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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
CONSERVATIVE MERCHANT SAYS
Il 20, 900 PEOPLE WILL BE +
RE TUESDAY.

Things are, working UP, to a fever
\ OF expectancy over the coming cele
brationg on the Fourth. If the weather
goddess will only be propitious, Fair.
mont will 5see one Of the greatest days
ever. One conservative merchant on
Main. street this morning said he
wouldn't be surprised at s all I to see
900 people in town. =
Mr.: Clyde HoltssHhas ,urrang ed ! for
y two very interesting races III the
morning The first VIII be a bicycle
race for 500 "a side between M. Nc
Mutt and W. II. sBoland, and will start
promptly LAT ten O'clock, The course
will be from the Watson hotel tc
VT airmont avenue Il to Third street; tc
sSy yalnut avenue to Fifth street; tc
sBenonls avenue; ;;t to Eighth street; to
Fairmont avenue; TO Main street; to
the Watson, and finish. City En-
sglneer Prickett went SoYer&this, course
o,InE,stheS plat OF the city, with q West
Yilrginian reporter this; morning, and
found that, allowing for hugglng curb
stones and inside curves, the course
i did not vary a hundred feet from be
ling iuststWo4 miles long.
The second race is a "colored race =
and will be run from the Marietta to
the \ Natson, starting at 1920 sharp
on the dot. The prizes will be three
ches, for the first, second and third
ofS the runners. The course measures
Just $50 yards. This race is a free
for:all'S except that contestant
must BE co!ored and must be at. the
starting point in front Of the Marietta
II promptly at 1920. The traces vii
posltiyelybbeI pulled off, and must be
started on $time5to get out. Of the way
Of the parade, which starts at$1O:SO
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
THE THE BIG. B | ]. FOURTH II.

They will "go,' rain or shine.
There seems to be no doubt now as
to the horse race at the fair grounds
in the afternoon. Several horsemen
are in communication with Mr.. Man.
ley and Mr.. Burdette, and some hot
brushes are assured. A mule race will
also be run.
Ihe afternoon programme at the
fair grounds promises to he a full
one. Entries are coming In rapidly
for the field and track events, and all
Of them are practically assured. So
there will be a 100 yard dash, a 22o, a
mile run, a mile bicycle, the horse
and mule races, and the sham battle
between Company H and Company A,
of Weston.
Captain NJ. NJ. Nicely, of Company
H, National Guard, has received twen-
ty rounds Of ammunition for the two
companies that will engage In the
sham battle: A lot OF new campaign
hats and leggings was also received.
The beautiful gold and silver med
ais for the field and track events run
at the fair grounds under the auspi-
ces of the Y. NJ. C. A. committee,
were placed on exhibition in Hart
ley's north window at noon to-day.
Two of the seven of these events,
the fat ,man's race and the potato
race, will be run off in front of the
Courthouse at ten o'clock in the
morning.
81 W. G. Gould has in charge the
preparations for great additional at
traction in the shape Of a regatta sto
be held about $3.50 o'clock in the ,af-
ternoon. There will be yacht race,
.afrowing race, a swimming match,
and last and most important Of all, a
tub race. The contestants for these
races are already making entries, and
an attraction Of surprising interest Is
practically arranged for.s I,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
Fifteen ] |:' | ylMElN|
BREAK Jail
PRlsoNER RS 10 Ok VANTA AeE
FiJAiLER,s I, ,AB Sc N cE AND /
s AZ 5.S MADE B CAPE:

Z GEORGETOWN Del, June 3D..
Fifteen prisoners, /, eleven black, four
white, escaped from the tllapidatek
Sussex county jail here yesterday
while Sheriff Lynch and Ills wife were
absent from home
Lynch locked the prisoners lii an
upper cell before Leaving, but they
sawed a hole 5insthe et,lngS and after
gaining the attic left ibssa side window:
Among the ifugitlyes are Dalaneyi
Maddox, negro, Serving d lie sentence
for killing Joseph Polk I Jacob ofiand,
negro serving al life sent tepceS for KIN.
ing his sweetheart; Roy Thompson, q
a white man. serving two years Tor
highway robbery and James Morris,
serving five years torSa bduction.
Maddox and Brown ESCAPED from
Jail with fifteen others prisoners about
six months ago There have Been
many other escape The SUSSEX
county 5jatIs mas been in b neglected.
condition for Years, and ptisoners
have boasted that they could get out
at any time. VII
The 3twenty. y.six prisoners in the shil
were compelled to live and sleep III
three small, ,'dingy, ill:yentll ed rooms.
There was little pretense of discipline
or sanitation.
When Sheriff Lynch returned home
he started q! posse! out IN search ofs sthe
|fugitives. l
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
MUT|NOUS SAILORS
FIRE PALACE

