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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25
punn's Report.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Dunn says
Current trade shows n distinct gain
in comparison with the same time
last year; crop reports are reas-
surfing and evidences Of continued ac-
tivity is noted in almost every de.
partment OF industry. Wholesome
growth. without threatening danger
OF reckless innatation of prices is a
commercial condition greatly to be
desired and these elements are record.
ed in the majority OF dispatches.
Fall trade is now well under way.
especially encouraging results being
achieved in dry goods, millinery. foot
wear and all lines OF wearing apparel
while mercantile payments are unu.
sually prompt for the season. Their
is a steady consumption of groceries
and other staple articles Of food and
in furniture, crockery and numerous
household utensils distribution is Wig,
orous. Manufacturing plants In lead.
ing industries have large orders. a
heavy tonnage of iron, and steel is
being placed and machinery houses
are making very cheerful reports,
footwear shops have ample business
in sight; textile mills are busy. al
though new contracts come forward
more slowly, -four mills and saw mills
have enlarged production and fuel
markets reflect the stimulus of active
factories.
Failures this week were FOG in the
United States against 225 last year
and in Canada 81 compared with 80 a
year ago"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Charley johnson Ran Hay Hook
Through His Eyelids.

Charley johnson, of CASTOR avenue,
an employe of w. E. Cordray &
Son, on Jackson street, suffered a seri.
GUS mishap about five o'clock yester.
day afternoon. In some way he ran a
hay hook into his eye. The point of
the hook went upward through to the
lids, making as ugly a cash as could
well be imagined. 1t is not thought
the eyeball itself is injured. Six
stitches were taken in the wound.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

Meantime the book was doing its
potent work at home. Mrs. Stowe
awoke n spring morning TO find her
self famous. more praised and hated
than any other woman of the time.
When she went abroad in 1853 she was
greeted with highest honors from
those OF royal station, and addresses
were poured in upon her, signed by
thousands of women of every class
and from different cities n towns,
expressive Of sympathy and esteem.
In this country a wave of moral feel
ing swept over the northern States at
the reading of the book. out OF which
grew political parties, and as a coroI-
larry, the great war. While the book
was at the crest of the wave and but
one of varied influences. none OF equal
moment could be pointed out. The
reynlsion in the South was as signif-
can't as It was complete. While Mrs.
Stowe had with candor admitted the
Limitations Of many Southern slave
holders, and their kindly attitude in
the main toward the slaves. she had
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

not spared any OF their folbles. and
her ridicule was felt &c be almost as
bitter as her scorn. The evils that
she pointed out were inherent In the
system. and though she was reviTed
for what many thought were her ex'
~aggerations. 1t was generally recog'
nized that the evil OF slavery could
only be destroyed by its complete ex
,tirpation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
How Harrie, seseher Stowe Came TO
Write Il.

In the vast sweep and volume Of
current fiction there is q certain relief
in turning the mind backward to one
of the literary monuments Of an
earlier period that stiIl remains as an.
example of how much influence can.
be welded by a single pen. The story
of how Harriet Beecher Stowe came
TO write Uncle Toms Cabin will
bear telling. Not only did this work
exert a greater influence than any
other volume, written in this country,
but the personality of the writer has
an intrinsic interest even greater than
her work, says the Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph" Anyone who
studied the life of Henry Ward Beech
er. as the most influence in the pulpit
during his time, may well compare
with it the literary activities of his
sister, Harriet Beecher, as illustrating
the same indomitable spirit in fem
mime form. She wrote, as he preach.
ed. with a compelling force which en-
listed the most thoughtful attention,
even when 1t did not win assent.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

VIII exchange for city property, a
farm 95 acres, s Ii miles from city.
Address 1924 jefferson street, Fair
mont, w. Va. 9-21
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

