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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-31
WAS CAST AGAINST The PISTOL
CARRYING BILL IN THE SEM
ATESTo -DAY. ,i,is
STREET CAR BILL SEN BACK 10
COMMITTEE N MOTION OFF,
T.,W.S FLEMING +
ta(Byi N. p. Shawkey.)

| y
& CHARLESTON Jan. 81 Both
branches have been very busy today
mostly on the Criminal Court bflls
and other local measures. The pistol
toting bill passed the Senate, after.
considerable discussion md amend
ing with Senator Snyder alone voting
in the negative. This bill Is of spe.
cial interest 10 tie mining sections
and is generally regarded as a val.
liable measure for the protection OF
the public. House bill 80 compelling
street car companies to provide seats
for motormen came up on special or
der but was sent back to the commit.
tee on motion of Mr.. Fleming, who
pointed out the dangers to the public
from such provisions. Interest In the,
Elliott letter Investigation committee
seems to be dying out. The resolli.;
ton has not been called up In tho
Senate where 1t is now on the cal.
endar.,
Salem Charter. II \;
II is understood that more 5laurels
are in store for this upright body.
Rumor has It that the Salem charter
bill which is expected to fasten sa.
looms in Salem, will be defeated in,
the House two to one. This, despite
tile knowledge that the representa-.
tlves from Harrison county, bothE in
the House and Senate. are for the.
bill The opposition to the bill. from
these gentlemen is explained In the,
fact that the nham-Highland polit:
ical combination Of Clarksburg favor.
the Salem charter, and the legislative
members from Z Harrison county be.
long to that faction. Fearing defeat
Of the Salem charter, q bill was in:
trodlced In thez Senate & Monday jby
Its friends requiring the council to Is.
sue saloons licenses in towns Of 5000
or more, which would include Salem.
This measure will also likely meet its
fate in the House.
The opposition to saloons in Salem
and consequently to the charter,
comes largely from the Seventh Day
Adventists, a religious Organization
who conduct a nourishing school at
that place. This opposition and the
same reason defeated similar saloon
charter bills in the last two sessions
of$the Legislature.
r The probity OF the House in also
shown in the way the Price dispen.
sary bill was suddenly dispatched in
that body. Any apparent considera.
ton OF the measure would have quick
lyzfound whiskey lobby in Charles
ton ready for business and as the I'll:
lott letter said "the whiskeys men
have Blizzard employed and they are
ever lavish with the cash.
Firearms Bill.
Senator Johnson, of Fayette, in the
Senate, got his bill making 1t a fel.
,onys to carry, firearms wlthoutSa II.
eense Its second reading.
THE terrible. loss OF life through the
use OF firearms in Fayette county
makes this bill very dear to the ge.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-31
FAIRnlONIz WEST YIRGINIA2 TUEsDAYs3
ON VEGAiI'TV VOTE


he would more surely reach the root
q that country's troubles. ,sSa
The bills limiting the amount of
taxes for county. municipal or educa.
tional purposes to proportionately
the sum collected in 1901, was forci.
bly, discussed in the Senate. These
ILLS have for their purpose, the pre-.
vention Of extravaganza until the new
assessment OF property has been
made. when an intelligent limit can
be made. Senators Cornwell and
Kidd opposed the! bills In such d way
as TO create theasuspicion that their
opposition was PARTISAN 53555
These gentlemen are not in sym.
pathy with the new tax laws and iob.
yiously object to any safeguards that
tend to make these measures popular.
Strange to- say, Senator Caldwell,
Joined with Senators Kidd and Corn.
we'll in their opposition The bills
however, were ably defended BY Sen.
ators Miller, Forman and Talbot,
With the result that they were re-
committed to the judiciary committee
aud for some changes, alterations
that will permit Of greater levles
than 1904 when three.fourths Of the
people of a county so vote. IS
The Senate has an able man? at
the head Of its judiciary committee
in Senator Forman, of Grant county.
He is, besides, a most excellent floor
man, strong in debate and seems
to enjoy the entire confidence Of his
associates.
Senator Forman in his good judg-
ment, in his untiring energy, Salls$to
mind Judge Reynolds, Of Keyser,i who
was one of the most capable and use:
full men ever in the West Virginia
Legislature.
Senator Snyder is In charge OF q
!olll that ll VIII mot require bank cash.
:iers to Sgiye$the! names Of certificate
o,9r$deposit holders. The bill .wilIlike,::.
w be approved by the finance com.
5mittee Sof the Senate. The bill Bis 1 a
good one and should sbecome 81 "a laws!
as the lack Of such a lawfis$ driving
deposits out of the State in large
sums. n. z (. %
ASmeasure that short work should
be made Of, is the one abolishing3
Wheeling as aplace for holding SEES
sions Of the Supreme Court. The bill
is in both Houses and was presented
in the interests Of the convenience Of
the judges and clerks at the incon.
yenience Of lawyers from the upper
.end Of the State. Senator Colcord's
bill passed the Senate making z the
Dick military law apply to West Vir.l
gilla. It increases the pay. OF officers
and allows men 10 cents for each drill
not exceeding AS weeks in one year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-31
WAl:SEL ]. |: 5, |
HER j. RT''W'IN| 3
Or HERsELFsWAssT HE5 d uE sTioNl
~ OVER WHICH Jury DlsA. Il
GREEp-cAsE UP AGAIN. h,
PARKERSBuRG.,.llv,'.ii