were pressed into service bys panic
stricken esldents In their haste RtoS
get 55awas.S The roads leadln into
the country are thronge d with wags
ems, carriages, bugsles and carts OF
all kinds. The people fear a great.
naval battle will take place N In N the
harbor. and that great damage $wills sbes
Indicted upon the town during tlieS
course 6f fthe fight,
ETerysfraIlWay train which, leaves
the city packed TO- Ssuffocatlon. At
the grand station a large force of spo.si
lice was required ID maintain SordetsrS
among the thousands which struggled I
to ohtaih$titSets. sl$s n; 81
The only other; railway station in in h
the Ecity&isi located; near the new Mole
In the; Dock district, which has been
closed ~ the troops. This tnecessl:s
tates tlieSdeparturet etof ali the fright
ened citizens from the Grand sta.3
tion, and Sscene of stndescrtbablea CON.
fusion have been enacted there, mem
and women lighting for places In line
to approach the windows 81 the ticket
sellers. VI 55
There has been &no renewal sof the
fighting Sbetween the troops and tie
strikers nb To- this hour
During the bombardment last night
by the Kniaz Potemkin three shots
were fired Into the city The $battl le:
ship lies III the Sharbor5 directly Oh.
poslte To- the palace of the governor
genera, and 1T Is believed the gun
ners tried Ito hit the palace. Their,
excltementswas bad however, and the
palace was not touched. None ofs the
buildings which were hit were imssSii
portant structures. III
n One sofs the shells narro9ly missed \
the school ofs Commerce lii ProerssI
benskaia street. & al e midnight = the (
Knlas Potomkin established as block
ade Of the Sharbor, and no vessels
Noating9theS Russian flag are allowed
to enter or leSyes the por Six
steamers which attempt ted To leave
were stopped ny the ttleshipi and
now slie$ atSanchorS und der:sh her guns
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
AGED RESIDENT OF sARNsVlGLE
4 COMMITTED SUICIDE YEsTER.
DAY EVENING.
HIS DAUGHTER WAS THE FIRST
TO MAKE THE HoRRl5CE
DISCOVERY.

Peter Thonen, a Swiss. about 60
years Of age, committed suicide by
hanging. near the home Of his son.in.
law, Lafayette Cunningham. on the
Hall farm at Evansville. yesterday
some time between 100 o'clock and
$3.50. IF
Thonen left the house shortly after
noon, telling his daughter he was go.
ing to the store. AT the store he ask.
ed for a rope, and after careful selec.
tlon bought about 60 feet Of clothes.
line, with the remark to the store.
keeper that that was Just what he
wanted. So far as can be learned he
was not. seen again alive. About five
o'clock or a little after. his daughter,
Mrs. Cunningham, became uneasy, as
the old man had not been at all well
for several weeks, aud she feared he
might have become too i'll to get home.
She started down a little path leading
from the house toward Evansville,
keeping sharp lookout along the
way. She had gone but a short dis
tance when she was Mortified to see
her fathers body hanging from the
lower limb of5a small tree about 25
yards back from the path. Her fright.
ened outcrles soon brought several
men to the spot. and a messenger was
quickly dispatched for the coroner.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
FARM HANDS Co ON STRIKE.

In the nelghborhood Of Tamasl
thousands Of the strikers are march.
ing through the country destroying
the crops and burning property. The
police in one encounter with the
strikers fred on them, killing twenty.
five.
A Judge at Tamasi has sentenced
800 of the strikers to fine and lmprls.
onment for breaking their contract
with their employers. Laborers to
the number of 1900 have been sent
to the estate of the ,Archduke Freder.
ick to replace the strikers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
MUTIN0US SAILORS have been
DRIVEN BACK into. THE. FOREST

tinous sailors. iii,
They have been gradually driven
back into the forest anu surrounding
country. r
The firing from the direction Of the
forest has been incessant, the mutin.
eers defending themselves desperate.
ly. Volleys and scattering shots are
heard at frequent intervals, interrupt.
ed by the hum of the machine guns.
The police have forced the people of
the streets and to keep away from
the ports SO that 1t is impossible to
state how the battle has gone. q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
STEPS sAREgTo - BE TAKEN AT
ONO q Q RGANlzE; SA3 ma.
oNA L II ASSEM- BLY,. Il,
THEs LATE uPR RlslNes: : MAKE THE
ERYIS,FF ouNDATloNs OF MON
RI cHYa TREMBLE.