EXCELLENT
REPORTS OF TRADE ARE VERY
NORTHUMBERLAND OF
LAST WEEK.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Bradstreet
says;
The tenor OF the jobbing trade and
industrial advances is more unani.
mous;y favorable this week than at
any preceding period this wear. Al
leading jobbing centers activity con
tinues notable in all lines of dry
goods. clothing. shoes and In fact ali
kinds Of wearing apparel. 1t may
further be noted that secondary
points of distribution are sending bet
ter advices. Industry is active. iron
and steel leading with larges sales
End frmer prices In cruder forms
heretofore inclined to lag. More is
doing In coal and coke Industries and
prices are hardening. Building ma.
terial is particularly active and tim
bcr and hardware reflect unprecelent
cd activity for this season of the
year.
There is more doing In retail trade
though heavy rains and floods have
operated to restrict operations west
and northwest. The absence of frost
is still favorable In the crop situation
favoring as 1t does almost total ex.
emption of corn from damage. The
beginning of the heavy spring wheat
movement In the northwest is reflect.
ed in better retail trade and condi-
tons and like reports come from por-
lions of the south not affected by yell
low fever guarantees, owing to the
cotton crop beginning to move.
Taken as, a whole, collections Lave
shown improvement. Money is easy
though shipments to the country still
continue large. Railway tonnage offer.
ing is very heavy and 1t is noted that
enough cars to move coal to the lakes
can not be obtained in the Pittsburg
district. Labor is well employed and
additional reports of scarcity of help
comes. from widely separated points,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

FInnlsan's Bali, Grand Opera Hosss.
Monday night.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

The book did not carry much weight
for artistic excellence. the style being
at times ditfuse and the plot weak
But in It's character drawing and It's
appeal to the w~elLsprings of the heart
1t ranks. even apart from its historic
influence. with the great master.
pieces, In the 80 years that followed
Mrs. Stowe wrote as many volumes,
some of them. as THE Minister'S
wooing" and "The Pearl of orr's
Island" much more carefully polish.
ed. but she never came to be known,
here or abroad. otherwise than as the
author of Uncle Toms Cabin. 1t is
said that she sometimes grew weary
of the fame that it brought her. and
much preferred her later writings
but few authors have agreed with the
public in the estimate of their works,
Although she entered upon a curious
crusade in her later years for the re
Mobilization of Lady Byron, which
brought her a storm OF abuse, she re,
tanned the same buoyant and genial
spirit which distinguished her broth
err under difficulties, even to the time
OF her death, at the age of SO, in 1896
One Of the interesting scenes OF her
later career was the celebration OF her
seventy-fifth birthday at the home OF
Gov. Clafiin, at Newton. near Boston,
Mass. Elevated upon a canopied
stage, in the midst of a spacious gar,
den upon whose lawns were gathered
many of those most distinguished in
literature and public life, both from
New England and other States, her
serene countenance did not appear
RULED by the tributes of praise. the
poems read and the music sung in her
honor. She seemed a quiet appari
ton that had stepped from one of her
books; her calm, unwrinkled face sur
rounded by the clustering ringlets
snow-whitened with age. bore no rec
objection Of the storms through which
she had passed, put in It's mild and
simple contentment appeared as far
removed from fiattery as from strife
Accompanied by her husband. her sor
and grandchildren. she made a figure
of mature womanly triumph long re
membered. Not to spoil a nature tina,
justified the measure of praise Words
worth ascribed to another:
A perfect woman. nobly planned
To warn, to comfort, to command,
But yet a spirit, too, and bright
With something Of an angle light.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

Finnisan's Ball, Grand Opera House,
Monday night.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

At that time she had removed to
Brunswick, Me, her husband having
accepted a professorship at Bowdoin
college there. 1t seemed to be a pc.
riod of moral stuper at the North.
Few there were In pulpit or public
place who dared to point out even the
gross abuses of the slavery system,
although the fugitive slave law had
brought these evils to the very door
ways of northern homes. But that
law contained in itself the element of
its W destruction, for the direct re-
vulsion 1t produced led Mrs. Stowe to
write Uncle Toms Cabin" In her
quiet New England home. surrounded
by little children, she began to write
out her observations of life among the
lowly,' In instaliment numbers for the
National Era" a weekly at Washing.
ION. The writing OF it occupied from
February, 1851, 10 March, 1852. At
first its homely pictures and keen
mother wit attracted little attention.
But when issued In book form in the
latter part of March, 1852. eight
presses were kept running day and
night to supply the demand. The edi.
ton ran to 100000 within a year, and
reaching to other lands, the English
and foreign editions SOC ran the num-
Der of copies issued to 1000, 600.
Dramatized and translated into 10 diff
ferent tongues, it seemed as though
the universal heart of humanity had
been touched by the sorrows OF the
plain black slave delineated by a wo-
mans hand.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

