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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
MILLIONAIRE HELD UP
HAD % CENTS.
While Mr.. George Urban, Jr.,
Their Victim, Apologies.

BUFFALO, y. y. Jan. 10.-GeorSe
Urban, Jr,. millionaire banker. direct
or of electric light and street railway
companies and Republican elector at
large for New York State at the last
election. was robbed as he left the
Elliott Square Building Saturday
evening after attending a dinner of
the Chamber of Commerce.
AS Mr. Urban stepped from the
building two men approached and
commanded Hands up!'
Mr.. Urban saw a revolver pointed
at his head and promptly raised his
hands. One of the men held the gun
threateninsly while the other went
through Mr.. Urban's pockets.
I'm afraid. boys" said he. you'll
find poor picking"
The robbers soon appreciated the
force of this remark when they found
only two dimes and three pennies.
Il thought you swell guys carried
a roll said one of them.
Mr.. Urban apologized for his impe-
cunious state. declaring that car fare
was his limit on occasions like this.
Thereupon the twenty-three cents
was returned to him and the disgust
ed highwaymen fed
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
FATE OF WOMAN
HANGS ON COMMA
tuition Depends Governors
Pardoning Power.

WINDSOR. vi. Jan. 1O.-That
Governor Bell has still the power to
order a stay in the execution of Mrs.
Rogers. February :, leading lawyers
coming from county court at Wood
stock express no doubt Like the
semicolon law in Massachusetts,
comma may make all the difference
in the Constitution of Vermont and
its defining of the prerogatves of the
governor. The clause reads:
And shall have power to grant
pardon and remit fines. in all cases
whatsoever, except in treason and
murder, in which they, the governor
and council, shall have power to
grant reprieves, but not to pardon,
until after the end of the next ses-
sion of the Assembly: and except in
cases of Impeachment. in which there
shall be no remission or mitigation
of punishment but by the act of the
legislature
Leading counsel said:
Unlike the semicolon law in Mas
sachusetts. our Supreme Court has
never made construction Of this
punctuation. but as it stands, the in
terposition of the comma after ;he
word reprieves certainly leaves it
open that the governor may parlos
after Tie Assembly has adjourned =
Mary Rogers shows no change in
demeanor. The womans spiritual!
advisers say that the prisoner acts
and talks as in dream.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
Pennington Loses Another.

Thomas Conner, of Pennington. a
coke manufacturer for the Georges
Greek Coal and Coke Company, was
moved to Merchant street on last
Saturday by w. s. Thomas, the trans
fer man. Thomas always holds him
self in readiness for the man in need,
and to increase the citys population
whether it rains or snaws. or what
ever the weather may be. If he can
not use his wagons then he will sled
them through, any way to get there
just so he helps the people move.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
FIND BLACK HAND NEST.
Jersey City Police Think They Have
Uncovered Headquarters.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1O.-The nest of
all the Black Hand crimes. from muir
der down. committed in or near New
York, is what the Jersey City police
believe they have uncovered. Chief
of Police Murphy raided room in one
tenement and a meeting place in an
other. and took nine men, one of
whom he believes to be the captain
general of all the gangs operating
hereabOuts under the names of Malta
or the Black Hand. If his hopes are
realized many crimes may be traced
to this source. OF one thing he is GER
tain. that there met every Sunday in
a dingy top floor apartment 60 Sicil-
ians. When the police entered the
place they found signs and symbols
Of an oath bound criminal organiza-
ton On the table lay an enormous
revolver, and on the walls hung a
cross that had its peculiar purpose in
the Black Hands rites. The society
became known to the police through
the fears of Joseph Mangoza. who
was summoned before its members
and ordered to join il.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
A Live RoIIey.coaster.