4 sT. PETERSBURG, June So.-The
nouncement was made to-day that
the Council of Ministers will adopt
the plan ofthe Bouligan Commission
for "a National Assembly Immediately.
The draft will then be submitted to
the Car for his approval.
This hurried action, has. been taken
I'm order to appease the growing dis
Content which has manifested itself
inyarious sections Of the country over
the frequent Epostponemcnts of calling
the promise ed sembly.
@ There is;no doubt that the outbreaks
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
Professor Miller Home,. 8.

State Superintendent Thos. c. Nil.
Ter has returned TO Falrmont after
having attended two meetings Of the
board of regents of the Normal Schools,
and spent oner day at the State
Educational Association at White Sui,
phur Springs. He reports very
pleasant meeting at the "Old White
The teachers are visiting the Natural
Bridge in Virginia to-day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
RlAllROAD CHANGES

ed near the scale house and all billing
Of coal will be done at that place.
Hereafter all the billing will be done
on the card manifest instead of the
old revenue billing. This latter will
be included, of course, on the manifest.
Connellsyille and other places have
adopted this method and have found
1t highly satisfactory. Division Agent
Updike was down from Grafton yester-
day arranging for this departure. %
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
OF THE SOIL TIRE OF
32 WORKING FOR PlTiFUL SUM
OF FIFTEEN CENTS
u IS A DAY.
l(By Publishers. Press

r BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 3O.--A
revolt on the part OF striking farm
hands has occurred in the district
east of the Danube river.
The strikers demand an increase in
their pay, which is now fifteen cents
day and 10000 farm hands have
struck to enforce the demand.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30

Mrs: Clyde Holt, who recently un-
derwent an operation at the Woman's
Hospital, is improving rapidly. Miss
Anna Teasdale, the trained nurse, is
in charge Of the case. ..s .StS u I <,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30
Officers elected.

@s Tho following off GERS were 9efected
last evening BY Mt. City Lodge No.
l4s.I \ j: ~ for tie ensuing term:
!: y: Dunntng gton. g. q
I M N. Neely,
e. I. Randall /. Prelates
y +. SB. Carskad Ion, NJ. on W.
! 5L.sE y oder n. at tsAs
4 Dr.. Y I. Az Graham;
" NJ n. ]. Foster. os =
Repres entatiyeS 10 Grand Lodge.
Carl Rlggs. VI {. q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Holbert have re.
turned from a ten days visit to Allan.
tic City. 4.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
COREYS TO MEET HERE.
WTfe to See Husband, bat WII
Resist Reconciliation.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune,I

Pittsburg, Dec. 26.-W. Ellis Corey. president
Of the United States Steel Corporation. will
meet his wife, Laura Cook Corey, in New York
next Monday or Tuesday. The meeting viii be
at his request, but Mrs Corey has already
served notice that she will not talk recOncilia-
ton. The suit for divorce will go on.
friend Of the Corey family to-day gave out
the following statement, with the consent of
Mrs. Corey, and 1t may be considered official:
Mrs. Corey will see her husband when she
goes to New York the first Of next week. but
she is not going there TO discuss any plan
that may lead to a reconciliation. Mrs. Corey
will listen to no proposal for a compromise to
bring her back TO Mr.. Corey's household again.
Mrs Corey has told several of her friends that
her husband has requested interview with
her when she reaches New York, but Just what
the purpose Of this interview is it is said even
Mrs. Corey does not know. II is believed by
some Of Mr.. Corey's friends that acting under
the advice of Charles NJ. Schwab and others. he
is now anxious to settle the affair so that the
name Of MabelIe Gilman, the actress, whom
rumor associated with the troubled marital
ations CT the Coreys, Will be kept out Of the
trouble. It is said however that if this is Mr..
Corey's intention he will find that the plan will
fail
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
SEER DREW CHASE WILL.
Husband of Wom1an Whose Death
Is Investigated TeShfes.

