri,, tornado passed over tlirty miles
of country dotted with houses, and
throughout the entire course there was
practically no deviation from a
straight line except where it turned
aside to lick up a building The
electrical display was terrific. and dur
ing the periods of greatest activity the
ightning-hashes from the dark mass
were incessant. Though there was no
thunder, the roar of tle storm was
hard distance of thirty miles.
Many tornadoes appear to have
been attracted by quantities of metal,
making saarp turns and detours in
order to visit hardware-stores, black
smith-slops and the like, and taking
in dwellings and other buildings APP
parently only when it could be done
conveniently. Iron fencing, agri-
cultural implements and other metallic
objects are often attacked, drawn up
int the vortex, and afterward thrown
out twisted and broken, while mirrors
and bric-a-brac come out of the tur-
MOL unscatled. In one case a heavy
non safe was lifted from the wreckage
OF store and hurled forty feet; an
other twister yaekled a red-not stove.
and got away with it, too.-Woman's
Home Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-23
Costly Crop Pests.

G. Artlur Williams In Success
The proceeds from the wheat crop, tle
average annual farm value of which
may be roughly put at four hundred
million dollars. ilave in more than one
year been cut down as much as fifty
per cent as a result of the ravages OF
the chinch bug and the Hessian fly.
King Cotton alone was damaged to the
extent of nearly fifty million dollars
by tae so-called Mexican boil weevil,
in tle single state of Texas, in 1908.
according to a carefully compiled re
port issued by the census bureau.
The apple crop has been reduced as
much as twenty-five per cent in many
seasons through the operations of t1e
codling moth and other insects. So
one might go through tae entire list
The burden is distressingly heavy,
but ii is safe TO assert that farmers
themselveS-who, obviously, ought to
know as much of this phase of the
matter as Gnybody-will agree that
their losses. in practically every in
stance. would be- far greater were the
scientific knowledge of tae department
OF agriculture staff not put to ac
count. A careful survey of the facts
leauS TO the conclusion that the total
damage each year would lie from two
to four times as large were it not for
the department of agriculture's UNI
remitting warfare against the pests,
and that maximum annual destruc-
uon of two billion dollars. or nearly
one-aalf the whole yearly value of the
country's crops. at present, would be
possible.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-23


second place, to fall back into the
rear Of The procession.
People WAC have accomplished work
worth while have had very high
sense of the way to do things. They
have not been content with mediocrity-
They have not confined themselves TO
the beaten tracks; tley have never
been satisfied to DO tnings just as
others do them. but always little
better. They always pushed things
that came to their hands little
farther on. 1t is this little ligher up,
this little farther on, that counts in
the quality of life's work. 1t is the
constant effort to be first class in
everything one attempts that conquers
the heights of excellence.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-23

his imperial finances were in singular
ly good shape.
In the growing refinement OF
modern civilization many of the old
.-srocites OF war nave been abandoned,
and there remain today only what
modern sentiment will tolerate. 1t is
a proof OF progress that the raw, crude
and brutal application of the theory
that war must pay for itself, prevalen:
in former times, has given way TO q
system OF penalties which carries the
belligernts TO the banking nouses
rather than TO the shambles or the
slave mart. Yet il should not be for
gotten taat the principle underlying
most war indemnities has not changed.
A veneer OF high !fnanee has been
given to It, and we may speak OF
longterm interest-bearing bonds in
tracing the effects or the indemnities
upon the populations of tae defeated
nation. But, in principle. there is no
essential transformation.
Morally speaking. there should be
no doubt that the war indemnity i'm
posed for the purpose of making war
pay for itself is demoraIIzing to the
victorious people, and also to the
world. 1t may be argued, perhaps,
that penalties OF this sort upon the
eonguerei serve a good purpose IL they
4 tend TO curb the war spirit and render
defeated people cautious in appeal
Ing to force In the future. Tn.
Fortunately. no such effect is produced,
so far as can be discerned. Conductor
on the indemnity principle, war be,
comes a colossal gamble, and those
who are dominated by the gambling In
| stinct seldom are deferred by their
losses from future Indulgence. On the
other hand. the victorious nation finds
that by means OF the great cash in,
demnity war may be maue financially
profitable. This was the deplorabls
moral effect upon Germany of the wa,
with France in 1871. The indemnity
of billion dollars which Bismarck
extorted, and, when too late, wished
that he had demanded twice that sun
-thfs vast sum not only reeompenset
tie victor for all military expenses
but also proved an exceptional
stimulus to German industry and com
merce. War was thus made so profit
able merely by being made successful
that 20 barbarian conqueror OF oil
could have been more demoralize.
morally by his conquests than a largt
mass of the German people have been
If the questions of terms of peace
between nations at war could be re
ferred to such a tribunal as that al
TAe Hague for final decision. Is II con
ceiyable that the idea OF the in
demnity would not undergo radica
modification II it were not rejected en-
tirely? Certainly. in the sense tina
successful war should pay for itself
the indemnity would have to be re
Jected utterly. because on no mora
ground couli a nation tlat had fought
unsuccessfuhy in defence OF its rights
be thus penalized. An unsuccessful
/ aggressor might with some justice be-
made to bear all the costs of the war
hut inasmuch as in most wars the
right is not all on one side. Il wound
be seldom that the defeated bel
| ligerent could with Justice be penal
lied in this wholesale manner without
reserve. If war in itself is a mon
strous evil, it follows that in the great
majority Of cases botn benigerent,
are at ult In varying degrees roi
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-23
rAE WAY 10 ID THINGS.

O. S Marden in S'ccess.-f there
is that in your nafdrs watch demands
the best and vii. tafe aothing less,
and you do not demoalize this stand
ard by ne habit of deterioration IN
everything you do. YOU win achieve
distinction in some inc if you have
the persistence and determination 10
follow your deal.
But if You are atisied with the
cheap and shoddy, the botehed AM
slovenly. If you ae not particular
about quality in you work, or in youl
environment, or II your personal
HABITS, then you mist expect to take