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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
DEEM WAS A
VICTIM OF JOKE
DID NOT SHOOT HIS WIFE AS
WAS REPORTED BY THE
DAILY PRESS.

PARKERsBURG, Sept. 2O. E. L.
Deem. the. young married man oi
salisbury. credited in the daily press
with shooting his wife, was not guilty
of that crime. An Investigation OF
his case yesterday revealed the fact
that he has been made the victim Of
a5crue1Jok or that someons. who is
perhaps an enemy, wishes to give
some unpleasant notoriety.
A young man who said he was the
constable from Steele district and
gave shfs name as Charles Knots.
gave the information. To make his
story strong Knots exhibited a con
stables badge He said that Deem
had, come home on Tuesday night and
finding his w1fe'B cousin. Russell Bur.
gy. in his house. he fred at his wife
the ball taking effect in her left
breast.
KNOTS said that warrant had been
issued and that he on hearing that
Deem had fed to this city, had follow
ed him here to arrest him, He also
told the reporter that Deem had been
seen her Tusday morning in company
with friend.
The father of Deems wife arrived
in the city yesterday and demanded
an explanation all the way around. He
said that a report Of that kind had
been started once before on his son
in-law, and that he was getting tired
of 1T. He said he could see no reason
why Knots should desire to start a
report of that kind when in fact he
knew without a doubt that nothing OF
the kind had happened.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20

81 te Now
/. /. c'.aes 1000

HONG KONG sept. 20. Every
hpur of stigation Of the extent
OF the disaster wrought by the ty-
pbcon which struck this vicinity Tues
day discioses the storms rayages to
have been much more extensive than
hitherto supposed, 1T ( ID now known
tlat instead of being conhned to the
tarpur here and the island Of Hong
ISops, tgphoon swept the coast for
consi abIe distance and wrought
iidescr abIe havoc. The latest es-
tlmate tss the total dead at about
flte tllop and: Great fears are enter
timed tn=day that the large fishing
lieet known to have been outside the
harbo when the typhoon struck has
been totally destroyed. adding many
iiundFeds of lives hitherto not includ-
ed ia the estimates OF the dead. Up
Pearl river in the direction Of Can
ton the typhoon caused great dam
age, details Of which are now begin
ming to be reported. Scores Of river
craft large and small, have not been
heard from and their fate is unknown.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2o.- Y. s..
Consul General Wilder, at Hong Kong,
rep6rts to the State Department un-
der tcsday's date as Follows, Five
thousand lives lost; four hundred
thousand pounds, sterling, property
damage Thirty steamers wrecked;
a{tft2a = sfe,a 9,1aJ.a FaT0a1.ad One AM
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
Publicity Z.
WILL be THE MOTTO OF IA "PEo
PIES LOBBY" TO OPERATE
AT NATIONAL CAPITOL.

3 WASHINGTON. D. G., Sept. 2o,-
President Roosevelt has given his per
sonal approval and promise OF MORAL
support to the movement for the or.
ganization Of Peoples Lobby,
which will employ a corps Of compe-
tent scouts in the National Capitol
whose particular duty Will be to guard
the interests OF the public as against
those Of the System and generally
play the role or watch dog for people
or this great Am an republic Il1s
tnotto Of the Lobby VIII be slbl
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
Bumper Corn
Crops in w etzel
CORN AND TOMATOES iExcEEr
PRODUCTION OF FORMER
YEARS.

NEW MARTINSvILLE, Sept. 90
THE biggest corn crop in years" that
is the way one prominent Wetzel couM
ty former put it yesterday. From ev'
cry part OF the county comes the same
report, and taking the reports as cal
culation, 1t Is thought that the crop in
Wetzel county alone will run up into
the hundred thousand mark. Sllas
Miller, who lives at the head of,Doo
lin run, said: 81 expect to raise 5000
bushels Of corn this year and my neigh
bors will have as much. This has
been the best corn crop for years, and
ii seems to have been general all over
the country. Here in Wetzel county
we raise as fine corn as they do in
any Of the Western States. -
"Much Of the corn Is as long as
fourteen inches, and the ears seems to
be unusually large this year. There
VIII be big drop in price and there
Is no danger of corn famine this
year. e The News correspondent has
talked with numberof farmers liy
ing in different parts of the county
and they all talked along the same vein
as Mr. Miller: Corn and tomatoes
seem to have. had an unusual year ani
the farmers IA several parts OF t5s
county have refused to pick their to
matoes, saying there Is no market fnI
them and are allowing them togo tt
waste. One farmer refused to bu!
uls. more tin cans for mis-. wife to: cal
aud with the supply that the housewife
already put MP. he said would have
enongh toma toes to supply u rs fam
My for the ten years.
ceant seaesle aeslss.
Globe Store, I'sth treet
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
Before Cubans
Quit scrapping