PARKERSBuRG VA, Jan. s /.
Tile case Of Ellis Glenn who four
years ago had the whole American
continent guessing as TO Whether She
was man orSwoman, who was sent
TO IN Indiana penltentiary as a man man
and was released because she was was
found$to beawoman, was recalled hero
yesterday when she was called for
trial forEforgery. Her trial occurred
here four years ago. Her defense
was that4it was not she but hertwin'
brother and the trial developed Into
trial as to whcther8ske were q man
or woman and whether the alleged
twin brother was a man EorIwas her
self .5 The jury disagreed. and her
case had been continued from time to
time Till yesterday, when 1t developed
that the Judge before whom she
should $bestricd was assistant prose:
.crltor at the former trial. The case
could not be carried to the circuit;
court for tile judge OF that court was
the prosecutor before. The present
prosecutor was her counsel tbefos.E
and the special Judge elected Ito try
certain cases was g witness at tic.
former trial. Under the clrcu ,lis
stances the trial Of the case was co.'s
;tinued. *! 4, IL s55
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-31
ONCE POPULAR and TRUS TED
UNITEDzSTA Ss0FFICIAL WILL
soon ND.PRISONT DOORS
CRIME IN y III GIL PLACES HAS,
BEEN sFERRETED OUT AND tst
N DULY PUNISHED. y
THERE lsi Ai PATHETIC slDEsTo
THE STORY AUGUST W. |.
Il MAC HENS FALL 3S|5B
BysPublishers' Press


AsFAsHlNGTON N, & Jan; 81 AFTER, a
legal war Of more than a year and a
nall August w Machen now faces
final Bcapltulation to the. inevitable.
EisfwillScome in the shape Of a man.
date ofthe Supreme Court Of the Uni.
ted States directing that the judg-
tnentS of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia affirmed by the
District Court 8of Appeals be carried
TO execution. The judgment Of JUS
tice Prltchard, based on q verdict OF
guilty after a seven weeks trial.,
August; ". y Machen, DR.. Lorenz, Of
& oledo, former postmaster of that
sSsacsiiy and the Croft brothers, Of
ashington, should serve two years,
apiece i'm the Moundsyllle, West Vir-
GINA; spenitentiary at hard labor and
pay fines Of $4,000 each. y
When the Supreme Court Of the
United States yesterday refused the
writ of certiorari in this case the last
resort Of former Superintendent Of
Free Delivery, at one time probably
one Of the most influential officials
SIN Washington beneath the Cabinet
stgrade was closed to him. In the his.
tory Of the government there has,
probably never been a case in which
greater care or more exhaustive
means were used to defeat.a criminal
prosecution. Every atom Of legal
matter on which technical or mate.
rial reliance could be placed by the
efense was lin its Iprope place made
use 81. Jet from the first attempt;
~ defeat the ind ictment, to- the final
deeisio n'sofs the Supreme. eourt the;
Emitted States, the gov eminent has
been gsfsttained even sins the smallest
at.etails $of its prosecution. While the
;;gslaW'yersE Of the defendants might staye
of the departure of their clients for,
ssTrisonS for a few days, they will not
TRY it, lnsideEo of a week at least the
isEformalities will be concluded and the
q prisoners will surrender to- the Uni
tied States marshal, and face the SEN
Hence 5of two Years he is due to serve.
He will go up on one Indictment out
sEofsS fourteen, which were returned
4 against him Sin the postal scandals.
Thirteen remainSuntried and when he
4 gets$out of prison, it is the option
sSof the government to rearrest him
and try him again. II equal success
Should attend later prosecutions it
rs possible that Machen might be
Y Kept either in prison or on trial the
rest Sof$his natural life.
sSS District Attorney Morgan Beach is
isonts 81 town and the policy Of the gov
siernmentEwith respect 10 other post.
office trials has not been stated.
The principal postal officials indict-
sSea but 3untried Is George NJ. Beavers,
former Superintendent OF salaries and
allowances, against whom there is
hatch of true. bills, He has so far sue.
seessfnllys fought removal from the
jurisdiction Of New York to
Washington where the government
wants 10 try him. and the removal
l,ect Sofs the case is now pending in
Atlls n SupremeS Court Solicitor Gene
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-31
more CHANGES IIN.OIL PRICES

