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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
Weak. Nervous People.

We get letters from all parts of
the United States recommending DR.
Cunn's Blood and Nerve Tonic. I'M
til our faith in the remedy has been
sustained. We had confidence in
this medicine. but lacked the assur-
rnce that comes after successful
trials. Now we want to impart to
others this confidence. Nervous,
unsteady pcople. weak. ilasilcss peo-
RI, pimnly. nele or sallow people.
have wafery blood. Force now. rich
Hood il,roi,e-h tho svs.a'n s.,a dis
!, 50 cs,sro' rt;n IN. r. .nni: @'lls
for 75c per box at druggists ; in tab
let form. Thov turn tic food into
rich, red blood. Write Or. Bosanko
Co., Philadelphia, Pa. For sale by
Stone & Mercer.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15

Warrants were then issued by jus
tice S. W. Gordon against the other
four fellows, but they committed the
burglary at Wilsonburg, before the
officers fairly got into action, al
though they had them located and
were preparing to swoop down on
them.
The peculiar part of the burglary
at Wilsonburg was that they were
mounted, and there was loss to ac-
count for the horses. but it was
learned before the day was over that
they had hired them from livery
barn here and returned them after
being discovered by James Morris
and Thomas Francis. the latter of
whom one of them drew gun on,
when he approached them.
BY a little more detective work it
WIS learned Hey had divided them
selves into iso parties, Hays and
S,lliysn rping - Wilsorbnr~. snl
'.aerr I'D pns' ~ n ce.i9
along the West Fork river inst above
Nine ford, wiiara ''ey Ind built
rendezvous among line powders.
The posse of officers started out
in the afternoon aud had them all
under arrest by $50 o'clock and
safely in jail an hour or so later.
No difficulty was experienced in
arrcsting the two at Wilsonburg, but
an exciting incident occurred at the
camp. The officers took the DIES.
peradoes there by surprise and they
were unprepared to make resistance
although Moore, when Commanded
b throw up his hands. jumped bach
and with an oath declared he coult
shoot too and would ut he takeI
aligo He made an effort 10 get ;
4 guu. but Officer Pow vas TO,
quicl for him and got drop first
hiing him in the 4 part o
I. the elt log, inflicting ugly Blu
nit langerons wound. tr bail de
-lf@Hng ana not strilin iFe bone
Among The goods nj ag fror
tic freight car, and which hey hay
confessed they stole. were 36 pair
Of Bapnisier shoes in case, !
suits Of clothing, minister's i
! brarv and a case Of axle grease. A
were boxed and, of course they di
o not know what the contents wer,
; when they hurled the boxes out Z
D the car door as the train was runnin
: along.
: The same gang had also stolen
: beef hides, a calf hide and five She
t pelts from Corks place beyond IL
: fair grounds on the Weston roa
: the estimated value OF which w
In addition Jim Kendall had sey
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
ALEX SONMERs
dies From WOUND.

= Is -
Alex Somers formerly Of ih'
place, who was accidental shot 'as
y eanesday afternoon q Bells'se
q. died at the Bonnie hospital abon
500 clock Saturday evening z
which Institution nc had been re
moved for an operation for tlle fe
mov9l OF the bullet. Dr.. kasi, q
Wednesday afternoon, az Bella're
Cooper and Clark; OF Bellasre' per
formed the operation, but owing 4
the cav kphyslcal condition g SOM
ers, the physicians weEs 6 |le'
Is. abandon their effort he b'''|
let was not located. sIleis Va|
removed from the operating
a couch, where he fingered "a
most three hours, and Siitsi II '''it'''''
time above mentioned.
Thomas Minnehan was fear'1
eagerly waiting. for news that Ih|
operation had been completed an'
that his friends life might be saved
But when told that Soners had died
he started for the city building 4
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
|C0L. SEELY
Buys PROPERTY

