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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-01-25

Dtf WING ~ NuE uASu AdN On NuCtn
the Beers have never been able to
adorn themselves with the sparkling
gems. Before leave South Africa
they will all be wearing diamonds.
am ct this moment preparing a
proclamation on the true and actual
value of diamonds. They are one
of the necessities of life and should
be in the reach of all.
"The:diamond kings, have learned
OF my presence in Ladysmith and
have been apprised of my mission.
l am told that strenuous effort, as
Teddy would say, Will be made by
the diamond kings 10 have me join
the Trust. Butihis will never happen
so long as remain on South African
soil. l must remain true TO the
common people whose welfare
have at hea,t.
GAS | have heard nothing from
the contests in New York, Ohio and
Pennsylvania | wish you would ca
bic me at once the result. feel con-
ident that the Machines won a
glorious victory in all three of the
States. II could not have been
otherwise. This will have de
pressing effect on the Insurgents in
our State and materially advance
the stock in our Machine. 1t will
also place our tax laws on a per-
manent basis and briug JOY and hap
piness TO the farmers W h e
guardian angel we are. Let me
have all the news from home"
Those who know me have always
given me credit with being a brave
and courageous man, but did not
have the heart to cable the Cover
nor what the excited people done
to the Machines in New York, Ohio
and Pennsylvania. In fact / have not
recovered from the shock myself.
As the needle points now i can see
nothing but destruction to our own
beloved Machine. II was to con.
vey this information to the Cover
nor the inducement for him to Join
the diamond trust would be so great
that could not blame him. No,
the Governor is doing too much for
humanity and the pie family to send
him such deplorable news. He
must preach the gospel of Tax Re-
form in every land whether he eats
pies, wears diamonds or runs
politicei Machine. So cabled
him that the New York, Ohio and
Pennsylvania Machines were still
in the hands of their friends with
no prospect of them being placed
on the market as the people had
lost interest in them. He can trans
late this into the Boer language and
place his own Interpretation upon it.
In America the Machine looks too
antiquated to withstand the storm
much longer. III the Governor
could read the frequent calls which
| am issuing for conferences he
could better judge the condition of
our Machine. The people don't
get busy, as Elder WhetseIl would
remark in the excitement and heat
of campaign, and seek the noun
tain top unless the tide is raising
too fast for them to save the Johnny
boat. The tide is against the Ma
chine just now and am powerless
to save it. / have just instructed
Charley Swisher to give out few
interviews and try and stem the
tide. THE RAMBLER.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-01-25

Charles Wesley swisher, who
Senator Sam B. Montgomery euch.
cred out Of $50, 900 a year by his
little fee bill, feels il in cumbent up
on himself to rush into print and
sustain Gov. Dawson in the "vindi-
cation" OF the new tax laws. It
will keep the Governor and Secre
tary busy TO convince the people
that their brand Of "vindication"
is genuine. The people are not
going to accept Gov Bill and Sec
retary Charley as unsel6sh patriots.
They rcmber that they arc not
averse to going down into Egypt
after the flesh pots. We advise
them to postpone their proclamation
Of "vindioation" until after the
next election.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-01-25
7 VIRGINIA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25. 1906
THIRry.FiyE FACTS ABOUT JAPAN.

y
pie, more than halt as many as the
United States.
The word "mikado" signifies
something like "the sacred gate, +"
or the ''sublime Porte"
The name Of the reigning Mikado
is Mutsu Hito.
The name of the empress is o
Hauru-"spring."
The name of the crown prince is
Yoshi Hito.
European dress is worn at all
court functions.
Rice is the common food of the
common people.
Sixteen cents a day is now good
pay for unskilled labor in Japan.
Ten years ago it was six cents.
Japan has very few millionaires
and practically no multi-million-
aires.
Toxic is a hundred years older
than ST. Petersburg.
The lovely Japanese cherry trees
produce no cherries.
On the Japanese stage males play
the female roles.
There is only one Japanese ac-
tress-Mme Sada Yacco.
Danjiro, the great Japanese trag-
edian, is also the most skillful dam
Ger in Japan.
Japanese dead are buried in a
squatting posture, chin upon the
knees.
More than 10, 900 pilgrims, male
and female, ascend Fujiyama every
year.
Fujiyama is IL, ,76s feet high, a
thousand feet for every month,
plus one foot for every day of the
year,
The Japanese people, even the
poor, travel much in their own
country.
Modern Japanese coins and bank
notes bear legands in English as
well as in Japanese.
Semi.nudity is common in rural
Japan, and furthermore. it is re-
spectacle and healthful.
The average Japanese is better
bathed than the average Britishcr.
Wrinkles are poetically termed
by the Japanese as "waves of old
age"
1t is quite proper. even comp!i-
mentary, to ask a lady's age in
Japan.
The Japanese "hello I" at the
telephone central is "moshi moshir
or "ano ne |" with the accent on
the "nay."
The japanese farewell, "Sayon-
ara, means something like "if 1t
must be So" or, .ff we must part
thus, so be it,"
kissing and shaking hands are
rarely practiced in Japan.
Japanese mothers do not kiss
their children though they may
press the lips to the forehead OF
cheek Of very young baby.
Sewing on buttons is not a wifely
duty in Japan--there are no but
tons.
Japanese inns furnish fresh tooth
brushes every morning free to every
guest. The brush is of wood,
shaped like pencil, and frayed 10
fluffy brush OF fibre at the large
end.
All of the food served 10 a guest
at Japanese banquet and not con-
sumed by him at the time is taken
to his home by the servants Of his
host.
Japanese chop-sticks are deliver
ed to the guest IN a decorated en-
velope. The two sticks already
shaped, form, one tong.shaped piece
of wood and are broken apart by
the guest.
japan has one of the largest
steamship countries in the world,
with service to the United States
and 70 Engand by the way of Suez.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-01-25
OUR Washington LETTER.
Congress Preparing 10 Dodge Rail-
road Rate Legislation With a
Compromise Measure.
THE PANAMA CANAL WILL HAVE TO

