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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-13
TWO CENTS A Mile ENOUGH. SAY
CANDIDATES FOR LEGISL ATuRE
ALL AGREE ON
that ISSUE

PITTsBURG, Pa. Aug. 13-- That
the public clamor for 2'cantsa.mt'e
railroad fare in Pennsylvania has
reached such stage that it canloE
be ignored by the next Legislature.
is evident from expressions of public
opinion on every hand since the avi.
dence of the opportunities for dtscriT'
ination against the business of The
State in competition with States hav-
ing a 2-cent fare has become known.
And that the Legislature will heed
the demand for such Legislation seems
almost certain, judging from the eX
pressfons OF candidates for the next
General Assembly that viii have to
do with the question. If the sentime :
over the state for a 2-cent law is as
strong everywhere as 1t Is In A;le.
gheny county there will be no opro-
sitton to the measure.
without exception every qualified
candidate for the Republican nomioa-
ton in Allegheny county seen yester-
day declared in favor Of such a law.
and the great majority declared that
the reduction by the Pennsylvania
railroad to a 21s-cent fare was but a
move to conciliate public opinion and
possibly forestall compulsory reduc
tion.
Mo HALFWAY Measures.
Each added that the concess' )
would have no effect and that the re-
ductfon must be enough to place tho
state on an equal footing with other
states having such laws and prevent
discrimination.
1t was recalled by many former
members who are candidates for re-
election that the measure could hare.
been passed at the special session of
last spring If the matter had been in
cluded in the special call issued b
Governor Pennypacker and that the
sentiment then was SO nearly uniVer-
sal that an effort was made to ha =
the governor issue supplementary
call so that it might be considered
This he refused to do on the ground
that il the matters included in the spe'
cial call could be disposed Of the State
could afford to wait for regular ses
sion, when there would be more tins
to thoroughly consider and digest the
question so as to pass tha most ef'
lfective law possible.
1t is pointed out that the Ohio Law
is defective in number Of respents
arording the railroads several loals
holes, which they are taking adyan:
age or, to, avoid strictly 2,cent fare
and that such errors can beelImina' q
from the proposed measure IN this
State.
Ths opinion groNs that the az esti9p
4 is to be one ot Tie vital ones n tlis {
eonins campaign and alteadg e tas
lbeen inJecte into At lea one Q Z tlts
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-13
Aged Lady Dead.
MOTHER OF Mr.. G. f. cARRELL
DIED OF OLD AGE AT HER
HOME IN MoUNpsvILLEs

A message was received here satt'r,
day night announcing the sad news OF
the death of Mrs. Mary Carroll, moth.
er of Mr.. G. F. Carrell, of this city.
which occurred in Moundsville. at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. q. e. Had
dox. Mrs. Carrell had been danger
ously i'll for several days and her son
was at her bedside when the end
came. Her death was due to old age.
she having reached the advanced age
OF 81 years. The remains we're taken
to Cairo last evening and this morning
funeral services we're held in the
Presbyterian church and the remains
laid 10 rest. Mrs. G.. F. Carroll, who
had been visiting friends in Tylnc
county, returned home satuFday might,
but returned to Cairo yesterday to at.
tend the services. Mr., Garrell Is e8.
ip,ected home this evening.
{ IseBu SILK plnyes lpIaeIs "A 4 White,
IS i.e5; md so Good vs.IIee at
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-13

Mr.. Edward Craig, who had been
here on visit to his mother, Mrs.
Craig, OF Maple avenue, left today for
his home in Charleston.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-13
Badly Cut
WAS MR.. WAKEFIELD in polNG
KINDNESS FOR AN OLD MAN
ON THE TRAIN.