Yesterday was gala day for
sleighing. shedding, sliding and yam
kee-jumping after the snow began to
give. The most comical exhibit fur
nished for the day, however, was the
rolIey- coaster act played by Maple
Donham. Catching the spirit of the
hour. he came gliding down Market
until nearing the Offset at Water
street, when he found his increasing
momentum was going to overcome
his equilibrium. Suddenly his arms
began to CITRATE through the air like
the tentacles OF nautilus, when his
feet flew up telephone pole, while
the body-ballast, nearly bursted, still
held him in the main securely anchor
ed to the ground. After holding his
position until recovered from the
concussion. and assured that he was
now master of the situation, he first
began TO pull down his legs in sec.
tions, and then regathering his I'M
spent energies he sprang to his feet
once more, thus proving that other
things than truth, when crushed to
earth will rise again. His first in.
tuition at this fatal juncture was to
peer about and see who was taking
in his situation, and discovering the
reporter looking on, he hastily brush.
ed the rear of his breeches where he
had suffered most from the concus.
sion. adjusted his coat and chapeau
while on his way he bolted, only to
get reported.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
YOUTHS EMULATE
CHICAGO BANDITS.
Masked and Armed With RevoIvers,
They Try Their Hands at Burg
larry and Highway Robbery.

BINGHAMTON, N. Y. Jan. TO-
Four boys. all under sixteen years of
age, started out yesterday afternoon
to emulate Chicago bandits. and terri
fed the northern portion of the city
TO such an extent that many people
do not dare to leave their homes.
The boys late yesterday afternoon
armed themselves with large revolv-
ers. and, with MASKS over their faces
and long SLOUGH hats on their heads.
first attempted to rob the street car
barns. The boys. afraid that the 20.
lice would he notified, at once return.
ed to the eastern portion of the city.
where they lay in hiding until after
dark.
During the early evening they
made attacks on several pedestrians,
but failed to get anything. Later
they Went to the Hummel cigar fac.
tory. The night watchmen were
held up at the point of revolver
and large quantity of cigars was
taken. The boys then went TO the
Hill-Warner-Fftch candy factory
where they stole a large amount of
fresh candy after frightening the
night watchman into submission. In
the meantime the police departmen,
was notified. and patrol wagon was
sent with detail of police TO round
up the boys. The lads made off as
soon as the police got near them
firing a few shots at their pursuers
Three of them finally escaped by
boarding freight trains. The fourth
Michael Forbes. who is believed tc
have been the leader, was arrested
and is being held on charge of bur
2Iary
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
Finds His Brother.

III. D. Martin, of Clarksburg. came
to the city yesterday morning in
quest of his brother, J. w. Martin. of
Water street. from whom the family
had not heard for years. He was
not aware, therefore, until his arr-
val here. of his brothers having the
smallpox. The consequence was
that he only got to see him at re-
spectful distance after having found
him Wort, however, is doing well
thus far, being able to be up and
dressed during the day. showing the
case TO be mild one.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
WATTERsoN ONCE
NEAR TO A FORTUNE.
Wealthy, But Bridal Couple
Didn't Know It,

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Jan 1O-The
! first of Henry Wattersons letters
from Europe was received yesterday,
and he takes occasion TO say some.
thing nice about Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
honey, an Irish couple whom he and
Mrs. Watterson met while abroad on
their bridal tour years ago, and the
couples at that time became very
friendly The Mahoneys entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Watterson lavishIy. IN
writing about the old couple in the
present letter he says:
They took us to Paris and want
ed to adopt us. If l had known, as
l knew later, that there was quite
half million, may be-but anyhow,
falling of us, they adopted a German
child. who grew up to womanhood
and inherited the fortune and mar
ried gentleman since eminent in
public life.
1--WE saw them. the same hale.
hearty. joyous people-though in the
eighties-they had been thirty years
before.
"Moral:-Do not always trust to
first impressions. In more ways
than one eXternals are oftimes de-
ceitful.''
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
Look Out for Breakers