The Lafayette, Ind, Morning
Journal contains the following ar
ticlc about Col: Thomas B. Seely,
of this city, which will prove of in
tercst here.
"Col. TSgmas'B. Seely. of Clarks-
burg, W. Va, yesterday made, an
investment m Lafayette real estate
and is ncw the owner OF the old
Nathaniel Hull place at the corner
of Twelfth and Grecnbush streets.
This property has frontage of 1875
feet on Gtccnbusfi street, and t75
feet on Twelfth street. 1t Is. ele-
waited above the sidwalk and has a
BEAUTIFUL terrace. The old house
Twill be remodeled and will he con-
verted into Il comfortable tenement.
1t is possible that Col. Seely will
crest other houses on the vacant part
of the ground castof the old house:
Col. Scelv also owns other property
on Grcenbush street. The Colonel
was connected with the st. Nicholas
hotel for number of years and has
always had a tender feeling for
Lafavc;ic. He has made money in
"" tn'o hpsinrss in West virpin;a
Yesterday indicates that he intends
70 r@'urn % Iafrrn+ln c;rr resilcnen.
He has many friends here and they
would be glad to sec him come back
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
LIE Finding, Money.

Finding health is like finding
moneys think those who are sick
When Won have a cough, cold, sore
Throat, or chest irritation. Better act
promptly, like w. @. Barber, Of
Sandy Level, Va. He says: II had
a terrible chest trouble, caused by
smoke and coal dust on my lungs
but, after finding no relief in othq
remedies, | was cured by DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds Greatest sale
of any cough or lung medicine in the
world. At Stone & MERGERS or F.
q. BANDS drug stores; soc and 81.
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
.GANGOF DESPERADOES
ARE run DOWN

Am erganizcd gang of highway
men, robbers aud desperadoes have
been run down and are now in Jail
awaiting \ hearing on charges that
will send them all to the peniten-
tiary for number of years.
The members of the gang are
James and Buck Kendall, of Adams
ton; &. G. Moore and Dick Hays.
of Lunhcrport, and Patty Sullivan.
of Wheeling. Moore and Sullivan
appear % be the leaders.
The rrress of thc gang was largely
the rcealt of detective work by Con-
stable C. Guy Merritt. who with
Deputy Sheriff John VI. Knox, Com
stable Lee Coffman and Officer 7. l..
Powell, made the arrests.
With the exception Of James
Kenda Trey are the parties. who
were e.cd early Friday morning
at Vii r1mrg boxing $50 worth Of
coppoe fe- shipment Which
they h,l " f-e,ts te n-maat
Coal Comging. a full account Of
which apa sed IN FridaIS lo Of
the Telegram, and they will have 10
answer that charge, as well as an
, other far more serious. that of burg
: larizing a Baltimore & Ohio railroad
car.
The latter burglary was one of tn
boldcst and most clevcrly executed
within recent years here and occur
red last Sunday morning at an earl,
hour.
A fast through freight, one Of tn
97's, west, was boarded here by then
shortly after midnight and befor
the train Ind reached Wilsonbure
four miles west Of the city. they ha,
broken into u freight car loaded wit
merchandise. and depleted it Of
large amount d its contents, b
throwing the merchandise out q
The door along the track. then juml
ing off the train a. it went up II
grade west of Wilsonburg and r.
turning along the track and gathei
ing up the stolen goods.
The burglary was soon discovere
and the proper officials notifie
Local officers began 10 look into Il
matter and Monday it was report'
that fellows were carrying arour
two bags filled with shoes, trying
sell them, and later it was discoye
ed that they had offered to sell ;
Assyrian merchant in Point Cor
fort nine pairs of Bannister sho
for $3.50. Mr.. Merritt got d
scription of the fellows and from
James Kendall was placed under a
rest and Jailed. Later he comics
ed and s1peached' on his confede
ates in crime.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
Are lyou Enaaaed2

ENGAGED people should remem-
hor. That, after marriage, many
c'torrels can be avoided, by keeping
their digestions in good condition
with Electric Bitters. S. A. Brown
of Bennettsyille, S. c., says: ssFor
wears my wife suffered intensely
from dyspepsia, complicated with a
torpid liver. until she lost her
strength and liver, and became .
mere wreck of her former self. Then
she tried Electric Bitters, which
helped he'd at once. and finally made
Ter entirely well. She is now strong
end healthy Stone & Mercer and
F. G. Bland, druggists, sell and
guarantee them at SOC a bottle.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15

eral hams of meat in his possession
at the time of his arrest, but he
claimed at the time that he had
gotten them from tile Hornor-G Gay
lord Company.
Also in their confession they
stated that they met every night at
the s1Y" and waited for the Short
Line and other trains to come in.
for the purpose of seeing who might
be on the train that it would pay
them to hold up. They admitted
that they were organized and had
been operating some time.
Many additional robberies, hold
ups and burglaries will doubtless be
revealed as having been committed
by them before the investigation in
court proceeds very far:
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
For SAVE

