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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-16
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.


President OF the United States
Theodore Roosevelt, Of New York;
Secretary Of State Hay, fof
Ohio. asa
Secretary Of the Treasury-Lesile
NJ. Shaw, of Iowa.
Secretary Of War WIN. H. Taft, OF
Ohio: Il
[ Attorney General-w. H. Moody, Of
Massachusetts.
| Postmaster General ~ Robert. J.
Wynne, Of Minnesota.
Secretary Of the Navy-Paul Nor
ton, OF Illinois. I. 4, IT
Secretary Of the Interlor-Ethan
Allen Hitchcock. Of Missouri
Secretary Of Agrlculture-James
Wilson, OF Iowa. 5
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
Victor II. Metcalf, OF California.
President OF the Senate pro TEN,
pore-William P. Frye, Of Maine.
Speaker of the House Of Represen.
tatlves-Joseph G. Cannon, Of Illinois.
Supreme Court Of the United States.
Chief Justice-Melyille W. Fuller.
Associate Justices-John M. Harlan,
David ]. Brewer, Henry B. Brown, Ed
ward D. White, Rufus W. Peckham,
Joseph McKenna, VIM. n. Day, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr.
United States Circuit Judges-Na:
than Con and Jeter c. Pritchard.
United States District Judges-John
J. Jackson and BENJAMIN F. Keller.
United States District courts-The
Northern District.
Judge-John J. Jackson.
Clerk-Jasper Y. Moore,
District Attorney-Reese Blizzard.
Assistant District Attorney-E. NJ.
Showalter.
U. s. Marshal-Charles D. Elliott.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-16

Quick collections, prompt settle
ments-Marion Claim Agency. j
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-16

Frances Willard Memorial ser;
vice sill pc held at the Diamond
street ~ Church on Friday even
Ing at 30 clock nnder The; auspices
~ che Nv n =. The members are.
an expected and The public cordially
invited. VI
esfers Harris Of Colgate, driver Of
the ambulance for the sIiners'fIIos.
pital, IS 3at5 present lying very sick Of
typhoid feyerf in the above institution,
and not expected to recover.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
Hated Rival tho End.

BY the term OF her will which was
recently filed at Plttsburg, Pa, Miss
Anna M. Cunning leaves the greater
part Of her estate, valued at $500 900,
to Carl F. Miller, a we'll known busi-
ness man whose home Is in Wilkins.
burg, on condition that he get a di.
vOrce from his present wife or that
his wife dies Otherwise he gets moth
ing. Miller WAS q former sweetheart
of Miss Cunning, but Tilted her and
married his pre- ent wife. Miss Gun
ling never married. and never torgave.
In the Will, after making a number of
beqlests amounting to $48 900, she
says: The income OF the remainder is
to be given u Carl It. Miller, prOvld.
ing he Is not living with the woman
he married In 1899, one Jane Wilson.
Should she die, or ne be divorced from
her, that is finally divorced, he Is to
be given absolutely one half Of the
principal, and the interest on the
other half as long as he lives. If he
marrles again, he, can, by will, leave
all to his second wife and children. II
he dies, unn arried a second time
without children, the one half or al
his share Is to be equally divided be-
tween the children OF Wesley Greer
In no case is the pres mt wife OF Car
F. Miller to benefit In anything
leave him, either in personal or rea
estate Should any one contest this
Will, it Is my earnest desire that they
shall forfeit their hare"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
Banuits Tortured Man.

The Chicago police believe that the
death Of john Tesmer, at the City
Hospital In that city an hour after he
had been found in doorway at Ash
land av nue. and Emily street, was
due to O.ture irflcted by men VINO
attacked and robbed him. Tesmer,
who was a prosperous real estate own.
er, had collected rent at several places
and wa going to his residence, when
he was attacked by hgh waymen. He
fought the robbers, but was worsted,
A blow on the left eye, witch left an
ugly cut, proved to have knocked him
unconscious. He was dragged into a
hallway, where he was found severa
hours later.
Several cuts we're found on Tesmer's
hands and arms Two long gashcs
which opened the arteries Of the
wrists, were believed to have been in
llcted deliberately while the man was
In the power OF the bandits. Aftel
the r. bbers had taken Tesmers watcf
and $55 from him, they sat him In ar
upright position In the doorway and
left him to bleed to death from the
severed arteries In his wrists. Searcl
for Tesmer's assailants have so fal
been unaVailing.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
The on t'iro ieOver.