The 'Hfil's Bromide Cascara Qui-
nine agent appeared in the city yes
terday distributing his samples.
Among other places he stopped at the
Commercial Hotel. on Water street
and left whole "slue" of them.
Soon thereafter bibulous character
appeared upon the scene, who had
already gone beyond the limit in his
lfbations, and felt that he must do
something at least to relieve his in
Hated condition of mind and body.
And SO, spying five packages of the
above samples ready at hand. and
claiming to be good for everything.
here he thought was his sure and GER
tain remedy. That he had the grip
he was sure, and congestion of the
bowels also he was certain. Waiting
to read no further what they would
do, he at once tore open the package.
extricated the tablets from each, 20
in all, half the size of a cent. and
gulped down the entire lot at one
dose. Look out for breakers was
the cry heard from those who beheld
with CONSERVATION his untoward act.
for only two was the prescribed dose.
and to be taken from three to four
hours apart until thoroughly phys
icked How much he expedited time
by the manifold dose we do not know,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
Card of Thanks.

Mr. S. G. Steele and family. of
East Park avenue, desire hereby to
express through us, their gratitude
for. and hearty appreciation OF, the
kind consideration and helpfulness
extended to them during the sickness
and funeral OF Mrs. Bessie Austin,
who grew up in the family as an
adopted daughter. They feel there,
fore that what was done unto her in
the hour of sickness aud death. was
likewise in sense done unto them
as wen.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
Ready for Duty.

Eli Fortney successfully passed his
examination yesterday for position
as fireman on the B. and o. railroad,
% Which he had received an appoint
nlent- All that now remains is for
him TO present letters of Endorsement,
which he has secured from several
reputable business men, ready to
hand in to the officials. when he will
at once enter upon duty.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
YOUNG Adventist.

To Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brown, OF
Cherry avenue. was born on Friday.
the 9Th inst, girl, weighing IL
pounds. No wonder the elements
were stirred over the advent, follow
ed with an unprecedented snow
storm in commemoration of the event
Even the announcement OF it made
Walter himself tremble when he
came to realize how fact parental re-
sponsibilities were accommodating upon
his young shoulders.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
GOING RAcKWARD

In financial sense presents poor
outlook fort future. Put by some
thing of your savings, no matter how
little, and get the benefit of the secur-
ity of this strong savings. bank and
its 4 per cent. interest. When worse
times prevail you'll have your owa
plus compounded interest. Booklet
for a postal.
CITIZENS DOLLAR SAVINGS RANN.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Special Tours to Florida via Wash
inston-only $500 Round Trip
From Fairmont. Tuesday, Febru-
airy 9TH, via Atlantic Coast Line.
Tuesday, February 2tst, via Sea
board Air Line-Tuesday, March
9TH, via Southern Railway.

Tickets will be sold at above very
low rate for the round trip, including
all expenses as described in timer
airy, These delightful tours afford a
choice of different routes, with stop
over at Washington in each direc-
ton.
Descriptive itineraries, tickets and
sleeping car reservations may be pro.
cured from Baltimore & Ohio Ticket
agents.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10


qrndigestion is making an awful REGARD
ing heart failure in IT'S CHASTITY harvest.
QYou read in the papers daily of appar-
emily healthy and even robust men boing
suddenly attacked with acute Indigestion
after enjoying hearty meal, and Of their
dying IN many cases before physician
could be called in.
QThis should be warning to you who
of indigestion. If these unfortunate VIC
tins Of acute indigestion had taken a
small dose of Green's August Flower be-
fore or after thsir meals they would not
have fallen prey to such sudden seizures.
qAugust Flower prevents Indigestion by
creating good digestion. 1t also regulates
the liver, purifes the blood and tones up
the entire system in a natural way.
qTwo sizes, 25e and 75c. All druggists.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
Miss Cora Slaughter of Morgan
town, came up yesterday to visit her
mother, Mrs. Maggie Slaughter, of
Merchant street.
Returns To- Us.

w s. Thomas took three large bob
sleds to Pennington yesterday to
move back the household goods of
Alonzo Reamer to his residence on
HAMMOND street. Mr.. Reamer will be
Remembered as coal contractor and
mine machine operator, who moved
from here to Pennington some
months ago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

Our imported Japan and hand paint
ed ware, German and Haviland china
ware, are Xmas presents that are
stylish and sensible. At easy prices
at J. L. Halls Hardware. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
Another citizen Back.