HAVANA, Sept. 20. That the set.
tlement of the Cuban trouble will be
a much more serious matter than was
anticipated by Secretaries Taft and
Bacon, is now acknowledged bg Amer.
ican commissioners as we'll as by all
persons in position to know the inside
conditions. Taft isSeonvinced that not
less than ten days viii be sufficient,
and possibly much longer. His hope
OF eventually finding a way out of the
difticulttes is found in the spirit mani.
tested by both sides which he said to-
day is satisfactory. There are many
persons today who openly declare that
It viii probably require a flourish or
two Of the "Btg stick before all the
noliticlans win be ready to see that
they have no alternative but to be sat
tsfied.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
Tfain over Bank
TEN KILLED: AND SIXTEEN INJuR.
ED I'M WRECK CAUSED BY
FAILURE OF BRAKES.

LONDON, Sept. Ten persons
killed and sixteen injured is the lat
est estimate given Of the casualties
in the wreck last night of the Scotch
express on the Great Northern rail
way near Grantham. 1t is believed.
however, that the list is certain to be
increased as opportunity is given to
search the ruins. The locomotfve and
several coaches were dashed over an
embankment. the engine turning tur-
tie. Fire. followed in the wreckage
and many victims taken from debris
were horribly burned. 1t is believed
that the failure of the brakes was the
catlse
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20

Was Shot bye
Young 81 Bro th'er

HUNTINGTGe va. sept 90
''l3ad Cap Hatt the States most
noted outlaw al Ehe for years has
spread terror am the natives along
the West Virgin d kentnclly border
and especially to tie Mccoy family, q
dying at whafnelitt, Mtngo county,
tile result OF two bullet wounds inaict.
ed by DR.. Elias 4 Hatfield. his young
est brother.
"cap" and the oung doctor had not
been ON the mos friendly terms for
a few weeks but IyS,n no one may never
know. They me yesterday morning
on the ra11road track just below
.Wnarnclfff: "cap as usual, carried
a Winchester rife, while the younger
Hatfield had pistol
The men began shooting when with
IN forty yards et each other. The
young doctor proved the better marks,
man and put tBo bullets directly
through the chest Of his outlaw broth,
"Cap" is dying. He, it is said in
his life time hasE killed more than a
dozen men.
For two years He has been running
ablind tiger mar Wharnclfft, and
was unmo1ested by revenue men as all
knew that to attempt to capture him
meant practically lure death. Doctor
HGtfeld has surrendered to the Mingo
authorities. He 1925 and is a gradu:
ate Of the Louisville, Ky, Medical col.
1f,ra "a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
Negro Shoots
White Man

GRAFTON, sept. sO.-As j. F.
Parks and Jacob Nixon were coming
into Rowlesburg last evening they
we're held up BY negro, who demand
ed their money. They resisted and
the negro fired three balls into Nixon,
tnjuring him perhaps fatally, He was
taken to Keyser and every attention
given him: Parks escaped uninjnFeds
The negro has not been captured and
there no clue as TO ~ Rllerea outs.
Ha thoueh to- have tarted toward
Etsraal ton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
FORAKER FEARS ALlcE7
Report says senator's spies Are
Watching Presidents Daughter.

Report Says Senator'S Spies Are
Watching Presidents Daughter
CLEVELAND, Sept 2o.-A dispatch
to morning paper from Cincinnati
says:
senator ]. B. Foraker has his eye
on Alice Roosevelt Longworth and
trusted lieutenants are playing the
spy in watching her constantlyf
ii'Both Ohio Senators are afraid OF
Alice. Everywhere she goes Foraker
receives a report of what sort or i'm
preston she makes and his CHIEF In
struction to the shadowing lieutenant
1s to determine whether the enthu- E1
slasm means the expression Of a SEN
timent favorable to the President or
whether the crowds are simply moved
by curiosity"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
Aluf08r6f Adds Two MOfs TO Hls5LIst OF
Killed dRdH HddlR9 Makes GO0d5FlIs Es6aD6

glnia, but the men finally located Her
man at Brison, Raleigh county and
assuming dtsguises got to board With
him,
They attempted to arrest and hand
cutft him, but he pulled . revolver and
shot Frank Finley through the head
and Keener through the heart, killing
both. men instantly.
He then disappeared and so far no
trace OF him has baen discovered. The
bodies OF the murdered men were
shipped back to Martin KY, for bur
ial.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
BIG STICK May Have TO Be FLASHED
CHANGE OF VENUE.
Attorneys for Parkershura5 5EmbezzIer
Claim He cannot Get Fair TrIaI.