Mr.. warAeld, of Elklns. passed.
through this city on Saturday en- route
to Pittsburg to spend a few weeks
vacation, While ON the train betwecn
Grafton and Elkins he met with u
painful accident. In raising a window
for an old man, in some manner The
window was broken and Mr.. Warfield
was badly cut. He came on to this
city and went to a physicians ofiica 4,
where he was found to have severed
two arteries. His injuries were dressed
and he vent ON to Ptttsburg In the AT
telnooni
fss,i7-5i- i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-13
Ear thq hquake
Shock Felt
PEOPLE FLED FROM THEIR
HOMES WHEN THE EARTH
TREMBLED.

far1I1N CASTLE, Ind. Aug. 1s. -
Aa eaTt Tthauake shock was felt hero
al .19 8 o'clock this morning. Peo2.s
BECAME greatly alarmed aud ran from
Their houses. No damage or further
sdlsturbances have been reported.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-13

.AIsent 40 very pretty white bIitrt
Nalst suft q eleSs out at lust "
DE, g IIie Bon Zen.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-13

Mrs! W. Ia. Spragg, Of yEaynesb1rg
Pa, Who has been spending the surg
mers at MT. Lake PpIrS, ts the guest
81 hsr parents DR.. and rs; 81
Ogden On lpincy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-13

New Bsits tIes ana bare liiss Foi,iH
New Nors a The Bon ION.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-13

Levy.
State 80
County :.s .
Road ~. y. {.
School
Total 'Qo
Arizona republican., 1906-04-09
OF LOCAL INTEREST
FIREMEN WILL MEET-The reg

FlREMEN WILL MEET-The regu- lar quarterly meeting of the Phoenix fire department will be held tonight in Firemen's hall at o'clock. It is re- quested that every member of the de- partment who possibly can, should be present.
 THE ANNUAL EDITION-S. Ober- fielder has received a letter from Sol Lewis of San Francisco, in which the most favorable mention is made of The Republicans annual edition, issued short time ago and the supply of which was exhausted in a day or so, the ex- tra copies all being eagerly bought up to be mailed to other parts. MT. Lewis says the paper presented an excellent description of Maricopa and Yavapai counties. particularly as to their in dustrial development and their war rant for faith in a future prosperity. He notes with pleasure the prosperity of the banks and says the publication concerning them indicates the best possible condition of business health. MT. Lewis, who is vice president of the National Bank of Arizona, was the first banker in the territory having estab-
Arizona republican., 1906-04-09

lished bank in Prescott probably thirty years ago. From the beginning to the present time he has maintained
 banking interests in either Prescott or Phoenix or both.
 JUST DRUNK-John Doe was drunk again yesterday and after his arrest
 was released on bail
 BAND CONCERT-Yesterda was a
 beautiful day and the band concert
 was well attended notwithstanding the flower excursion and the fine weather for driving.
 AFTER EXTRADITION PAPERS Police Sergeant Parker of Berkeley Cal, arrived here yesterday and will remain until this evening at least. MT Parker is armed with a requisition from the governor of California for the eXtraditiOn of a negress who was ar rested at Douglas not long ago and who is now in the Tombstone jail. She was going by the name of Smith when she
 was arrested but her right name is
 believed to be Spikes and that she is
 a fugitive from Berkeley where she is wanted for grand larceny. She was ar rested on a description sent out from Berkeley and was later photographed, her picture being sent to the Berke- ley officers for a full identification The woman consented to return to
 California without extradition papers but it was thought advisable on the
 part of the officer to take no chances.
 NEW GLOBE BANK-The banking business of E. F. Kellner & CO. of Globe has been reorganized and today will open it's doors in the Gila county capital as The Globe Bank and Sa.- ings company. The capital stock IS S5O,000 paid up with resources of S2OO. 900. The new institution announces that it seeks to serve the working peo- l pie rather than the handling of large deposits and that it will make only choice loans. F.. F. Kellner himself { will direct the management of the bank though his sons, Ernest and Ben, will be largely concerned in it's conduct. MT. Kellner has been in business for himself since 1866 and his experiences. though sometimes discouraging and perplexing, have been a series of busi-
 ness successes. He has engaged in almost every kind of a commercial en- terprise and has gradually accumulated a surplus until he is now prepared to handle a regular banking enterprise in connection with his other business. He expects personally to retire from the arduous details of other lines, hay ing confidence in the ability of his sons to carefully manage them. MT. Kellner has been a Globe merchant almost l from the beginning of the town and 1 has also been quite largely interested in Phoenix and Salt River valley realty
Arizona republican., 1906-04-09
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids win be received until D. m. the 2Sth day of April. 1906, at the office of the city recorder, city hall. Phoenix, Ariz., for the materials and labor necessary to the construction and finish of the Carnegie library building according to modified draw ings and specifications prepared there for. copies of which may be examined at the office of Willard and Creighton, 312 Fleming block.
 With each bid must be enclosed q certified check for four hundred (S40O) dollars, drawn to the order of the city recorder as a guarantee that a bond given by some approved security com pany will be furnished and filed with the recorder within five days from date of acceptance of the proposal submit ted herewith
 Each proposal must be inclosed in a sealed envelope, endorsed Bid for Construction" and delivered to the city recorder at or before the hour above named.
 The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
 FRANK THOMAS,
 City Recorder.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-09
ORDINANCE NO. 381.

