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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29
SENATE YIELDS
TO- ROOSEVELT
WILL PASS RAiLRoAp-RATe BILL
[ TO SUIT tiIM-ELkINs AND
FORAKER AGREE.


WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s.-There has
been within the last few days com
plete change of heart among the lead.
irg Republican Senators on the subject
of the legislation which Win be enact.
ed this year to curb the railroad rebate
evil. When Senator Elkins first sum.
moned his committee on Interstate
Commerce to meet here there was a
general feeling that the Senate, while
ostensibly ready to pass some railroad
rate bill. was determined to destroy
all effective legislation by It's own pc
culiar methods of indirection:s Senator
Elklns and, more openly, Senator For.
aIer announced their opposition to
President Roosevelt's wel!-knowp
views, and Senator Foraker even went
co far as to submit at recent meeting
OF the committee bill which was far
from satisfactory to President Roose
yelt.
Within the past few days, however.
the Republican leaders OF the Senate
have been holding conferences, and
N can now be stated positively that
there will be no opposition Ia the en-.
actment OF law on the railroad re-
Late subject which will be entirely
satisfactory to President Roosevelt.
Several days ago Senator Elkins an
Eounced that he did not believe 1t pos.
sible to enact the law he desired,
whose salient feature was the estab.
lishment Of a new court to hear rail-
road rate disputes. 1t can be stated
today that Senator Foraker also real.
ICES the tutility Of future opposition,
and that Senator Aldrlch has realized
that Mr.. Roosevelt's demands must be
met. Meetings of the leading Sena
tors have disclosed not only the fail.
ure OF any concerted plan in the Sen
ate to defeat President Roosevelt's
plans, but have gone so far as to agree
thai not only must, the Presidents
wishes be met, but they must be met
promptly and in hearty spirit of CO.
operation. The, bill to be passed by
the Senate must be Republican bill.
and must be passed By the Republican
majority Of the Senate.
Those Democratic Senators who
hope that out Of the friction between
ihe President and many leading Re.
publican Senators over, this railroad
legislation party capital might be won
for the Democrats will find themselves,
bitterly. disappointed In their calcu-
lations. The large number of Southern
Senators, led by Senator Bailey. I'M
doubtedly the ablest, of their number,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29
OLD MANS DARLING
MISS HURST, OF CALIFORNIA
DECLINES TO BE YOUNG
MANS SLAVE. - o.,

DENVER. Col. Nov 2a.-ashe
would rather be an old mans darling
than a young mans slave" said Col.
Asa w. Woodford. of Weston. w. Va,
as he nodded toward the marriage
license clerk few days ago when he
stood before the clerk In company
with Miss Mary Lillian Hurst, OF Los
Angeles. Cal. She is pretty. evident.
ly a very cultured young woman and
her age is about 30. The Colonel is
about 70.
"Yoi see. said the colonel in a
friendly way as he went before the
cupid department at the Courthouse
I'm reckoned wealthy old codger
and warm hearted old bachelor back
in West Virginia but part of the al.
legation is untrue. have been TAX
ing a trip through the west" he re.
marked, FOR health and recreation,
mostly for recreation and during my
travels I met Lillian here. have
known her forebears for two score and
more of years. Somehow after being
with her l don't want to live alone.
so she is going back to the good old
town of Weston to run things for me-"
concluded the jovial colonel with IN
happy smile.
BY this time the marriage certif.
cate had been filled out by the clerk
and Col. Asa w. Woodford, of Yves.
ton. w. Va. rich in mines and lands,
folded up the precious paper, tucked
1t in his pocket and with happy
good-day bid to all he left the build.
ing. He was then in search of a
clergyman.
Col. Woodford and his bride met
here by appointment. They have
known each other for several years.
After their wedding they left for a
brief wedding trip through the noun.
tains and then after brief business
trip in this section of the country Col.
Woodford will take his pretty wife
back to Weston to run things for
him.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29
SIGNS CONTRACT.
Carl Forkum Will Coach Both Baseball
and Football Fans at the
University.