DOC" Hawkins, of Winfield. has
moved back into the city and located
on Raymond street. How Doc made
such move and got anchored within
onr domain undetected at the time we
are unable to determine, but he is
with us again all the same.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
NOTICE

II you see nice 'oking
couple driving around with a
good stylish horse, elegant harness,
hobby run-a-bout, carriage or trap,
with nice clean robes, and everything
to match, you can wager ten to one it
was hired from the Jackson Livery
Barn, as We put out only that kind.
FRED S. JACKSON. Manager. Open
day and night. Z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
JOSEPH scHusrER.

Contractor for Cement Sidewalks,
Cellar Floors. Yards. Retaining WaIIa
and Steps. Stable Floors ana CennEL
made water tight, speciality.
Residence-Spence street, near Ma
pie avenue. F. & M. Phone, 5sl- r.
o. Box, 476. Fairmont, w. Va.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

We will name few of the many
things we have that win delight the
little girls for Xmas; tricycles. sieds,
toy sewing machines. tea sets, tea ket-.
ties and waffle irons, at J. L. Halls
Hardware.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

have some good bargains on Fair.
mont avenue. Call and see mo. n.
II. Lanham. Il.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

have some good lots In two squares
of Courthouse for sale at ss75.0o. n.
H. Lanham. b
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
For Sale.

General store in new mining town.
Stock will invoice $4,000. A good
discount will be given. Inquire at
this Office
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
FIRST WARD. !:
By our Regular Correspondent. :

for he left at once, but as to result
they are up to him-and cascara.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

Cash aid for 'up-to-date secondhand
household goods. Brokerage, Storage,
and Auction Co. 4.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

Why not let the Marion Claim
Agency collect that claim for yong
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

New goods to exchange for your
old. Brokerage. Storage and Auction
Co. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10

Deray Of principle of thought
- e all affections both acute chronic simple complex
@ M AZ COACH to delivered
Assembly Chamber of the State Capitol Albany 9th,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
Denuue is Not Yellow.

Whistler is railroad-shop town, dis tant about five miles from Mobile, with which 1t is connected by trolley line. It has long been under suspicion. Its excellent people have been accused these many weeks of having In their midst well-known but not highly esteemed visitor from the tropics.
 The Whistlerites have vigorously de- nied having any such visitor, and phy- sicians have felt their pulse, and even examined through a miscroscope drops of blood which they had shed in the cause of prevention and science. The result of 1t all is the finding of much dengue or break bone fever, but none of the yellow sort, not a single case. Dengue may be said to be Whistler's normal fever. It has had 250 cases of it this summer, but no one has died because of it. It is distressing and dis agreeable, although neither fatal nor capable of extension to elevated grounds that are well-drained. It loves to finger in low, flat country near the coast.
 The Meridian Star admits all this, and yet Mississippi continues to quar- antine against both Mobile and Whis- tier. Our sister state may as well make the quarantine perpetual If den- gue is proper object. Mississippi is no stranger to dengue, and it ill be- comes that state to turn against its own pet fever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
Telephone Service.

q hear many complaints about the tell ephone service in Birmingham, said a man who is frequently in the office of the Mayor of Birmingham ''These com plaints came frequently to Mayor Ward, and the two aldermen who have been acting Mayor in his absence have re- ceived equally as many
 "It Is a great inconvenience to have telephones out of order as I found out recently. I was very anxious to talk to a man over the telephone, as it would save me d trip of several hundred miles. I tried and tried to get connection with central over my residence phone, but was never able to do so. I finally went down town and tried to get long distance connection but the wires were not work ing and I had to take that trip. It was more expensive and not any more satis- factory I could not use the telegraph wires or I would have done so.
 But our local systems should improve their service. We have had trouble all summer with our telephones It is true that we have had several thunder and lightning storms this summer and that cables of the company have been burnt out, but it has been several weeks since one of the storms and the service is but little better
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
Trunk Sewer Connections.