After burning for three days and
nights the Texas oil fire Is over. Work.
ing under the greatest difiiculty and
at the imminent peril OF their lives
hundreds Of workmen threw up em.
bapkments between the burning oil
tanks and those not yet on fire, and
this In q largo measure, contributed
toward stopping the flames. 1t was
impossible to do anything with thos
burning, but since 1t ls now believed
the further spread Of the fire Ia pre-
vented, the oil In the burning district
Is nearly exhausted. Three million
barrels OF crude oil have been s5roy.
ed, twelve lives lost and property wip.
ed away to the value Of 81 500, 900
or the twelve dead all we're negroes.
Only ak Of the bodies have been re.
covered, all OF them being charred be-
yOund recognition.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
Saluted Tho hIonumnnt.

The Augusta Chronicle says negro
soldiers OF Savannah and Augusta,
while parading on Broad street Tues.
day afternoon, attracted considerable
attention and won the applause of
hundreds OF white people, who wilt.
messed the incident, respectfully sa.
luting the Confederate monument, in
passing the beautiful shaft. 1t was a
graceful act, and one that was widely
commented upon on all sides The
military salute, by presenting arms,
"a the marble shaft. commemorating
the Confederate dead, was passed,
came as q surprise SC the spectators
along the street. Almost instantly
the applause began and was continued
until after the companies had passed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
ROBBED THE POLICE STATION
Peculiar Sensation. Some One Got
the Fines of tho Week.

A special to The State from Union
says there was quite stir and sensa.
tlon In police circles Monday when 1t
was discovered that some bold thief
had stolen from police headquarters
a money box lock ed In private draw.
er and containing 8l25.30, the amount
which had been collected during the
0eek In fines and bonds, and tho mys.
terious part Of 1t Is that neither the
door nor the drawer had been broken
into, but unlocked with key or some
instrument utilized as such.
1t seems that Chief Austell had
seen all the money safely in the box
within the drawer when about IL. 30
he added to the pile oy putting in
50. 80. which he collected from the
mother Of little negro, who had been
arrested for throwing rocks on the
streets. The money was then about
,qually divided between bank notes
and silver. After putting the money
In, everything being quiet, he decided
to leave and cautioned the young po.
lice clerk, j. l.. Perry, to be careful
to see that the door was locked, and
ibSSh "ioi ooi BCoiiU I1NdllS UcSUCu Uilt
door before going Off duty, he found
1t looked.
The police who 90 on night duty at
| a. M. fr' quently go to police head.
quarters for water, but on Sunday
morning they say that they went but
once, and that no one was then with
them, nor had anyone acted suspicl
ously by engaging them in converse
tion, prt Sumably for the purpose OF
detracting their attention from the
police headquarters.
The police have their suspicions ant
are keeping a strict watch, but Chic
Austnll In speaking OF the matter
other than to give out the details o
which the above Is the substance, haC
nothing to say.
One theory Is that as neither tn
do)r nor the drawe was broken into
but unlt csed, as the testimony O
those who frat entered the polio
headquarters and OF Chief Auste
who male the discovery Sunday NOR
ming that the money was missing
that some OF the keys to p
lice headquarters, which are cal
ried by every policeman and hav
constantly to be replaced Wit
new ones, had been found, or in som
way secured, which gave him, q
them, access TO the building, but tn
drawer key no one but the chief eve
had.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
Intended for the Sultan Kills
Twenty-Five People Bit
MISSES THE SULTAN.
A Panic Was Caused by Explosion
Which Occurred In Court Yard
of Mosque. It Ia Said That
Two Hungarians Are
RESPONSIBLE.