Finniaan's Ball, Grand opera House,
Monday NIGHT.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

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listed the most thoughtful attention,
even when II did not win assent.
Harriet Beecher was Is years old
in the year, 1886, that she was married
to Calvin E. Stowe, professor OF Bib
lical criticism in Lane Theological
seminary. Cincinnati. Her father, Ly.
man Beecher, was also a professor at
that institution, having been called
West after a brilliant pastorate in Bos-
ton, and so years spent among the
hills of Northern Connecticut, where
his gifted daughter was born. She
had been educated in the schools Of
Litchfield and Hartford, Conn, and as
much by nature as by books. During
childhood she had developed a passion
for "scribbling,' n she kept It up
after her marriage, writing short
sketches of fiction for the magazines.
In the earlier days of her marriage
she occasionally made trips across the
river into Kentucky, visiting planta-
1oho "ASiS Az baW ihe biaNtEy bss-
tenn in some of its %pleasanter aspects,
as recorded at the beginning Of her
famous story. But as the abolition
movement grew through the fourth
and fifth decades of the century, the
other phases became prominent. Wal
nut Hills, where her home was, lay a
few miles from Cincinnati, and bare.
ly escaped destruction on a number of
occasions from pro-slavery mobs, ow-
ing to the distance and muddy roads.
Frequently with her husband she
sheltered fugitive slaves, and on more
than n stormy night he drove, with
the fleeing slaves in a covered wagon,
to the homes of anti-slavery Quakers
nearer the Canada line. She was not
at first an abolitionist, and did not
conclude to write upon the subject un.
til after the passage of the fugitive
slave law, in 1850.
At that time she had removed to
Brunswick, Me, her husband having
accepted a professorship at Bowdoin
college there. 1t seemed to be a pc.
riod of moral super at the North.
Few there were In pulpit or public
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-25

A perfect woman. nobly planned
To warn, to comfort. to command,
But yet a spirit, too, and bright
With something of an angle light.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-12-09
BOSTON IS AROUSED
Bonaparte Proposed TO Make
Target of Constitution.
HISTORIC FRIGATE SCUNNERS MARE
Mass Meeting of Citizens TO Protest
Against Naval Secretsry's Plan.
Notable Men 10 speak In
Opposaff0n

BOSTON, Dec. 7.-Acting Mayor Dam
iel A. Whelton has issued call for a
mass meeting Of citizens to protest
against the suggestion contained In the
annual report OF the secretary Of the
navy as to the historic frigate Consti-
tuition, which is now tied up at the
Charlestown navy yard.
In his report Secretary OF tie Navy
Bonaparte suggested that SO much OF
the materials Of the present Constitu-
ton as can be shown to belong to the
original Constitution be transferred to
new vessel to be named the Constitu-
ton and that the remainder OF the ship
be broken up.
The secretary further stated that Il
for purely sentimental reasons It be
thought that the ship is entitled TO a
maritime end it might be used as a
target for some OF the ships Of the
north Atlantic heet and sunk by their
fire. The secretary's suggestions have
been met by protests from many citi-
zens Of Boston.
Acting Mayor Whelton sent the fol-
lowing letter last night to about twenty
prominent citizens of Boston and vicin-
itv:
You are invited TO attend and to adj
dress a public meeting of citizens TO be
held in Faneuil hail on Saturday even
ing, Dec. Q, 20 protest against the car
rying into effect Of the suggestion of
the secretary OF the navy to make a
target Of tho frigate Constitution and
thus destroy her at sea.
II believe that such an act by the
United States government would be an
outrage upon the patriotic sentiment of
the people of Boston, who treasure the
glorious memories of her proves in
the great struggle for the honor and
dignity of the nation nearly century
ago.
Among those TO whom this letter was
sent were Governor William L. Doug.
las, Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild,
Jr.; Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Of
the United States supreme court, Presi-
dent Charles w. Eliot of Harvard uni
versity. Colonel Thomas Wentworth
IIigginson. Bishop William Lawrence
Of Massachusetts and all the Massachu-
sets senators and representatives in
congress.
Mayor Whelton said that the meeting
was for all citizens, who ny their pres
ence would protest against the mon
str0us suggestion of the secretary Of
tho po,-x+
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-12-09
HOME RULERS ULTlMATum.
irish Nafionalists' Conditions ON
which They VIII Nid Liberals.