on Company this morning announce
the following chang es:
Tionas s1.5 Pennsy lyanla; s1.ss;l
sPennss lyania second sand. s1,2s;'
New Castle, $751; Gabeli comfy,
Sill Corning s1.os; North Linn,
.ss' South Lima .ss; Indiana, .ss;
Somerset. So; Rasland, So.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-31
!. uNI
Surprised at Resignation 81 Priest
lgJ dent q; nalganated Glass
y3 Workers.
stBy Publish press

Ssi$ c;IL+,EVIGl1AlND q, Jan. PTesi
dent W y. S; Philips. of the AInalga.
mated Window Glass workers OF.
I America 4. lle,I with lleadquarters her.
has! ll1 resigned ltis position TO become
manager Of the sBrpwnsyiiie class
Company SofS Brownsville. Pa, Of
which q SB:S Van q eye. III clereland
issonei of the owners, a: ii Faallsner.
Of Dunkr n y 81 citing president
,of the Union. Phillip. change hass
caused much surprise among union
men. N;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-31
"a ten Il o,,,,pany III.

Captain N. (, N. Neely has been ad I.
.vised that Company II win be ia;
Ispected by a United States otIicer ana
a State officer a april "a 90. "a VIII
drill tonight III the basement OF the
Courthouse: Z.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-31
PRINCE MlRsKYs
May Resign. on Account of Difference
y: With fTrepoff.
.(By Publishers Press. ]

~ COPENHAGEN Jan. 81. - The
lnsewspap r litiken has q dispatch
4. from n ST etersburg, which states
that srela tons sbetwee Ministe Of the
II Interior Prince Mlrsky and Governor
General & Irepoff, Of ST. Petersburg,
have become So strained that the for
imers minister's resignation Is inmi.
nent
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-31
Meet . at EaaIe,s, Rooms MS,

AZ B. - L 4
The Brotherhood Of Railway Train.
men announce that hereafter their
meetings will beHheld in the Eagle
lodge rooms in the Skinner building.
Meetings are held on the first satur.
day Of every month ,at7:sOi P. NJ, and
on the third and fourth Sundays at
1:SOS P.5 NJ.
At a recent meeting the following
officers We're elected IA e
Master-M. q. aiNuzum, vice T. L.
Maxwell.
II Past Master-W. q. Knapp.
secretary-P. D. Burton. q
Financler-E. L. Hawkins.
Il Advance sale Of seats for The Great
Lafayette opens Thursday morning.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-31

ID The same production OF The Greet
Lafayette, Whiehe created such a aea-
SsationS ~. New. York City VIII BE sesn
here next Saturday:
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-07-20
degrees, and a quick trip to the hospital
is the only chance of saving his life.

degrees, and quick trip to the hospital
is the only chance of saving his life.
At the hospital each yellow fever sus-
pect is placed in n separate wire cage,
to prevent mosquitoes biting him and
spreading the disease to others. Malaria
Is more prevalent, and its effect on the
system is frequently worse than yellow
fever. Many of the men have recur-
ring attacks of malaria. which can be
cured only by leaving the country for a
colder climate. Each succeeding attack
seems more severe than its predecessor,
until the victim finally is almost ply
steal wreck.
Through the country and the nation
runs spirit of depression, due to the
hot, humid climate. that upconsciously
steals into the most active physique.
The native of Panama has no need of
even gathering sticks for fire to warm
his sunburned shinS. 1t is nation
without a freside. and civilization cannot
flourish without the hearthstone. A few
bananas, stalk of sugar cane to chew,
and a cocoanut to drink, occasionally a
little wild game, and some native rum
whenever it can be secured, keep life in
most of the residents.
Trade in Panama city is almost mo-
nopolized by a few families. Most of
the leading business men are related by
blood or marriage. So far, Americans
have confined themselves to running
boarding houses which have been failures.
Chinese are the middle class merchants
in the city and country.
For miles on either side of the canal
zone-the narrowest point on the 18TH
mus--mountains rise abruptly from the
low hills along the coast. Fisher huts
and villages are along the shore. Half
clothed and dark skinned natives peer
from thatched hu:s scattered over the
plains.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-07-20
Chicago Tribune.