A dispatch from Constantinople
says the commission appointed to in.
qulre into the attempt on the lifa Of
the sultan Thursday has ascertained
that the explosion of the bomb caused
the death OF twenty.four persons and
wounded tlfty-one. In addition fifty.
five horses were injured. The prelim
mary Investigations tend to show tina,
tine outrage was committed by two
Huugarlans.
The bomb which was intended tt
blow up the sultan fell short aud ex
plodod about thirty yards distant from
his majesty. The latter was OF the
time on the top step Of the flight lead
ing from the mosque. A panic i'm
mediately seized the sultans entour
age aud the court dignitaries rushed
up and implored Abdul Hamid to re
main in the mosque. TIE sultan
however, insisted on going, and en-
tered his carriage with a clamness
not usually attributed to him, aud
picking up the reins drove himself to
the Yildiz palace amid the cheers o.
the admiring officials. The explosion
was heard as far as the Pora quarters
The soldiers in the vicinity and
several horses we're killed, and the
carriages we're smashed into kindlipg
w)od and the windows Of the pavilion
reserved for the diplomatic corps wer'
broken. IRE pavilion contained among
others, U. Grant Smith, second secra
tary of the AmeriGan legation, who
was accompanied by Captain Smiley,
If the United States army. No one
was hurt In the pavilion except few
scratched by flying glass. The force
Of the explosion also damaged the
clock tower in the court yard Of the
DOSque.
Immediately after the sultan ha6
departed, q detachment of cavalry
Charged down the street parallel with
the mosque and from which the bomG
vas thrown In hopes Of finding the
author'of the attempt,, WHO, however
has not yet been discovered. Although
the outrage occurred at 3 p. m the
taot that his ma jssty's life b. ''s"ffH q Il
In danger did not become generally
known until night, when 1t arCu ied
widespread excitement, as it was the
first bomb explosion Of this character
that ever occurred In Constantinople
The majority OF those killed or in
jured were soldiers who were lining
the road near the mosque. The au-
thoritles are greatly disturbed and
unable to explain how the would be
regiclde passed through the Gordon OF
'roops, which always bars the roads
laading to the mosque, SO soon as the
sultan leaves the palace
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
ANY PORT IN d SrURM.
"A Deer to Escape q Hound, Loaps on
Flying Train,


Flying Train.
A dser story comes from Thedford,
VT, a small village on tue Passumpsic
division OF the Boston & Maine rail-
yoad. A freight train, northbound,
was running easily down slight grade
after leaving Thedford, when the en-
glneer heard above the noise of his
locomotive the sharp baying Of a
hound. AS the train neared the fringe
of the wood the engine driver caught
glimpse Of big doe heading straight
for the cut Evidently she was being
chased by the hound, and, knowing
that she would n )t stop at anything
and fearing that he could not stop his
train, he opened the throttle and shot
ahead. He was trying to get ahead
of the doe, but the animal was too
fleet of foot, and as the train shot
through the cut the terrified animal
leaped on an open fiat Cur.
Keep her going until / can get
back TO her." shouted the fireman.
Keep up speed and she won't jump"
The engineer opened the throttle
another moth and the train was soon
bum ping along at the rate Of thirty
m les an hour, while the doe kept
frdntlcally running up and down the
car.
| The engineer put on the brakes, and
procuring rope the trainmen started
t. capture the deer alive. Az soon a.
the now thoroughly terrified anima
saw her new danger she pressed for
ward over three fiat cars and came uI
short against flour car with such
force that she fell to the floor. Thi,
was the signal for the would bs cap
tors. They had just succeeded In get
ting the rope around the animals
shoulders and were waiting for th,
train to come to full stop when tht
deer made final supreme effort t,
escape and leaped between the nou
and fat car. An instant la6er he
neck was broken.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
JuRt az GOOD.

There Is nothing In life so sweet
as loves young DREAM sang the
poet / know that there Is pquancy
in the cOurshlp and engagement that
has for the youth and the maid a
charm charm all its own, but can
name one period that seems to me 10
compare favorabiy even with that
When the days OF doubt are past ant
the magic words have been spokei
that birds them for age, either TO
veal or woe. Then when hand ant
hand they enter their own home II
raise for themselves q family ALTA
and plant their vine and fix tree tt
shelter thom in old age. l think tina
the happieSt time. X.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
OIL TANKS BURN.
Lightning Set One on Fire and
Others Quickly Ignited.
MEN AND MULES BURN
Sent to Stay Progress of Flames, They
Were Hemmed In After Explosion.
Two Square Miles of Heavy
Smoke and Lurld, Inex.
tiDgulshable Fire.