MoRGANToWN, Nov. 29.-The Uni.
versity faculty committee on athletics
has ratified the action Of the student
committee, and Carl Forkum will re.
main here another year as coach OF
10th the baseball and football teams.
a one years contract has been signed
with Mr.. Forlsum.
During the fall he has been employ.
ed as chemist in the Experiment sta.
ton, working in the mornings. This
winter he will devote his entire time
to the work and next spring he will
again resume half the day routine. Mr..
Forkum is considered very fine chem
list. When he came to Morgantown he
left position with steel company at
Sharon, Pa. The management is hold
ing this position open for him until
December list. The entire, student
body and lovers of pure athletics gen.
orally are very much pleased with the
action Of .he committee.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29
SALEM COLLEGE
LOSES PRESIDENT GARDINER
HE HAS HANDED. IN HIS RES, :,
ienATioN, EFFECTIVE
NEXT JUNE.

SALEM. Now 29.-president Theo-
dore L. Gardiner. OF Salem College,
has rendered his resignation to the
board OF directors OF that Institution.
the same to take effect at the close
OF the present school year. The rea.
son given for this action is that the
health OF both the president and his
wife Is failing AMI that Rev. Gar
diner has desire to round out his
days in the ministry of his denomi-
nation-the Seventh Day Baptist
Church. Rev. Gardiner has been the
president OF Salem College for IA
years.
The above announcement will be
read with sincere regret in Harrison
county. There Is no man better
known in this county than President
Gardiner. During his long connection
with the school he has been instru-
mental in helping many worthy stu
dents to attend school and always
exercised watchful care over them.
He took charge of the school when
its condition was not the best, but he
has succeeded in building 1t up and
making 1t known and respected among
the best colleges of the country. The
work done by, the school has. always
been regarded as the best, and the
students who have left that institu.
fior and aptarad ofbaro pavar avna
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29

Some people laughed at the fool
badness af Mr.. Geo. C. Baker, OF
Morgantown, when he made the fight
for taxing the Standard OH Company
In Monongalia county. They said 1T
couldn't be done. that Baker was mis-.
leading the members OF the County
Court, and several other things of like
eject. But the laugh IS on, the other
side Of their faces now Baker and the
County Court won and the Standard
came up and paid nearly twenty times
as much as ever before and did not
even enter protest. Verify. tax re-
form Is marching on. al
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29

With coal deals galore and other
big realty transactions to say moth
ing OF the railroads building in this
State and the new development along
other lines, it does not appear tho |
the new tax laws and the success Of
tae Republican party in the last
State campaign have had any ten
dency to keep capital out of this
State. and the statements of the
banks, the State treasury and other
commercial institutions, as has been
said by the Fairmont West Virginian
and other Republican papers, do not
show that those laws have driven
money out of the State. To the con-
traryy the effect has been to keep and
bring into the. State more money
than ever, And thus has anothe:
Democratic argument been downed,
Clarksburg Telegram.
The only Democratic argument that
hasn't been downed is the attempt to
disfranchise the colored voter and all
the people want is a chance at tina:
like the people of Maryland had, and
down it will go.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29

At the risk Of making the Fairmon.
West vfrgin.an throw more Ats TIL.
Gaxette would remark that the leai.
ing feature in next years campaign
In West Virginia will be the race
-iuestion-whether the negroes Shall
contirue to dominate the Republican
party in West Virginia, and through
ii the State. Charleston Gazette
.ih, there's the rub! Poor old george
wants to lop off all the Republican
votes he can. He would disfranchise
half the Republicans in the State If
he could, but he can't oh no, he can't.
georges party used to win in this
State by counting out, but now the
plan is to disfranchise. But 1t won t
work. oh no.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29
Thanksgiving Is good but not
kalf SO worthy as Thanksgiving.
NO PAPER To:MoRRow.

As tomorrow. Thanksgiving Day,
is q national holiday. the West vir.
sinian viii not appear. On Friday
evening the peoples favorite will be
ON hand as usual with its budget OF
news. is
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29
NOTICE

To All Whom 1t May Concern,
Notice is hereby given that z L.
sypoult has made applieation Tor =
city license, to sell at retail spfritr1ssz
liquors. wines. etc, at the c. w Ah-
bolt place on Monroe street Ia the city.
of Fairmont.
J. ENGLI,
City CLERK.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29
Good Things to Eat.