from a northern cline. just as an artis-
tic photograph brings out the beauty and
striking features of the scenery, so do the
official reports and interviews describe
Panama. Souvenir postals show it to be
a land of pleasant sunshine, waving
palms and picturesque houses, gorgeous
fruits, and bubbling rivers. All these
exist. but the countless odors. the ever
present black buzzards, the all covering
pail of dirt. the damp, depressing, fever
laden atmosphere, the dusky man and
woman and dozen children that eat, live
and sleep on the dirt floor of the pretty
thatched huts, do not show on the postal
cards.
The person who goes to the isthmus
from the United States knows from his
appointment papers just what he is en-
titled to. He can be assured that it
will be carried out to the letter. if not
in the spirit. He knows the amount of
his salary, his hours of work, how many
weeks of vacation and sick leave he will
receive each year. and that part OF his
living expenses will be borne by the gov
ernment.
That much of the picture is apparent
and he probably adds little dark color
ing on account of current reports of fever
and disease. However, not until one
sees Panama does he appreciate the dull
monotony and the emptiness of life in
that section of the tropics. This is the
reason why so many return to the States
on the next steamer; others wait only
long enough to earn their passage home;
and so few have any sincere interest in
their work or expect to remain for any
length of time.
That something is wrong with the
general conditions is shown by the fact
that defections are not confined to the
ranks of subordinate clerks and ordinary
workingmen, but that men holding super
yising and executive positions are leav-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-07-20
TGlE lsZAgaTERS
$500
~~~O~N~~

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
S4.O0 to $500; hogs, prime heavy
$500 70 $5.67; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, S1.OO to S1.O1
corn, No. 2, 56c to SIC; oats, standard,
32c to 33c; rye, No. 2. I4c to Toe; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $500; prairie, $500 to
$11.OO; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc to
zoe; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; potatoes,
new, per bushel, SOC TO 56c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep. $3.50 to $500;
wheat. No. 2. 93c to 95c; corn, No. g
yellow. 5Sc to 60c; oats. No. white,
33c to 35c; rye, No. 2, nc to roc.
NIilwaukee-Wheat. No. northern,
S1.O7 to S1.10; corn. No. 3. soc to sic;
oats, No. white, 33c to Soc; rye. No. 1,
pork, mess, S12.62.
polis--Cattle, shipping. So 90 to
$500; hogs, choice heavy, S4.OO to $50;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2. SEC to SSc; corn, No.
white, 55c to 56c; oats, No. white,
32c to 34c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to S5.S5; hogs,
Tf.oO " SO.tO, SHccp, ff.OD tO 5000
wheat, No. 2, SIC to SOC; corn, No. =,
53c to soc; oats, No. 2, Bic to 33c; rye,
No. 2, zoe to re.
Cincinnati-Cattle, S4OO to $500;
hogs, $4.OO to $5.75; sheep, $500 to
S460; wheat, No. ., $1.00 TO $1.O2; corn.
No. 2 mixed, SIC to 59c; oats, No. .
mixed, Sic to 33c; rye, No. 2, 75c to
soc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, 99c to
$1.01; corn, No. 2 mixed, 4Sc TO soc;
oats, No mixed, SOC to 32c; rye, No. ..
Sic to see; clover seed, prime, $40.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.OO to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $4.OO
to S610; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4OO to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle, $4.00 to $3.50;
hogs, S4.OO to $500; sheep, $500 to
S415; wheat, No. red, S1.0O to S1O2;
corn, No. =, Gle to &c; oats, natural,
white, SIC to 3Sc; butter, creamery, 1Sc
to 20e; eggs, western, 15c to IS.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-07-20
DIGGING THE CANAL.
SLOW PROGRESS BEING MADE ON
THE PANAMA ISTHMUS.
Vexatious Delay Seems Owing Chiefly
to the Dissatisfaction of Americans
with Conditions-Th Rains, Yellow
Fever and Malaria.

Slowly and unwillingly the American
government is awakening 10 the i'm
mensity of the task Of digging the Pan
anna canal, writes Junius B. Wood in
the Chicago Inter Ocean. A year has
elapsed since the starting of the actual
work on the isthmus and all that has
been accomplished of permanent value is
the excavation of comparatively trifing