An ordinance granting to the Nation al Bank of Arizona, its successors and assigns, the right to contruct maintain and use a private pipe line on and un- der certain streets and alleys in the city of Phoeneix.
 The common council of Phoenix do Ordain as follows:
 Section l. The right, authority and privilege is hereby granted to the Ma tional Bank of Arizona, its successors and assigns, to build. maintain and use a private pipe line, with all necessary connections, for the conveyance of wa ter through and under Second avenue from Jackson to Jefferson streets, and through and under the alleys in blocks sixty-One (6D and sixty-six (66) of the city of Phoenix, under the super vision and control of the city engineer. Section ?. For the purpose aforesaid said grantee is hereby authorized and granted the privilege of opening nec- essary trenches in and upon the said streets and alleys mentioned in the foregoing section, provided, however, said streets and alleys shall be restored to as good and safe condition for travel as same are in at the time said trenches are opened.
 Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after it's passage, approval and publication for ten G0) days in the Arizona Re publican, a newspaper printed in said city of Phoenix, and the grantees shall pay for the publication of this ordi- nance.
 Passed by the common council of Phoenix this second day of April, 4. D. 1906
 Approved this second day of April, A. D. 1906.
 R. H. GREENE,
 Acting Mayor. Attest:
 FRANK THOMAS, City, Recorder.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-09
TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the CENTRAL AVENUE IMPROVE MENT COMPANY

Know All Men By These Presents: That at a special meeting of the stock holders of the Central Avenue Improve ment Company, held at the office of the company in the city of Phoenix Arizona, on the 24th day of March, A. D. 1906, after due notice of the time place and purpose of the meeting, there being present and voting in the affirmative all of the issued and out standing stock of the company, Articles III and VI of the Articles of Incorpor- ation of the said Central Avenue Inn provement Company were amended to read, to-wit:
 ARTICLE III.
 "The amount of the authorized capital stock of this corporation is and shall be seventy five thousand dollars ($75. .000.00). divided into seven hundred and fifty G50) shares of the par value of one hundred dollars C$1OO.OO) each, and the times and conditions upon which the said stock is to be paid in is as follows: When the same shall be paid in full in cash upon subscription being made therefor. No stock shall be issued until fully paid and the same shall forever thereafter be non-assess- able'
 ARTICLE VI
 "The highest amount of indebted ness or liability to which this corpora ton shall at any time subject itself is fifty thousand dollars ($5O, O,OO0.00)." In witness whereof. the said com pany has caused this certificate to bs executed by its president and its cor porate seal to be affixed and attested
 by its secretary, this 2Sth day of March, A. D. 1906 Corporate SeaD CENTRAL AVENUE IMPROVE MENT COMPANY. By ISAAC T. STODDARD. President.
 Attest; VERNON L. CLARK. Secretary. Territory of Arizona. County of Maricopa, ss. Before me, w. H. Teasley, notary public in and for the Territory and county aforesaid, on this day person. ally appeared Isaac T. Stoddard, known to me to be the president of Central Avenue Improvement Company and to me known to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing in strument, and he acknowledged to me that he voluntarily executed the same for and on behalf of said company, as it's free act and deed, and for the uses
 and purposes therein mentioned. Given under my hand and seal of of flee, this 2Sth day of March, A. D. 1906.
 (Notarial SeaD W. H. TEASLEY, Notary Public.
 My commission expires December Is. 1907.
 Filed according to law March 3O, 1 1906.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-09
ATTENTION REPUBLICANS.