The Isabella Davis Circle of Kings
Daughters will have a. fine line of
cakes, pies. doughnuts. ETC., on sale at
the Mt. City Drug store tomorrow
morning.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29
Special to Marietta.

On account of the Thanksgiving
football game at Marietta. Ohio. a
special train will leave Fairmont at
7:10 A. NJ. November the Goth.
Hound trip, $500.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29

Will Simpson left this afternoon for
Parlsersburg where he will spend
Thanksgiving with his. parents and
take In the football game at Marietta.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29

Fairmont has had some good oness
but Parsifai eeijpses them all,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29

For Thanksgiving dinner tatle-cut
flowers from Hall the Florist
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29

c. E. & II. B. MASON.
Prop. South Side Meat Market.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29

We shall observe the Golden Rule
and MEAT you as we would wish te
be met"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-29
Azurlite Enameled Ware.

Don't waste your money in buying cHeap
Graniteware that perhaps may last only two :.
months. There are years OF service in; every
piece of our AZURLITE ENAMELED WARE.
and you will save money in the end by buying
durable cooking utensils. 1t is absolutely safe.
The ingredients used in making this ware are as
pure as those used in making flint glass; Our
prices on this ware are only trife higher than
tie cheap. trashy kind you buy that the only
point considered is the price, .qualty2gven no.
consideration.
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Ar THE OI.iRIJ VI.
some Interesting Little Exhibits Among
the Recent Arrivals.