Robinson's Big lumber Plant; a
Smithtield, w. Va. Owner d goiin
to retire; has madesa fortune Wit
his plant, and after As years I'D,
cessfal operations willing to thro'
his mantle on the lucky purchase|
This is the best and surest none
maker in West Virginia Write i
for particulars and DESCRIPTION.
No. s72-Chalfant, Trippett & ST.
gleton. l.ond Dealers, Bnellaai
I non, W. VI. satgl1tN
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
ANOTHER VICTIM
OF CONSUMPTION

The death of Mrs. Anna Polin,
occurred at the home Of her father
Jacob White near Romines Miils
at 10 o'clock Sunday morning ant
was caused by consumption. Th'
funeral took place Monday after
noon at two o'clock and the inter
ment asw at Pleasant Hit cemetery
Her husband and one child survive
They formerly resided at Grafton.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
TANNER ELEGTED
c. 4. R. CHEF

BY Associated Press.
Denver, Colo, Sept. s-corporat
Tanner was elected COMMANDMENTS
Chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public today. The vote was as fol-
lows: james Tanner. 447; Robert
B. Brown. ls7; Charles G. Burton.
II. and George Srone, Is. Z
George w. Cook, of Denver, was
unanimously elected senior vice
commander-in-ehief.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
MRS. ROGER FINED
FOR S[APPIIV(

Because James Roger. late phys
cal culture director at the y. N. (
A., is pleading the minor act as
number of debts and the bel ]!
that the Rogers are preparing
move away from ClarEsburg Mr.
Royer was before Justice Riley o
Monday for slapping isaac nc re
ley, Jr., in the face Saturday ever
ing, when he went to rfieir home
collect debt James owed hin
tice Riley fined her IS and costs.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
No Unpleasant Effects.

\ ,-7---' ''T'VF'''V'Ttt IyWVDVV.
& If you ever took DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for biliousness or con-
.stipaticn Won know what win pleas
ure is. These famous little pills
cleanse the liver and rid the system
of all bile without producing I'M
pleasant effects. Sold by Stone &
Mercer.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15
Alum taken into the stomach is injurious

DR.. Sehweitzer Professor Of Chemistry University sc k,
says; Careful analyses of bread risen with alum baking powder
shows portion Of the au from the baking povdsr
in the bread as such and unaltered's
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-09-15

r. L. Groves returned last even
ing from Grove Summit, Pa, where
he attended the funeral Of his sis
fer, Mrs. Wesley Potts. He was ac-
colnpanied home by his neicc, Miss
Mable Groves. of Grove Summit.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01
-Tal. ron a11d OFF the Bread WAGON
frpkS Hord LuckIa Hobo
~ TaNnxHNzNEnnaz By Cherries Dryden

more. When the noon hour came
resembled the statue of some great
general In the modelling stage. All I
needed was a sword in place of the
shovel. The only spot clear of mud
was my mouth, and I filed that with
fried pork.
Work in the afternoon was much
the same, except the late March air
was not so keen. The supply of mud
held out. In fact, it oozed into the
cut as fast as we hauled it away, and
/ beheld enough gentle diversion amid
pleasant surroundings to be the death
of me. The Prize Beauty was not at
work that day. / found him in the
cabin door after supper peeling off
his scalped face and looking at the
fire. He asked me how 1 liked the
place. / said I'd go back to Houston
in the morning.
mot this time, bub," he said, kind
ly. Its seventy-five miles to Hous-
ton and the rate is 10 cents a mile.
They pass a fellow out here and he
must pay his way back. That takes
81 so. The least you can do it in is
eleven days, including two Sundays,
for which board is charged. Nine
days work, If it doesn't rain, bring
you s13 so, and eleven days board at
SO cents per, comes to So so. De-
ducting 81 so for railroad fare, you
may, if you live, return to Houston in
about two weeks with a net profit of
SO cents
The facility with which the Prize
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