Notice is hereby given that there will be a caucus of the delegates elected to the republican city convention and the republican city central committee at the rooms of the old Hassayampa club tonight, (MOnday) at s o'clock. By or der Of
 CITY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
 Physicians recommend Old Rutledge Whisky.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-09
Attest

FRANK THOMAS,
 City, Recorder.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

MIN much, approached cautiously, and pour
ed last libation down his throat when he
opened wide his yellow eyes, cleaning with ha-
tired, and, spreading his wings, made fierce
rush at me, 1 vanishing hastily through an
other door into the veranda.
He staggered out, too, and the last we saw
OF him, he was Tapping heavily away toward
the river, to sit perhaps on some stranded car
cass, and reflect on the strange experience he
had gone through.
There was an excessively heavy rainfall that
year, causing the River Ghogra, vast as its bed
is, to rise more than twenty feet so that croco-
diles came and rested their meditative heads
on the park terraces, and one even wandered
up to the tennis ground, where he lay and
basked
The park keeper, espying him thus, thought
this was a matter for the secretary of the
tennis club, so hied him to his house and re-
ported that the crocodile was using the
ground, not being a member.
The secretary slipped couple of balls into
his rife, by way of meeting the case, and
went down to reason with this saurian, waking
him from his slumbers by two argumentative
bullets in harmless parts of his body.
The crocodile thought this inhospitable, and
began dignifed but determined retreat; nor
could the secretary, with all his myrmidons,
prevent him from reaching the river, into
which he slid with sullen satisfaction.
A crocodile on land is an awkward creature
to interfere with; he has knack of making
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
Grow BlackbirdS

jure OF starve the stranger, az many species
of birds would have done. They Just seem
ed to make up their minds to make the best
of it.
~. They often raise two broods in season,
the nest being very bulky, strong and con-
spicuous one, which holds well together, but
is not so securely fastened to the tree; so
that they frequently fall in high winds, coming
down whole and leaving hardly anything to
show where they had been. Often a summer
storm brings down nests laden with plump
tiedglings, and well do the cats, wild or tame,
Know this, for before daylight not trace OF
the young birds can be found.
The nests are generally of twigs and blades
OF grass, but very often have curious things
interwoven with them, such as bits Of string,
feathers, ravelings of stuff, hair and shavings.
Once the writer saw a nest which was almost
entirely lined and bound with strips from an
old carpet.
They lay four or FIVE eggs, and very often
the odd one does not hatch They are rather
ugly eggs, of dirty green and muddy brown.
During the setting tremendous amount of
chattering goes on between the pair. 1t is
hard to tell what it means. 1t sounds like
quarreiilng, but they are never seen to fight.
When the young ones are Matched, the supply
OF food is constant, and every one has been
amused at the determined "tug-of-war' be-
tween grakle and big worm, as the former
holds on, and at last draws him from his hole,
and flies away in triumph, with his wrggling
prey. Dr. Abbott kept a careful account, and
says that for five young, each parent bird
brought, thirteen times In an hour, worm or
some large insect This made something every
ten minutes for each young bird, and each
must have eaten over fifty worms day. Dur
ing the three weeks they were nestlings, the
five young grakles must have consumed an
immense number of worms and insects; and
to this must be added the food of the pa
rents.
Ever since the first settlement of the Middle
States the idea has prevailed that the grakles
made great havoc in the corn6elds The
early Swedes called them "maise thieves" and
offered bounty for killing them. In New
England they were nearly extirpated by boua-
ty. In consequence, the grubs, insects and de-
structive worms increased enormously, SO as
almost to destroy the hay crop.
The truth is that the grakles and all other
insectivorous birds do so much good that there
ought to be laws forbidding their destruction.
In the West they are still said to eat much
corn, but they make up for any tribute they
may levy by keeping down the summer insect
pests.
On the day they leave for the South, which
is generally pretty early, the grakles get to-
gether in their familiar trees, and make more
noise than ever, as If discussing the route of
their intended journey; then they all 20 off
at once, and the silence in the grove where
they have been so long seems almost oppres-
sive
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