An interesting recent addition to the
AQuarium's exhibit is blue lobster about
twelve inches in length and blue all over,
which was taken in Gravesend Bay near
Norton's Point.
From the same waters is the cutest of
little sturgeon, very sprightly fellow al bout
six inches in length and about four ounces
in weight. II Is in very striking contrast
to the biggest of the big surgeons to be
seen here which is about seven and half
feet in length and weighs about 200 pounds.
The baby sturgeon pl"ases the visitors.
Recent new arrivals of little creatures
include six little seahorses, taken of At
lautic City. They are all small the largest
of them being not much more than three
inches in length, but all display in perfection
the characteristics of form which make the
seahorse such wonder creature of marine
life.
In three banks on the fresh water side
there nre now shown-in one 1000
little landlocked salmon. in another ESQ
little lake trout, and in another 900 little
brook trout. Three big swarms Of lively
little fishes, these are. All were Matched
out in the Aquarium's hatchery, and trans
fcrred from the Matching troughs to tanks,
to give them more room and for their better
exhibition.
There have lately been SIT up around
the coping of the big green turtles pool a
number o! small tanks containing specimens
of various snail batrachians. with one tank
of small reptiles and one of the litest
/ fishes. Tie batrachianS include tadpolcs,
/ frogs, and salamanders. mostly from the
neighboring re gions; hut there ire here some
saamandeTs from California ana some from
/ Europe. In the tank of little reptiles there
arr three species Of young turtles, one of
| these being a specimen of the Mobile ter
rapin, from Alabama.
The tank of littlest fishes contains speci-
mems Of the top minnow, Hct'ron drin
/ forynOSd. the smallest Of all American fishes.
! whose total length at maturity j. about
! hvc-ciphths oi an inch
/ Among larger fishes recently received
! are lot OF fresh water fishes from inland
waters, including redhorsc suckers, chain
. ickerol lake sturgeon and burhots, brought
East with him hy Director Il. j. Conway
. g. ;he Detroit AGuarI,nE. Mr., Conway
. has b"cn lately at Atlantic City. with Il car
of the Michigan State Fish commission,
gathering marine stock for the Detroit
Auuarum
The Now York Aquarium has lately re-
! ccived from Can't. Frank l.. Dyer of the
Of Species of land turtle that is found
in northern South America and which
there attains n length Of two feet. This
turtle came from the island of Curac 40
OF the coast Of Venezuela.
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more ach wear, alight at the quaint old
station al Auriesvile and climb the pictur-
esoue roadway that leads up to the prime
val grove, with its temporary CHAPEL its
sacred grottoes and oratories, surround
ing a sort of cairn sheltcrng fun length
figure of Father Jogues, whose name Is
reverenced by some lecause of his religious
heroism, by others because he was Il plo-
neer, pathfinder. forerunner Of the
immortal Marquette
And yet, in spite of the many little jour-
news to his memoria restii place Father
Jogues may be said to lie comparatively
neglected and unknown. Historians have.
to large extent, passed him by. or at
least dismissed him as unmportant, and
due recognition of his immense services
has been reserved for the twentieth CEN
tury For his tardy historical rehabiIita-
ton Gen. John s. Clark Of Auburn is re-
sponsil lie, while for his religious recogni-
ton Father John j. Wynne, editor Of the
Messenger deserves much credit.
Visitors to the last resting place of the
martyr of the Mohawk will soon find
beautiful chapel, with a dome that will be
landmark for miles around, The chapel
will be unique in several ways. az 1t Will be
practically three churches in one, with
three affairs and n sacristy under the dome,
at the crossing of the nave and transepts,
The plan of the chapel will be Latin
cross having transcpts extended so as to
nal Ike independent chapels and provide
for three distinct pilgrmages at one time.
The architecture of the building will be
noteworthy, for it will perpetuate the mis-
sion style which was developed 10y the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE Republic OF
Panama less than two years old. with 81 900
square miles of territory and less thah
800 900 people. has issued greater variety
Of postage stamps than European Russia,
with 200 900 square miles OF area ana l2o,-
coo 900 people during the forty-s"ven years
it has used postage stamps Panama III
two years has produced two-thlrds as many
varieties of stamps as Great Britain Issued
in sixty-fve years.
The Canal Zone, that forty-mlle VIDE
strip connecting the two oceans, has EVIL
IDENTIFY become inoculated with the stamp
issuing germ also. During its brie1 ex-
istence il has turned out three distinct
issues or series of postage stamps, ana the
end is apparently not yet. Not satlsied
with this RI cord, the Zone has produced an
error so desirable that stamp collectors are
unable to estimate it's value.
An error to a philatelist is like red flag
To n bull Collectors will pass up with m
difference stamps of exquisite design,
perfeotion of engra wing and brilliant color
uncommon stamps that may be obtained
anv time for few cents; but let an error
deyelon and there is a rush to get hold OF a
measly looking stamp without beauty or
j
II the numbers of the error issued are
limited the scramble becomes fierce.
The wild rush for this Canal Zone error is
all because the letter l. was printed lying
on it's back. The stamps now in use in the
Zone are issues Of the Panama repupiic
oyerprinted Canal Zone.
rha TTnited States Government buys
s,amns Of the Panama Republic, paying
cf hair
rbe stamps come in sheets of 100 and are
overprnted Canal Zone at a local PRINT
ing Office. ~
The words Canal Zone are set in type
100 times so that each impression turns out
100 surcharged stamps In some manner
one was set so that the perpendicular Ear
is rizontal and the horizontal ar s''chs
IN Three sheets were printed TINS way
so that three stamps, one on each shc'''
show No with this error.
While the printer discovered the mistake
in setting the type and proceeded al once
IN get the recumbent l. on its ieet ne dia
not regard the error as sufficiently serious
IN warrant the destruction OF the Sheets
and they went to the post office ana were
sold to patrons.
In due course one of the stamps attached
to n letter was delivered to clerk III one
of the departments here and the envelope
thrown into the waste asket' Little oia
he clerk realize that he was throwing away
nerhaps more than years salary
The department messenger acc'rdlhs 70
his custom, gathered all the foreign stamps
rrcm the basket, and in a Few days sold
them, with other Accommodations, to a dealer
in stamps in Washington. In looking over
the stamps the dealer noticed the Il on its
lack and realizing it to be an error sold
Il for several dollars to collector.
As errors on the Isthmus had become
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18
NEW SHRINE OVER FATHER JOGUES'S GRAVE
in May Be
r of the Jesuit Missionary Who \