Salem. Mass. Dec. 26-That the will of Mrs.
Jennie Phillips Chase. whose death at Swamp
scott last September under circumstances indi-
eating suicide is being investigated by the Dis
tict Attorney was drawn by Oliver Ames
Gould, who professed TO be an astrologer, in
troduced 10 her by her husband, Dr. Horace
Chase, the heir of her estate, estimated at
100000, was brought out in Dr. Chase's testt-
money in the Probate Court to-day
Mrs. Chase bequeathed her entire estate 10
her adopted son, De Forest Woodruff Chase,
Of DR.. Chase, her second husband. De
Forest Chase died in Boston last week and the
wornan's will, under which the property would
revtrt TO the elder Chase is being contested by
the brothers and sisters of the dead woman.
DR.. Chase was the only witness to-day, al
though an affidavit from Mrs. Helen NJ James
ore Of the witnesses of the will, who has moved
TO Maine in order as she stated TO avoid being
examined in court on account of her nervous
temperament, preceded the testimony of the
widower Mrs James declared that Mrs. Chase
appeared to be of sound mind when signing the
VII
DR.. Chase. 'vgho is seventy-four years old,
stated that he married Mrs w H. Culliton, nee
Phillips, on June 26, 1880. Mrs. Cuiliton had
obtained a divorce from her former husband.
Six months after the marriage Mrs Chase
adopted De Forest Chase and in her will. dated
SIX years ago and drawn by Could she left her
Property to the adopted SON. Two letters by
Mr.. Chase We're introduced, in both OF Nhlch
she stated that she desired no contest over her
VIII, as she wanted her adopted son TO have the
Property.
Dr. Chase admitted that he knew the proyis-
Ions Of the will before it was signed, but denied
mat he suggested that Gould draw up the doc
1fnent. He testified that his relations with his
Wife were on the whole, amlcable She was
very sensitive and he admitted that he had had
cross words with her. but said he had never
abused her. On one occasion he left her for SIX
months but they had made agreement be-
lore marriage to live together or apart. as they
deemed best DR. Chase said that he had had
nothing 10 do with his wffe's relations IN re-
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
SKILL WINS RICH BRIDE.
Coachman Marries Elderly Spinster
Who Admued His Drifting.
tRy Telegraph to The Tribune

Ithaca, n. Y, Dec. 26.--Patriek T. Kelly after
faithful service as coachman for several years
for Miss Margaret B. Fisher, an elderly woman
OF this city, married her to-day. The wedding
was a quiet affair. It had been planned for some
time, although without the knowledge Of her
friends. It was held at her home, in South
Geneva-st. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev E. A George. pastor of tho Congrega-
tional Church, which she attends
Refined, well educated and the possessor of
a comfortable fortune, estimated at more than
$780, 900, Miss Fisher moved TO Ithaca about five
years ago from the little hamlet Of Meckenburg
in the eastern part of Schuyler County. Kelly
at that time was employed in q local livery
stable. The young Irishman attracted the at
tention of Miss Fisher the first time he drove
for her, and afterward she would have no other
driver Several years of such service grew into
an intimate acquaintance and resulted in their
marriage. Mrs. Kelly is about sixty years old.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
ARnY INSUFFICIENT.
Government Unable to Dispatch
Troops to MoscOzc.

st. Petersburg, Dec. rs. 255 p. m.-The troops
hold the centre of Moscow. and apparently are
awaiting reinforcements, which are reported IN
be on the way to Moscow from all directions.
some of the troops marching overland. -Four
regiments of Dragons from Warsaw have start
ed by rail for Moscow. but have not yet arrived
there. The government Is finding great difficulty
in dspatching sufficient force to the disturbed
city, it being dangerous to withdraw the troops
from other places, most of the available men
having already been sent to cope with the re-
volt in the Baltic provinces.
The revolutionists hold the outskirts of Mos
COW. a thousand men are working night and
day at the barricades, some of which are de-
scribed as marves of strength. Trenches hav.
been dug and wire entanglements have been
erected in front of the defences. which extend
for blocks and are impenetrabIe even against
artillery
a holocaust occurred at the Syrtin Works.
where $3.50 workmen were surrounded by cav
airy and artillery. The latter fred at the build
ing which was soon in flames. Hundreds per-
ished in the conhagration.
1t is definitely established that the revolu-
tionists have six automatic guns Goverro-
General Doubassoff has taken rigorous meas
ures to discover concealed arms holding Owner,
of houses respop -ible and ordering the conf
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
MORE MUTUAL SECRETS TO BE LAID BARE
HOUSECLEANING COMMITTEE TO GIVE UP INFORMA-
TTON TO LEGLSLATIIE INTESTLGATORS.