at Humble, Texas, covering ar
area three-quarters of mile square
With great canopy Of smoke covering
two square miles, the oil tanks of the
Texas Company continue to boil and
bubble under the great heat of the
| burning oil, the fire having burned al
night.
When 1t can be extinguished is prob.
lematical, certainly not until 1t has
burned all Of the oil In eleven big tanks
which held two and a half million bar.
rels when lightning struck them on
Sunday afternoon.
1t Is now known that five negro
workmen perlshed There are hun.
dreds of homeless people. They were
living In tonts and shacks In the oil
field and fed for their livrs to the
town. All their belongings were de.
stroyed by the fire. During the night
there was heavy downpour Of rain,
and this covered the ground with o
sheet Of water coated with thick
| film Of oil.
Shortly after big tank began tc
blaze two hundred workmen with sew.
enty five mules were hurried to the
place TO throw up earthen embank.
ments. Suddenly the oil gave an up
heaval, bubbled and lifted great mass
OF the burning fluid bodily from the
tank and the fire was communicated
TO three other tanks.
At O'Clock Monday morning fire
broke out in the steel tanks Of the
Texas Company at the pumping sta
tion, mile from the original fire
What damage was done cannot be as
certained b cause 1t Is impossible to
reach that part OF the field.
| The burning oil caught men and
mules and hemmed them In. Some
nf the men mounted ths mules and
got out but at least forty mules balk.
ed and we're cremattd. Five negroes
were seen to go down and it is NIT be.
lieved to be possible that they could
not escaped. While all the mer
have not been accounted for, these
II 20 SsIs. ell sfha ara know 4. ~ q, ~
| perlshed.
At 10 o'clock the fire was still raging
with no prospects tor immediate con
troll 1t is believed, however, that
the flames will eventually be confined
to the tankage district. There were
3 900, 600 barrels Of oil in the storage
tanks, all OF which will be destroyed
Losses are estimated at $3.50, 900 OF
more with practically no insurance
Reports Of fatalities are rot verified
although number Of men are report.
cd missing. The cOnlagration was
visible In Houston, seventeen miles
away and In Galveston, sixty five mile
| distant.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
Sixty five Years Az

A boy and a girl were togeUher six
ty' tive years ago, near Gross Hill.
ahen they came across terrapin, Of
The highland kind. While the young
people sat talking together the boy,
With his benknife, cut his initials on
The underneath front side of the ter
tapin's shell, and the date. The tor
rapin was turned loose. Only few
weeks ago this terrapin was found not
more than hundred yards frcm the
same spot, with the initials and date
as plain as the day they were cut on
0he shell, the terrapin having grown
very little In the 81 years that had
ntervened. The boy Of 65 years ago,
now man Of more than seventy five,
remembered the incident and at once
feconlzed the letters and figures as
nis own. He Is now a wldower. The
girl Of that dav Is still alive, and Is q
widow. He Is still citizen OF the
same neighborhood She moved
away many years ago. The above
story is vouched for by the Newberry
Observer
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
Judge and ,Jury.

In 1883 man was charged in Vic.
toria Wlbn having killed another man
With a sandbag, and In the face Of the
juoge's summing up, the jury brought
1t verdict of not guilty. This an.
noyed The chief Justice, Sir Matthew
Begbte, who at once said: "Gentle.
men OF the jury, mind, that is your
verdict, not mine. Ga your consci-
ence will rest the stigma OF returning
such disgraceful verdict. Many
repctitions OF such conduct as yours
viii make trial by jury a horrible
farce and the City Of Victoria oity
of immortality and crime. Go, l have
nothlng more to say to you" And
chen turning to the prisoner, the
chief Justice added: You are dis.
charged. Go and sandbag some of
those jurymen. They deserve itl'
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
Girl Lost Coal hAine.

Miss Florence Everett, Of Southe
Amboy, had on experience Ia coal
mine 81 Freeland, whicn nearly ended
In her death. With Miss Mabel
R-si, OF Perth Amboy, and party
OF Freeland friends, she was seeing
the mine, when their lights were ex
tingiushed by sudden daft. In the
confusion Miss Everett became sep
arated from her companions, and got
into blind head, ending into 10 foot
shaft Wnen she was cropping heI
benighted way along the head
ing, and was within couple Of feet
OF the shaft, The party, upset by thu
incident, got out Of the mine quickly
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04

Bound, gagged and at the mercy OF
MSxican bandits, B. S. Loomis a San
Franciscan, was held a prisoner in
the mountains of Cerro do San Juan,
near San Blast, Mexico. A promise
the payment OF ramon saved his
life, for it was the intention Of the
robbers to kill him after they had
stripped him OF all his effects.
L0omis Ia the perintendent OF a
Il uit company at San Bias and is well
known in San Francisco. In telling
OF his experience Loom writes:
While returning from l'epic / was
held up by bandlts and robbed OF my
effects. | vas bound and gagged and
then taken TO q narrow canyon to be
killed. | bought the bandits Off with
a promise TO pay them 5000, the mon-
cy to be taken to a C rJLiu point on a
certain day. They thfeAten, d to kin
me at night II Gid not keep my
promise. | did not keep my promise
and Instead OF sending the money |
purchased rife for my protection"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
Ntoye Exnlofled.