Attorneys for Parkershurg Emhezzler
Claim He cannet Fair Trial.
PARKERsBURG, Sept. 2o.-The at
torneys' in the case of J. H, Henry
Fischer now on trial in criminal court
for embezzling the funds Of the Home.
stead Building Association, late yes
terday afternoon petittoned the court
for change of venue, claiming that
their client could not get a fair and
Impartial trial in this county, owing
to the alleged feeling against him.
Judge showalter has not sustained
the motion, neither has he overruled
it. The case is attracting wide atten-
tion and is one OF the most interest
ing tried in criminal court in Wood
county, for many years.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20

Don't spoil your cake or your pud,
ding by using poor tiavortng. There.
is certain standard Vanilla and Lem.
on YOU must have and the extracts
you buy at Cranes Drug store have
that standard. CRANES DRUG
STORE.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
Arrhated for AsaauIt.

Policeman Gould arrested Walker,
the colored man that runs the pool
room at the Marion Hotel. this after
noon for assaulting Frank Robinson,
colored.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
After Trespassers.

The B. and Q. has employed Harry
Knapp to assist it's officers in break
ing up the promiscuous riding Of
freight trains. Knapp has been spe-
cial officer at Hoult.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
Fent Thorn Arrested.

Fent Thorn was arrested last night
bv Deputy sherlff ]. A. Watson. Thorn
was indicted . long time ago for fe'
assadltfng Howard Adams.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
4 DARING HOLD-UP near R0WLESBURG
HEIR sDIEs-A TRAMP
with $4,000 Due Him Man Expires
in Boiler Room.

MAHANOY CITY, Pa. Sept. 42o.-
Heir TO $4,000 Joseph Whitehead died
a. tramp in, tie boiler room of Luke
FIdler's colliery, and the body was
inferred in potters' field.
When he was in his early teens
7whitehead's parents went to Mexico
The father amassed a fortune In cop
per. Since his death lawyers have
been searching for the son.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
nled nf rNnhoid,

Arthur Hawkins, whose home was
in Mannington, died on Tuesday night
at Cook hospital after an illness of
typhoid fever. The remains were taxi
en- to Warrington for interment.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
a Ftne Concert.

From 1880 o'clock last night until
time for opening the danee.at the Ca
sino. the Citizens band gave q beauti-
tul concert at the Elks' building. This
Vas one Of the best concerts given
this year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20

STREET. HAT OPENING
Thursuay sept. 2cthS at sr-tte Ban Ton,
at Globe Bopl store Afain street;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20

County School Books.
atA. G. Kinkeails. s14 Ms'n street.
La Junta tribune., 1906-12-01

DELINQUENT LIST OF ROCKY FORD SANITARY SEWER
ASSESSMENT NO. /.
List Of Lots and Blocks which the Interest due june o. 1906
paid which will be sold principal
La Junta tribune., 1906-12-01

wspe. land and sal this 9Th day NOVEMBER D. 1ses
(SkAL) C. A. BEERBOHN.
1fcssurvf Of Osero Counsy Csssssde
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19
WHEN THE SAP RISES.

Miss Carl, the American artist,
who was so long resident of the
imperial court at PekiD, was pres
ent at Chinese ceremony in honor
of the opening of the farmers year.
The awakening of spring." she
records, "the day when the sap is
supposed to stir from it's long sleep
and to feel the first throes of re-
newed life, Is commemorated in
pretty, homely ceremony at the pal
ace. Tho radish and young shoots
of lettuce, tho first vegetables to
feel the benefit OF the rising sap, arc
presented in a silver salver to the
dowager empress by a knoeling slave.
She partakcs of them, and then gives
them to the young empress and la
dies to taste Of
when her majesty raises the first
radi-l to her lips, the young en-
press, princcsses, and ladies assem-
bled in her throne-room repeat the
wish for imperial happiness. which is
! synonymous for national prosperity
This wish is echoed by the high at
| tendants In the ante-chamber, and
re-echoed by the slaves knccling in
the courts without, and still echoed
and re-echocd by toe inmates of the
| palace, until the waves of sound
| ceach to the outer walls. Then her
| majesty makes wish that the sap
may rise in such abundance as to
| .ho people Of the great empire may
| enjoy peace and plenty.
"Thus are these first fruits of the
! awakening OF spring rartakcn of
with simple ceremony of praise and
! thanksgiving. Thus are these home
! ly plants consecrated with wishes for
.he good of the country and the hap
pinoss of its rulers '-Youth'S Com
panion.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19
MULES NEEDED.