In the mean time. preparations are already
being made to bow to the public demand. In
expectation of the revision of the insurance
laws by the legislature in the next few months
some of the big companies are already putting
reforms into effect. The Mutual has sent a
notice to all of its agents that after January
the commission paid deferred dividend poll
cies of guaranteed cash value will be so per
cent instead of 20 per cent, as heretofore The
company writes a great many policies of this
class. and the cut means reduction of hundreds
of thousands of dollars year in running
penses. Paul Morton, president Of the Equitable,
has just issued circular to agents informing
them that hereafter the society's rule against re-
batting. which has been a dead letter for long
time will be strictly enforced, and that extreme
measures will be taken in every case of viola
ton discovered. There is some talk of inserting
a clause in all policies making them null and
void in case a rebate is accepted by the in
sured.
On the first of the year the Mutual is to aboI-
ish five large agencies which are still on a COM
mission basis The firm of c. H. Raymond &
Co. in which Richard A. McCurdys law,
Louis A. Thebaud, has three-fourths interest,
is one of the five. Thebaud's income from com
missions last year was, S14S,00G. He will draw
no more money for commissions new bust
ness but what arrangement will be made with
him for commissions on renewals remains to be
seen. It is believed that salary arrangement
will be made with Raymond & Co. and the ma
chinery of their Office retained for getting
business for the Mutual Thomas c. Bell of
the firm, has been made inspector of agencies of
the Mutual.
There will be a meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Equitable tomorrow at which the
resignation of Senator Depew will come up. Ac-
ton on this will be in the affirmative. There is
no other business of a like nature to come be-
fore the board, but with insurance affairs in the
condition in which they and the end of the
year at hand, there is telling what may hap
pen in a day. This feeling is particularly prev
alent at the New York Life. The next meeting
of the trustees of the New-York Life is
scheduled for the second Wednesday in January,
and it was said yesterday that special meet
ing had been called President Mccall denied
emphatically that he had resigned intended to
resign or had been asked to resign But it was
said only a few minutes later by man high
in authority, You never know what will hap
pen these days
(For further insurance news see page p
New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
MINISTER WAS DRUGGED
Clergyman Found Help
less LeaUes Hospital Quickly.

On the heels of a statement from Dr. Ryan, of
Bellevue Hospital. that the Rev. Irving D.
WiIdey Presbyterian minister. of Cold Spring,
\ Y who was found in helpless condition at
3d-aye and 35th-st. last night, suffering
from the effects of { potent drug and was in an
alarming condition. the hospital authorities sent
word to the waiting newspaper men that the
minister had suddenly left the hospital All that
could be learned of the mysterious case was that
the patient had recovered and left the hospital
while his brother. Ray Wildey of No 100 West
s4th-st was on his way to him
The case is one of the most curious that has
come before the police in some months. The
hospital physicians said he intoxicated, and
then announced that he was suffering from a
drug Mr.. Widey found by Patrolman
Doherty of the East 35th-st. station. DR.. Nc
Kenzie of Bellevue, reported that he was suf-
fering from alcoholism. and had him put In the
alcoholic ward A few moments later he was
put iii a private ward. The hospital record is
alcoholism" but DR.. Mckenzie would not dis
cuss the case His brother. Ray Wildey, be-
lieves he was drugged and says that he never
knew him to touch liquor or drugs Of any kind
Mr.. Wdey of the opinion that his brother
vas visiting the sum districts OF the city,
where he worked as student. and that he was
held up and drugged his way home
Hospital physicians said that careful study
of the clergymans condition showed that there
was an entire absence of the effects of alcohol,
and the mans mind such blank that
whatever he had taken. or had been given to
him was of powerful nature
Ray f. Widey said last night just before he
started to the hospital TO see his brother, that
the idea that his brother was under the influence
of i.ouor was preposterous, but what had hap
pened to him was a mystery. He left Cold
Spring for New-York yesterday morning on the
6 40 traiu