the culvert if he needs 1T. and he
doubtless will. :. ::
The only iron foundry at Houston had
closed down for want of work, and L
was about to do the same at the end OF
two days But one ticket remained IN
my touring fund.- and l squandered that
for.'more bread. On the morning of the
third day I moped around the streets
like a hen with the pip. 1t was raining
plenty and lurked in the shelter of a
sidewalk awning, thinking pensively of
the flood that by nightfall would be
racing. through my. late dry culvert. The
spark .of hope fiickered but family in
my damp bosom. when my eye caught
a placard:. Men: Wanted for the
Country: Apply. Upstairs" applied
swiftly at "a glass door bearing this
legend in ornate gald letters: Mr.
Pail BeaUmonts Eastern and West
ern Texas Marrow Gauge Railroad
Company, Limited The name was al
most as wide and nearly as long as
the. railroad, but diun't. know. this at
the time. =
The. only person visible in the office
was ain. oily. looking elderly creature
one of those vain men, who suspects
that his hair is curly, and does things
to strengthen the suspicion. This mans
hair was iron gray-streaks of black
and white :smeared with grease and
tousled. into the semblance of short
eurls.: The whole effect. suggested a
mass of fried onions, and made me so
hungry ] almost forgot what L came
.fN
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

Beauty did mental arithmetic in and
around in affairs made me ill. But he
was right. They had me canned in the
swamp, and the only way out was to
dig it with a shovel. l went to bed in
my muddy clothes a blighted, blasted,
ruined mechanic. Anyhow, / could
eat while working out my sentence, and
that was a better prospect than walk
ing back to Houston.
Comforted by this view of the case,
/ fell asleep, and remained that way all
night. In the morning I was unable to
move, and thought had become para
lyzed from overwork, anxiety and wor-
ry. But It was merely the clothes. The
heat of my body caked the mud with
which the garments We're smeared, and
l was in plaster cast. This pleasing
discovery cheered me much, and as the
day was Sunday, and bright and warm,
/ spent most of the time beating the
mud armor off myself with a club. 'rhe
Prize Beauty showed me how, as he
was on to all the niceties of camp life.
He had spent years at the business,
and said he would end his unhappy
days in gummy seclusion. This victim
Of unrequited love worked one week
and loafed two on the proceeds. That
was his system.
A rugged constitution and an appe-
tite of the same enabled me to survive
my career in Mr.. p. Beaumont's
swamp. At the end of two weeks 1
headed for Houston to invest my 80
cents net profit.
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right to put kids to sleep wit, but dat
isn't de effect it has on grown-ups. I'd
sing it to you now, only de cops would
run me in for creating a distoibance.
Dis is de way the woids go-if
hasn't told you before:
WAN morning early OF arose,
And OF puts on me working close,
And where in de woild dye tink OF
goes
To a Hundred and Ninety-sixt
street.
Den de song goes on to tell how de
felly hasn't de price of ticket to ride
back home in de Mint ward by Sub
way or Elevated, SO he walks home,
and when he gets dere it's time to
start back again, and so all de time
he isn't woiking he's walking to woik
and back. and never getting chance
to eat, drink or go to bed, he saves all
his wages until he gets enough to buy
a big brown-stone front and run for
Alderman.
Well. say, after about de fort verse,
when de gents was next to de chorus,
and could sing it in time and tune,
we were having more of music gale
dan they had upstairs in de music
room, and more fun. too.
/ knows dat de gents had good
ed up to me: and right dere was where
seen a silk dicer floating my way.
I had more dan de price all right--but
I didn't get de lid.
When sees Duchess after de ball
was over she says. WAS de house on
fire down in de smoking-room, or was
dere only murder 2"
'.On your way, woman!" I says, sit
was me singing
Indeed she says, hoisting her
eyebrows; II taught it was a riot"
"De gents didn't tink so, smarty," I
says.
How did you know?" she. says.
"Dey may said polite tings about you.
but dey couldn't been amused by a
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