DUBLIN, Dec. THE Irish nationa
convention was opened nj the Mansion
House under the presidency of John
Redmond. There was a good gathering
OF members ct parliament and dele
gates from all parts Of the country
Special interest was taken by those
present at the convention IN the advent
OF the new Liberal administration al
Westminster In This connection The
following resolution will be proposed:
1--WE solemnly assert that no new
system Of government in Ireland will
be accepted as satisfactory except q
legislative assembly freely elected and
representative OF the people, with pow
er TO make laws for Ireland, and an
executive government responsible 10
that assembly, and this convention de-
clares that the Irish National party
cannot enter into an alliance with or
give permanent support TO any English
party or government which does not
make the question of granting such an
assembly and executive to Ireland the
cardinal point of its programme"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-12-09
PATRICK SENTENCED TO DIE.
Lawyer Who Has Fought Long For
Life Makes Personal Appeal.


NEW YORK, Dec. AFTER his law
yer had been arguing before Judge
Roberts in the criminal branch Of the
supreme court for two hours Albert r.
Patrick, who was brought here from
Sing Sing to be resentenced to death
for the murder Of William Marsh Rice,
an aged millionaire, arose and made
an imprisoned plea to the court not
70 pronounce the death sentence on
him.
lie said that he intended TO carry his
case to the United States court OF APP
peals and that even If sentence was
pronounced the appeal would act as a
stay of execution. He begged the
judge not to resentence him until the
court Of last resort had passed on his
case, and the judge was so impressed
with the prisoners earnestness that he
allowed him time to consult with his
counsel
After Patrick had spoken to his law
yers for few minutes he began to adj
dress the court again. At the conclu-
sion of his remarks the judge sentenc-
cd him TO die in the electric chair dur
ing the week beginning Jan. %. lie
was then handcnffed To State Detective
Jackson again for the return to Sing
Sing prison.
As the court pronounced sentence
Patrick calmly drew himself up and
said in quiet tone of voice, (Which
the defendant accepts under the four
teenth amendment TO the constitution
Of the United States" Then he sat
down quietly. This provision 10 which
Patrick referred says that no person
shall be deprived of their life or liberty
without due process Of law.
Patrick's speech in court was dra-
matte in the extreme. After his law
yer had finished speaking he arose to
address the court. In the course OF it
he said: What if William Marsh Rice
should appear in court now? Such
things have been known to happen"
He contended that Rice had not been
killed.
Faintheartediv and with but little of
the old bulldog courage in his tones
Patrick while on the way TO the city
repeated TO a reporter his steadfast be-
lief IN the fact that he would eventual
ly be set free. As he spoke however,
somebody passing remarked to friend
sitting. across the aisle of the car:
There's Patrick You know, he's the
man that killed that old mani forget
his name"
leave the death house shall do so alb
solutely indicated, ] shall leave a
free man. | know | shall regain my
liberty in the end ] shall keep on
fighting for il to the very end
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-12-09
PROGRESS IN PHILIPPINES.
Governor Wriaht, Home Fer Sbost
Rest. Interview, ed at Memphis