amount of material and the partial or
ganization of a working force.
Unexpected and serious obstacles both
iii the field of work and in this country
have impeded the work. Situations
which could not be foreseen on paper or
accounted for in figured estimates have
arisen. On all sides they have sprung
up-varying from friction with the Off
cials at Washington over problems of
policy to squabbles with negro laborers
over the necessity of coffee with every
meal. But the problem which is of most
interest to the general public, and which
has made it almost impossible to form an
effective working organization from its
shifting personnel, is the dissatisfaction
of the American employees.
Panama is distasteful to the person
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-07-20
PUT IN 81 GRAFT BILLS.
Grand jury Charges % MiIwaukeeans
with Interest in Brides,

"AsAA AhtCA Cot III hTIDCSs
Sixty-seven indictments against twen-
ty-five persons have been returned by the
Milwaukee grand jury, based upon the
confession of Edward +. Strauss as to
graft in connection with alterations in
the county buildings. Capiases were is
sued and the men were brought into
court. Passing over the indictments
seriatim, Judge Tarrant briefly stated in
each instance the amount of bail to be
exacted. In almost every case he made
the sum $500. In a few exceptional
cases the bond was fixed at $1,000.
The payment of a bribe to an Assem-
blyman for his vote on the primary cleo
tion law recalls this charge by the Gov
ernor:
Opponents of the measure used every
possible means to defeat it. That wom-
en- of questionable character were in
the capital that winter, employed as stem
ographers and clerks through their eff
forts, is one Of the allegations against
them. 1t was charged that certain AS
semblymen got other members drunk so
that they could not be present to vote
for the bill. On the occasion of the all
night session one Assemblyman was
brought in dead drunk.
''Stories that railroad mileage books
and passes were distributed freely have
been common. Members favoring the
bill were allowed to win at cards in the
hope of getting their good will Charges
that money was used in outright bribery
were less frequent than charges of cor
ruptiOn in other ways"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-07-20
WITTE FOR ENVOY.
Gear Appoints Him Chief PIenipoten-

NAdE fAPpOluto ShIGI lcuIpotCH-
tiary of Russia.
Emperor Nicholas has appointed NJ.
Witte, president of the committee of
ministers, to be chief plenipotentiary rep
resenting the Russian government in the
peace negotiations to be conducted next
month in Washington.
Sergius Witte, the Russian plenipo-
tentiary, may be regarded as the leading
Liberal statesman of Russia. For the
last thirteen years he has been one of
the strongest personalities in the Rus
sian bureaucracy, although his political
fortunes suffered a setback when he was
compelled to resign the portfolio of min
lister of finance in August. 1908, and
again when. after being appointed presi-
dent of the council of ministers in the
same month, his Office gradually lost its
Importance until ruinors of his intention
to resign and go abroad had been per-
sistently circulated.
Witte is about SO years old and has
worked his way up from the position of
an underpaid railroad clerk, who occa-
sionally acted as porter. to that of the
leading statesman of Russia, in spite of
the fact that his enemies are numerous
and include some of the most powerful
men in Russia. 4 man of large stature.
and muscular, standing over six feet
high, Witte has the reputation of being
harsh to his subordinateS, but his ability
has never been doubted even 10y his worst
enemies. He was created count in
1901.
NJ. Witte is thoroughly familiar with
the far eastern question in all its bear
ings. He understands the Japanese posi-
ton and fully realized before the war
that the aggressive policy pursued un-
der the lead of Viceroy Alexieff and NJ.
Bezobrazoff. president of the Yalu Tim
ber Company, and the coterie of adven-
turers connected with them would drive
Japan to take up the sword. At one
time Witte talked over the situation with
Marquis Ito. president of the japanese
privy council and one of the leading
statesmen of Japan. Practically it was
Whites disapproval of Russia's far east
ern policy and the creation of Il vice
royalty in the far East which caused
his downfall as minister of finance.