Copyright, 1904. by. Charles Dryden.
~ HIRTY CENTS in Galveston
street car tickets is not a fer,
l.. vent working. capital with which
4: to begin life anew at Houston or
any other given point in Texas. Lady
authors on How to Live on 92 Cents
Per Week" might deem that sum oolos-
sal, but don't you believe them. tried
it' once, and would not make a. similar
attempt, now that my habits of. living
have changed. with less than 40 cents:
The tickets came to me as recon-
pense for two hours work with shovel
on the car tracks att Galveston. after
which. :at the. request of the boss; /
. took a: transfer ON the trucks to Hous-
q ten. AT: the time aa era of .feciprositY
ragged. between. those: two cities. :: The
green ticket of Galveston was good for
bEead, beer. and rideS.at Houston; and
'th;: blue slips of. the latter: place were
likewise honored at the seaport. Thus
.I.:was. fairly well 'heeled While. the six:
tickets lasted. -: .
ewing to the. skinny state :of. my
iinaaces I went bac k TO the. stage plank
diet-.slabs of dry .gingerbread at one
:; fickat. ch. There is. always an abun--
. daince"of 'watef at Houston, more than:
was needed to wash. DOWN the bread,
but I::managed to find cozy sleeping
> Quarters in a dry .culvert on one of the
: graded streets. The name of the street
has slipped my memory, yet most any
boy: placed. as l was can easily locate
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

all the time that J. w. was furnishing
the years output of the distilleries
pretty severely every night he went
down to the club, but, being a wise
woman, she held her peace. thanking
her favorite consultations meanwhile
that he kept out of the police station
and always remem bered to tell the
right street and number to the cab
man when the club was closed.
The years wore slowly away and for
a while 1t appeared as though the house
of Mrs. ]. w. was built on exceedingly
unstable sand. But the end came at
last. j. w. arose one morning of a
certain cold December day with head
like an overloaded barrel and a general
feeling that the universe was a misfit
and that all the inhabitants thereof
were united in an endeavor to make his
life miserable. Also he discovered that
his hands didn't seem to have any very
definite relation to the rest of his body.
Each separate and distinct hair on his
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

and committing more right on top of
their remorse, but it's a good thing
just the same.
In the course of time our friend
]. w. took upon himself wife and
began to give an imitation of man
living a sober and respectable life.
That is to say, he went to church, at
least when his wife had a new bonnet
or his cigars had given out, and he
did his dissipating quietly and IN or
der behind the closed doors of his
highly respectable club, along with
other decent members of society. 1t
was not that he behaved himself more
but that he didn't let so many people
find out about it. OF course Mrs. J..
w. was dead on to J. WIS shortcom-
ings-although she would probably
have called them longcomings. The
man who thinks that women don't
have a pretty clear idea of what their
husbands are doing isn't very well
acquainted with the sex. She knew
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01
CHIf1fIE lADDEN rUHwISD0a@ Pt11LosGuERs nl s5a

Ghosts, Ell? Well, I has known mugs
dat speculated on ghosts, and dey is de
easiest frens has to locate-dey is
all in de bughouse now. In de 'sylums,
See? Cut it out, Toxic. You is a
good boy, and can drink a, glass of
beer like a real American. Cut out de
ghosts, or you'll be seeing tings dat
isn't dere. Have noting to do wit
philos' ply, IL dats its game. Opium
is easier, and you have de smoking of
it. I'll loan you me copy of Billy
Emerson's Song Book. It'll do you
more good, and when you have loined
de woids I'll teach you de tunes. and
Wen give a concert to de help"
Toxic looked like he would go an
odder round wit me and see could he
get his ideas into me capo, but dis
couraged him. IT'S no use, Toxic,
mo boy" says to him. .I know what
you are up against now, only didn't
know its polite name was philos' ply.
In America we calls one kind pipe
dreams and anodder kind crankism.
Dey is all de same ting. Also, Toxic,
dey leads to de same kind of wuzzi-
ness. Cut it all out. It comes from
bad liver. You are not taking enough
exercise, me boy. Put on two over
coats and come wit me for a ten-mile
fast walk down de Post Road. No
body on cart ever speculated on de
nature of tings while he was in
good sweat from open air exercise.
Dere isn't man in a bughouse in de
wcild dat ever rode horseback or
played golf or sawed wood regular.
Tings dat isn't real wasn't made to be
speculated on. Walk around a block
to get rid of seeing ting dat can't be
seen. Dey may be all right for mugs.
dat can see double, but for plain,
sober taxpayers de woist dat can hap
pen is to snarl up his tnking machine
about tings dat isn't.
"But. says Toxic. butting in, ''if we
do not study philosophy. how can we
know what is