The trunk sewers in the valleys of Village and Valley creeks, including the purihcation plants at their termi- nals, will be completed by October 15, and the work of connecting every house from Bessemer and Ensley to East Lake, inclusive, should be begun at once, and pressed to finish. Not single house in the two valleys should lack an outlet to trunk sewer not one. If one does go disconnected the object of the expensive trunk sew CTS will to that extent be defeated. That object is to make the whole of Jones valley sound in sanitary sense and eminently wholesome.
 It would be the grossest waste to let cluster of houses go on using dry closets and throwing refuse of all sorts out on the soil. It would be almost criminal. It must not be.
 The work of building connecting sewers and links should be begun at once with view to completion of 1t before hot weather comes again. The sanitary commission should speak plainly and frankly. It has ample power to compel the use of the trunk sewers. and it should not let any Of it's powers fall into disuse. Every house in Jones valley must have sewer connection before the mosquito can be exterminated and the valley rendered secure against disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Is for Cunningham.

T am Cunningham man, good and strong, said J. F. Mclaughlin, who uh- til recently was tax assessor of Jefferson county.
 believe in rate reform, but thlhk that Mir. Conner should stay at the head oi the railroad commission. He is the ad- yocate of the cause, and as president ot the railroad commission, with the CO., operation of Dr. Cunningham if he IS elected governor, should effect the desired reduction in rates.
 Dr. Cunningham has proven himseh to be a man fully capable of guiding the destinies of the state. He will devote due time to railway rate reform, but Will not do so at sacrifice of the many other interests of the state. Dr. Cunningham IS the man of the people and will succeed in getting a good majority over MT. Conner, should that gentleman decide to run, or any other candidate that might enter the field.
 ''The man that will best serve all the interests of the people is the one that will be elected, not the man who promises to devote practically all his energies to one issue"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05

vigorous hunt for delegates. To all of this no objection perhaps lies, but when he undertook to say that the democrats of Florida are protectionists of the Dingley sort, he ran into a snag in the person of Duncan U. Fletcher, chairman of the democratic executive committee. There may be now and then man calling himself a demo- crat who is willing to fill his pockets with monopoly or Dingley loot, but it is not true that the democrats of Flor ida or of any southern state are Ding leyites. It Is a piece of broad misrep- resentation. A Dingleyite is not a democrat He does not stand on any democratic platform, state or national. He is simply and wholly republican, and he probably does not pretend to be democrat, for he knows, or should know, what the party is committed to in it's latest national and state plat form
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
Terminals Bouuht.

''rhe firm of Forest & George Adair, " said an ex-Atlantian yesterday, "has just purchased a considerable lot of real es- tate near the new passenger station in Atlanta. The property cost sl52,0Oo. and 1t was purchased for the use of the Att lantic and Birmingham, which Is to run a stub line from the main line near La Grange to Atlanta. The property pur- chased lies on Nelson street, Peters street, Mangum street and the Southern railway, and 1t will give the new road good freight facilities, besides bringing 1t close to the big passenger station.
 'The purchase of terminal property has created a great deal of interest in Att lanta, and the people of that city are eager to get grip on the new road.
 'The Atlanta branch has been so planned that the line between Atlanta and Birmingham over 1t will be no longer than the Southern's or the Seaboards s, aifd the grades will be favorable. Atlanta and Birmingham will soon be connected by three parallel competing lines, which means frequent fast trains between the two cities'