West Virginia Is rapidly bccom-
ing a mining State, and as this in
dustry = developed there will be an
Increasing demand for mine mules.
says a correspondent in National
Stockman. 1t might pay the farmers
to get ready for this market. 1t
costs much less to put mule on the
market than a horse. This is true
for two reasons. first, tho mule goes
into the market one year younger
than the horse, and in the second
place it docs not cost as much to
keep q mule They are almost equal
to Angora goats for eating brush
and weeds. Again mules are much
less liable to be blomishod than
horses. No farmer should want to
give his young growing animals
rough treatment, but IL he does the
mule will kick less about it than the
horse colt.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19
SQUASH BORERS.

The squash vine borer, which
works inside the stalks near the sur
face of the ground, is the most obstl-
nate enemy to the crop in the older
settled sections of New England.
Mr.. r. Greiner, the well known au-
thority on market gardening, recon-
mends spraying tho stems frequently
near the ground with strong tobacco
tea, or putting tobacco dust half an
inch or SO deep all around tho plants.
which will keep the borers away or
kill tho eggs. Also hill up tho
Joints of the plants as soon as they
begin to run, inducing them to form
roots at these joints, and thus max
ing themselves independent OF the
injured main root.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19
WATERING LAWNS.

Observation of a number of lawns
any dry season seems to show that
sprinkling the grass in times of real
drought Is worse than useless. A
little water applied frequently to the
surface tends to bring the roots to
the top of the ground, and the plant
depends on the artificial supply in
stead of penetrating to greater
depths for natural moisture. Hence
in a time when the upper layers OF
soil become nearly dry, some Of the
grass dies and the lawn is well-nigb
spoiled.
In watering a lawn the only way
really beneficial is to give the
ground a thorough soaking as far
down as the roots extend. Water
should be applied at night. A good
plan Is to turn on a large stream oil
water at the upper end of the slope
and allow it to work down across
tie lawn, covering the whole surface
with an almost imperceptible sheet
of moisture.
After several hours the lawn will
be thoroughly soaked This plan
takes an immense amount of water,
but the grass will spring up with a
rich blue-green that delights the
eye, while the vitality # the sod is
not impaired.
Speaking of lawns, it is thought
by some that nothing but stable ma
nure will answer to keep the grass
In color and thickness, but it is a
Fact that any of tho standard top
dressing fertilizers will produce a
splendid growth, and can be applied
without causing any marked odor or
giving an unpleasant appearance to
she lawn. Boston Cultivator.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19
URMONT FREDERICK COUNTY, Md THURSDAY JULY 49, 1906.
par.ure from all precedent and pro-

par.ure from all precedent and pro-
cedure Judge Barratt said:
"No court would knowingly send a
lunatic to the gallows. No court
should knowingly send deficient to
prison.
To-day we have neurologlsts who
can point out with almost unerring
accuracy the defects of those subject
to their examination.
'It Is common practice to call
In alenists to advise the court as to
the mental condition of persons ac-
cused Of murder, and l see no rea-
son why such advice should not be
sought in the cases of other Offend
ers who face long terms In pricon.
II see no signs of either crime or
disease in boys who break windows,
throw snowballs, play hockey when
baseballs are ripe, or try high dives
as soon as the ice is out of the river,
but I do see evidence of both crime
and disease in habitual liars, per-
sistent thieves, and in all those
guilty of offenses. Such offenders
should be kept under restraint in
properly equipped hospitals until the
attending surgeons and neurologists
can advise the courts as to whether
or not operative surgery or continued
medical treatment will serve any
good purpose. At present our pris-
ons are not fitted up for such work,
but our State hospitals for the in
sane are, and 1t is my intention to
commit hopeful cases to these hos
pitfalls until such time as penologists
and legislators find means to provide
the necessary hospital equipment at
our establishoI penal institutions. -
Detroit News Tribune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE ACCUSATION.