Governor W - lat, boue For Sboxt
Rest. Interview eel at Memphis.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Dec. S.-General
Luke Il, Wright, governor of the Phil
| ippines, who IS at his home here for a
short rest when interviewed said that
the primary object of his visit was 20
be present in Washington when the
bids for the construction of railroads in
the islands were opened
Conditions III the Philippines were
never moro hopeful than at present.
There were practically no disturbances,
and the great mass of the people were
prosperous and contented
Great progress was being made in all
Of the islands, especially in Luzon.
tSanitaly regulations had done much to
improve the general health. and the
young natives were quick 70 assimilate
American IDEAS The propcsod rail
roads would be of great value in devel-
oping the country. for which "A great
future was predicted.
Speaking of commercial interests.
General Wright said:
Last year we cut our imports Of rice
from 100000 to S7,O0O000 aud this
year we take OF S40Q0.00o more and
next year Will he exporting. our OK
ports of other products are rapidly in-
creasing
| Miss Rooscvclt's visit was creative
of good feeling toward the United
States. for the people down there re-
/ garded ii as q kind of official recosni-
ton of their status as American citi-
/ zens. They want this status emphasized
by the extension TO them OF commercial
reciprocity, so that they will have a
| chance TO make living, That is only
natural, and it is strongly hoped down
| there that the present session of con-
gress viii bring tlrum relief
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-12-09

CLEVELAND, O.. Dec THE exec
utive board Of the United Women OF
line Republic, in session here, sent the
following telegram, signed by Mrs ste
phen Buhrer. president. to Governor
Bell Of Vermont: The United WomeI
% the Republic hereby ask you 10 eX
tend clemency 10 Mary Rogers i
would be u shame and a disgrace fl
this enlightened day to execute a wo
nan who for her actions was irrespoH
sihle at an times We pray tod Vii
Shew Won tine way 10 avoid the eXecu
li0u of This woman
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-12-09
WAS PRESIDENTS coMRADE.
OF Rough Riders Dies
Suddenly I'm New York.

NEW YORK, Dee. 6.-Captain Wood
bury Kane clubman, society leader,
member of the rough riders and great
friend Of President Roosevelt, died sud
denly at the Hotel Algonquin here.
Heart disease was the cause OF death,
Captain Kane was a brother of s. Mich
olson Kane and last spring married
Sallie IIargous Elliott, the divorced
wife of Duncan Elliot.
Captain Kane's death was a great
shock TO his many friends in this city
He was generally supposed to be in the
best of health. The marriage of Mr..
ana Mrs Elliot was more or less Of q
surprise to society when it occurred
last March It took place az Aiken.
s. G., but @yhen it was discovered mat
Ia marriage in that state between par
ties either Qne Of whom is divorced is
not legal a second ceremony was per
formed by a justice Of the peace at Au-
gusta, Ga
Captain Kane was 4 son Of The late
De I.ancey Kane. whose Wife was Il
granddaughter of William b. Astor.
This made Captain Kane n cousin OF
w. W. Astor aud John Jacob Aston.
Mrs. Kane was celebrated beauty
when she made her debut in 1856.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-12-09
DECISION FOR RECOUNT.
In New York Election Case Judgment
FRV1rs w. ~. Hearst.

NEW YORK. Dec. Z The appellate
division of the supreme court has band
ell down Il decision IN the matter Of the
opening Of ballot boxes and recounting
of the votes in connection with William
T. lIearsts contest 81 The mayoralty
Hearst had appealed from haC part
of Justice Amends order opening the
ballot boxes which limited the proceed
ings to n Veiilicatim of the election Of
ficers' figures and prohibited the throw.
fng out Of void ballots. Corporation
Counsel Delany had appealed from the
entire order
The decision affirmed the original or
der of Justice Amend and directs The
casting out Of void ballots.
The decision was written by Justice
Laughlin ana concwred in by Presid-
ing Justices O'Bricn. Clarke. Ingraham
and Patterson
The decision holds that the election
inspectors care 10 proceed de novo Ia
perform their statutory duty as of cleo
ton night ana romakc and file an origi.
nal stateucnt'of the canvass and certi-
lied copies thereof, as il none had been
snade."
A stay Of proceedings, however, is
granted in order that counsel for Mayor
Mcclellan may take the ease before
the court of appeals