In an old French library there was found
recently narrative of this march with the
Iroouois written by Father Jogues himself.
It describes at length the customs of the
Indians on the warpath, tho beauty OF the
scenery, how they lived on the way to the
settlement, and the settlement itself; but,
except FOR a chapter on their being COM
PEELED to run the gauntlet several times,
the narrative gives no detail Of the horrible
suferings which the father and his com
panions were compelled to endure
On the thirteenth day after their capture
they reached Ossernenon. or Auriesville lie,
and here the entire tribe joined in cele-
bration Of the victory over the Hurons.
Goupl was taken, a slave, to nelghDor1ng
village and Jogues was turned over to
member of the tribe who had lost his slave.
Goupi was tornahawked, and Jogues was
about to meet the same fate, when friendly
Indian interferV.,
In 1913 the missionary escaped from the
Iroquoi5 and reached France on Christ mas
Day. In France he was made much OF
and accorded great honors by the Queen
Regent Anne OF Austria, who wcpt over
his mangled hands.
But he was not happy in France and
iuplored his superiors to allow him to
return to his chosen field. The fol lowing
spring he returned to Quebec. where he was
at once made an Ambassador of France to
the warning 1roquois, and effected treaty
of peace between them and the French
Government
After carrying through this treaty sue
cessfully. he started again on his mission
to convert the heather, and chose as his
field the Iroquois. Although he had Just
concluded the treaty he seems to have felt
that on leaving Quebec the second time
after his return to America he was going
into country from which he would never
return.
He did not. War was again declared
by the Iroquois in October, Jogues was
L Il H.,
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ulIii,. -. mmOrl h. .lllllOsel OtMnr Stamps
u,th ,rrnoJ ~. wo,,,J ie found meyer
,,ronr,in', ,bi. ,,,,Id turn ont ,o io th. only
Tr,n,. r., Ma li,J in n,i.to,c, lIo wrnta
;, =, rriord i, C,Ion vino irves,ieo,od m.
,o,,ar o,d fo,,rd ,bot Ian, thros .hoots
with the error had leen printed.
No trace of the errors on the other two
sbeat. can he found. and it is believed they
wcra destroyed NV the RECIPIENTS Even if
the two communion errors should turn up
and there should be three altoeeth her the
value of ench will be hundreds if not thou
sands of dollars.
II time shall demonstrate that there is
but one stamn with the L on its back, the
nbilatelic value of this hit of paper NAV he
$40 ooo-tbe Earl of Crawford. of England.
ba wing Maid g. 200 for a stamp of Maurti,,s,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18

Taft to make trip to the l-thmu- and per
sunaIly investigate the problem. Finally
an arrangement was made whereby the
United States Government bought Panama
stamps at ~ per cent. of fac" value. and
these STAMPS were overlrInted "Caral
Zone
The famous error referred TO occurred
on this issue, which went into use Dec. H.
1904. These stamps, although used Ivy
Americans and under the control of the
United States Government, are Panama
stamps without a word 10 indicat" the
authority OF the United States.
During the year and two-thrds Panama
has conducted its own affairs tS energetic
Postmaster-General has issued no fewer
than LAG varieties of postage stamps.
1t is estimated that receipts from stamps
sold to dealers and collectors that will never
be called on to perform postal duty
amounted to half a million dollars.
When Panama cut loose from the parent
country only stamps of Colombia were on
hand seven denominations, /. .. :. ~. 20
and 50 centavos and peso. Those seven
values form the basis for the l,6 varieties
issued to date.
The stamps were ov"rprnted with tho
word Panama" vertically on each end
and a heavy rule obliteratel tho word
COLOMBIA" on the original design. Ii will
be seen that to overpript n sheet Of 100
stamps would require COO capital As of ono
size and style, nd it appears that the print
ing office having the job was short of this
letter
Consequently As Of other styles of type
were used. The letter V turned upside
down was made to answer for an A. itaic
AS were employed, and each sheet con-
tanned perhaps a dozen different types Of
surcharge'.
At once there sprang up great demand
in the United States and Europe for these
stamps. The actual postal demand wa-
limited, but dealers and collectors ordered
them by the thousands of sheets