Two dead, two fatally burned and
three others seriously injured Is the
result OF an expl Dsion OF a gasoline
stove early Wednead W at the homo OF
Levy Titus, a Kosher butcher, Brad
dock, Pa. The explosion was caused
by the oyerturniDg OF gasoline stove
on which Mrs. Titus was preparing
breakfast. The buruing fluid was
scittrrod over the room, cnvoloping
Mrs. Titus and iRniting Eve gallon
can Of oil, standing on The rear porcn
near the door. The dead are Harry
Titus and Meyer Titus, twins, aged 7
years. mra. Sarah Titus, the mother,
ard elsie Titus, aged 8 years, were
fatally burned.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
A Second Estimate Of the Cotton
! Acreage by the Department. 1,
SOME REPORTS USED.
Crop Estimating Board Makes Report 10
Secretary Wilson. The Report Says
that Hyde, With Holmes
PromptlngIHlm, Made;Es.
innate Too Low.

Assistant Secretary Hays Wednes-
day made the following report to Sec-
retary Wilson on the acreage of cot-
ton Ia the southern States in 1905. as
compared with that planted in 1904:
Inc crop estimating board of the
department. of agriculture has consid-
cred the report issued by the bureau
OF statistics on June Q, relative to the
acreage planted in cotton In the
southern States in 1905, as compared
with that planted In 1904, and has
concluded:
FIRST. That anew estimate should
be made on acreage planted, and that
bhe figures In Mr.. Hyde's hands when
making his estimate should be used as
the basis.
Second. That Mr.. Hyde with Mr..
Holmes at his elbow, prompting him
nade the esUimaJe lower than the
facts at his hand from the reports
from the seven classes Of reporters
employed by the bureau warranted,
Third. The board finds, upon care.
lul consideration Of the reports of all
1lasses OF correspondents aud agents,
6hat the acreage planted in cotton
dals year, 1nclu uling the entire season.
should have been estimated at IS /
ger cent. or that planted last year,
equivalent to reduction In planted
acreage as compared with lss5 year Of
IA per cent. Onstead of I1.4) or
4 ,73l 900 acres, the estimate of the
.olal acreage planted this year being
26, 500 600 acres.
The estimated percentage OF the
decrease In each of the cotton grow
ng States is as follows: Virginia, ~,
North Carolina, 16; South Carolina,
ID; Georgia, Ia; Florida, IL; Alabama.
II; Mississippi, Is; louisiana, II:
Texas, 10; Arkansas, 10; Tennessee
l3; Missouri, Is; Oklahoma, Is; In.
dian Territory, IL.
The averages were made for caoh
State by each Of the four members OF
lkhe. board - and i the comparatively
'mall disagreements were harmonized
Almost wholly by averaging, and the
above results are fully agreed to by
each and every member Of the board,
Respectfully submitted:
VICTOR OLMsTED,
STEPHEN d. FEssENDEN,
GEORGE X HOLMES,
Nv. w. LONG,
Drop Eliminating Board"
1.-The above findings and report
ulSGs under my supervision have my
inCire approval. wv. M. HAYS,
Assistahs n Secretary in Charge
"Approved: -.
"5zss WILSON,
Secretary oFAgricullure.n
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
Took Her Own Life.

At New York, within five minutes
from the time that Charles Marshall,
q Wall street broker left his wife ap.
parently sleeping sonndly in bed, the
woman wrote her husband a note, tell
ing him not to let tie world blame
him for what wss going to happen, and
shot herself, dying before her husband d
could reach the bedsi6e. Mrs. Marshall
was formerly Miss Grace Starr and
was highly come cted In New York
social circles No cause for the suicide
was discovered. The tragedy occurred
in the Raleigh, a fashionable family
apartment hotel, overlooking Contra
park at Ninety. street.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-04
Rattlosnakes es in .he Street.

Ten days ago DR.. Arnold went to
Basin, Wyo., selling eye medicine. To
attract attention to his wares the doc.
tor brought with him collection OF
freaks, among thcm being snake
charmer with several boxes OF rattle.
snakes. Having no state license, the
doctor was arrested, fined $50 and sent
20 jail for week. Upon being liber-
atcd he found that his freaks had dis
appeared, the snake charmer leaving
behind his collection Of full grown
rattlers. About dusk Arnold went
into the center OF the town and open.
ed the doors of the snake cages, per-
mitting the twenty five big rattlers to
escape. Arnold then got out of town
on horseback. The alarm was spread
and "a night OF terror was spent by the
citizens, who were afraid to leave their
residences because OF the rattlars.
Arnold will be lynched IL he Is caught.