truth dead, and these manifestations were
merely an antique form of spirit-rapping.
A fisherman once brought me some infant
crocodiles, thinking that, my eccentricity being
an an unknown quantity, 1 might like to rear
would make "iligant pets'' for the children.
They were but few days old, but had an.
parently cut all their teeth, and snapped with
curious viciousness and precision. "-'"
friend OF ours had the year before reared
some, taking immense pains with the Quaint
little monsters When they were some months
old, they were. sent to England in a troop.
ship, their comfort being studied in every wav
during the voyage, their bath kept at lux
urlous temperature, and place assigned To
them in the engine room as soon as tbe sbin
got into cooler ATTITUDES. p
They arrived at Portsmouth in excellent
health, and were there met by an agent from
the Zoo; but as it was late in the afternoon
when the ship anchored, it was thought bet
ter to defer their landing till the morning
1t was January, and the cold was biting.
Being in haIbor, the, engine fires were not
morning the little crocodiles had shed their
last tears, and were stiff and stark.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
Queer ADtcs of Vulture---A FriepdH Crocodile

sudden circular and far-reacbing sweep of
his tail, calculated to break the legs of any
thing within it's circuit 1t is very effective
in making presuming people keep their dis
tance.
The crocodile is very tenacious of his slug.
gish life, and never knows when he is killed,
frequently coming to life again just as his
relations have gone into mourning.
A friend of ours had shot one, and, what
is far more difficult, had bagged it, and had
it carted some miles to his house, where it
was placed in the veranda to await stuffing.
Some gentlemen came in the following day,
and, while inspecting the crocodile some of
them got up and stood on its back, when it
opened its mouth and gave below that sent
them all flying, SO utterly did it confound
them. 1t also lashed furiously with its tail
and showed no sort of resignation to the
thought of being stuffed.
Crocodiles, however, are mysterious beasts
relics of an antediluvian world not governed
by our modern ideas. This one by all rules
ought to have been dead, and had long
seemed to be dead, and perhaps was in
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
coprrIrht by James Elrerson.

February.
Sure enough On the same trees where they
nested the previous summer, appear the slim,
glossy blackbirds, which have arrived during
the night, apparently, for there was no sign
OF them at sundown. 1t is impossible not to
be aware of their presence, for it is made
evident to the ears as well as the eyes, from
Their incessant hoarse call, which has earned
them the name of "grakles"
At this time they are famished, and will
eat anything. The garbage pail at the kitchen
door, the stable yard, and the frozen apples
in the orchard, if the crows have left any,
seem to supply welcome meal. One won
ders what they came so soon for. They are
generally dreadfully mistaken in the weather,
and snow, hail, sleet and biting winds may
cause them to disappear again, often for weeks.
But 1T takes good deal to dishearten grakle,
and there are always few which do not mi
crate, but remain about the hanks Of the Della
ware or Schuylkill or Susquehanna all winter,
feeding upon frozen muscles, withered apples,
grass seed and what not
They are beautiful in color, bronzed, vel
vety black, with different glints, as the bird
varies its position; but this is only in warm
weather. In cold weather they are rusty, like
the crows, and when first seen, they resemble
small crows, with their wise air, peculiar walk
and incessant talk.
BY the first of April they begin to secure
their places for nests-a few sticks seeming to
secure homestead or pre-emption right-in
which they are much like the sparrows This
is the only time at which they are heard to
try to sing, and their notes are few and poor
even then.
Grakles are singularly alike in shape, color
and movement-more so, perhaps, than any
other birds. All males are alike and all fe-
males are alike, and Doctor Abbott thinks
that they must distinguish each other by the
voice.
10 test this he transferred two broods. of
even age, from one nest to another. He saws
he is sure that the parents recognized the dif
ference at once, and settled the matter by sim
ply changing nests, each feeding their own
young. He thinks he did not confound the
parent birds; but if he did so confound them.
then the proof is clear that, unlike other birds
and animals, they cannot see any difference
between their own young and those of their
neighbors.
Next he changed a single bird for one of
brood few days older, and there was at once
went chattering but, to the honor of the
grakles, it must be said that they did not in.