Ioldcnhurst village. Was it possible
that ! had been absent from it but lit.
tic more than three weeks? The calen.
dar affirmed that such was the case
Why in those few days I had Travelled
further, seen more Of mankind, and
committed myself for good or for evil
more deeply than In all my life besides
Yes; this was my native place, un
changed in any respect, yet somewhat
strange TO me now that / regarded il
in The light of an enlarged experience
There was the quiet. struggling street,
the old Norman church Oh the hill sur
rounded by mosS-grOwn, half-oblitcr-
ated stone memorials Of bygone genelE
ations; the Truman Arms, our village
inn, with the carriers horse drinkin z
water from n though outside while his
master refreshed himself within, and
the great iron gates Of the Hall. sur
mounted by the heraldic devices of the
Truman family. a lion struggling in the
coils Of a python.
1t was past midday when 1 entered
H0ldenhurst OH foot, and the street
was more than usually deserted, but
the village folk, with exception only
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19

When discussing his radical de-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19

A Nightingale once fell into tho
clutches of Il hungary Hawk who haa
been all day on the lookout for food.
Pray, let me co." said the Nlghtill-
gale. II am such a mite for stonl-
ach like yours! sing SO nicely too!
10 let me go it will do you good 10
hear me-" Much good it will do to
ali empt, belly" replied the HAWK
land, besides, little bird that have
is more to me than grea. one -hat
has vet to be caught.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19

George Meredith, 1t is said, will
write no more novels. Though both
legs were fractured in an accident
some months ago, he is, when his
age is considered, making what
seems to be surprising progress.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19
CLUSTERS OF BLOOM.

A novelty in justicias that Is GER
tain to become popular is the dwarf
yellow. 1t bears handsome clusters
OF bloom, similar in form and profu-
sion to the well known dwarf pink
variety, but Of q rich orange yellow.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19

Mount Rewenzori, In equatorial
Africa, is about 10000 feet high, has
twenty miles of glaciers, and Is near-
ly always cloud covered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-16

boys stayed by the tower all night ard
fed the fire with boxes and boards.
Earlier in the evening, while the first
two negroes were being 1ynched a negro
porter from the hotel appeared upon a
corner of the square and lighted a cigar.
As soon as his black face was seen in the
glare OF the burning match four revolvers
cracked and four bullets Whistled past
his head.
Thereafter until morning no negro dared
show his face until just before daybreak.
when the knot of men and boys around
the smouldering fire saw two figures, a
man and woman, stealing out OF the
mouth of the alley toward them The old
father and mother of Duncan. one of the
lynched- negroes They gazed a long time
into the ashes and the men and boys did
not modest them. After they left the last
one of the mob left, too. going away with
the first streaks of dawn.
All Sunday another mob filed the plaza.
of the town. 1t was the townspeople in
their new spring clothes, girls in white
dresses and slippers, women in new bon
nets and costumes. Whether going to
church or coming from it, or only out for
a walk, all of them went to the square,
Before noon the. three charred1 bodies
were put into box and carried to an
undertakers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-16

COCOANUTS-Per sack. sz25
CALIFORNIA GRAPE FRUlT-sa-z9
per box.
ORANGES Per box. extra fancy. $3.50
l4.00.
APPLES-Per bu. box, S2.5092. 70.
LEMONS-Per box. S4-2
BAEANAS-Per bunch. s.. 0802. Is.
EXTRA LARGE JUMBOS-Per bunch.
s. 10000.
HONEY Fancy Colorado. white comb.
per a4-rack case, 1880.
TEXAS VEGETABLES
LETTUCE-Per basket, 75c.
RADISd ES-Per doz. punches, 35d40c.
BEETS-Per doz- punches. z0c-
TURNIPS-Per doz. punches, Soc
ONIONS-Per doz. punches. zoe.
SPINACH-Per bu., soc.
HOT HOUSE VEGETABLES.
IETTJJCE-Per doz- punches, &c.
RADISHES-Pe doz punches, 45c.
FLORIDA TOMATOES-Pe 6-basket
crate, S5.o9G5-50.
HOME GROWN RHEUBARB-Per ID,
cents.
Per bu.. sacked, s1-1o.
Per bu., burlapped Dbl, s110