Be Built by Contractors After ALL
The Publicity Bill to Mako Pub
lie the Source and Amount
ofAll Campaign contri-
buttons Will Receive
A Stepmothor's
Welcome by
Congress.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-01-25

Congress has not advanced to an
introduction TO the railroad rate
bill.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-01-25
ROCKEFELLER NOT THE RICHEST
NAN.
Must Take Second Place in Alfred
Reit the South African liiinIning
King, Worth a Billion.

The richest man in the world is
not John ID. Rockefeller. Richer
than the oil king, than the Wander
bilts, Andrew Carnegie or any of
the steel nsbobs, is the English
king Of mines. Alfred Beit, senior
partner OF the famous firm Of Bern
her, Belt & Co. Half the mines IN
South Africa belong to him, includ-
ing the fabulous wealth OF Kimber-
ley'S diamond output.
The aggregate of his wealth can
not be stated but a rough estimate
placed it at 81, 600, 600, 900. His
yearly income is $50, 300, 900 which
means that he gets SIoo every MN
ute of his life, or, to put il another
way, $Ioo, 900, 900 a week.
Beginning life in humble way
in London, the mine king of South
Africa soon developed an extraor-
Ginary talent for organization, and
when still young man went to
South Africa, wher he became as.
sociated with Cecil Rodes, "Barney"
Bsrnato and the rest OF that group
of diamond and the gold kings.
lie entered the arena of South
Africa finance when he was a dia
mond merchant in Kimberley in
1875, but in 1888 he launched out
into variety Of enterprises, and
he is now director Of the Bechuana-
land Rsilwap Company and the
Biera railway. He Is also director
Of the Rand mine at johannesburg,
but it is as life governor Of the IA.
nous De Beers consolidated mines
that he is most widely known.
Mr.. Beit is bachelor, but his
building Of particular elaborate
mansion in Park Lane, London, led
to the rumor that he proposed en-.
tering the bonds Of wedlock, which,
considering he is but 81 years old,
is as likely 20 happen as not.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-01-25
MUST BE A TAX FAKER.

The Morgantown Post in advocat.
ing rotation for the Senatorial
honors concludes this:
There is only one contingency in
which it would be desirable for the
other two counties to override
Taylor's expressed wish in the con
vention. That would be the i'm
probable contingency of the nomina-
ton by Taylor of some insurrecto,
out of sympathy with the Republi-
can platform of tax reform. In
such case il would become nee.
essary to hunt straight Republican
wherever he could be found.
The Post is willing for the Taylor
county Republicans to name the
candidate, providing they will guar
antee that the man they name is a
full fedged Dawson tax reformer. "
II this guarantee cannot be given
then the Post thinks ii the duty Of
Marion and Monongalia to step in
and deprive Taylor OF the honor.
May We enquire what the icon
tingency" was that brought Charles
Wesley Swisher into the senatorial
race at the eleventh hour when
Marion and Taylor had agreed that
Monongalia should name the baby
George Cesar Sturgiss7 our recollec-
tion is that Mr.. Sturgiss was an
avowed "tax reformer" and that
Swisher was branded as an "snu.
tax reiormer" to oppose him. is
the Post sure the trick cannot be
accomplished once more2
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
National Department of Health.

The plea made by Prof. Norton Of
Yale university for a national depart
ment of health Is not to be ignored,
remarks the Troy Times. Yale has
taken up the matter, and other insti-
tutions and men of high professional
standing are giving attention. A bull.
letin put forth by Yale's department
of social science reminds the Ameri-
can people that the four causes of
waste of human life and energy are
preventable death, preventable sick
ness, preventable conditions Of low
physical and mental efficiency and pre-
ventable ignorance, and urges action
by the people through the government
to check this waste. Prof. Norton as
serts that not less than 100000 lives
can be saved In the United States an
nually by the employment of proper
means, and he puts the economic side
of the question in almost startling
form. Estimating wages at one dollar
per day, which no doubt is far below
the average, the professor shows that
the yearly loss by illness is consider
ably over 100000, 900, while by the
methods proposed at least half this
sum could be saved. In an era notable
for the economizing of force, that is
statement to compel, serious thought
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
Success and Failure.

Peary failed to reach the North
Pole, but he got nearer to that elusive
proposition than any other of the
numerous explorers who have tried to
penetrate to that arctic region that
has been so long an undiscovered coun.
try. He was within 1911 miles Of the
pole, a short distance from the point
desired, il the transportation in the
frozen north were equal to our own in
the matter of speed over good rail-
roads Peary beat the record Of Capt.
Cagni of the Italian Duke of AbruZZi
expedition by over so miles, and is to
be praised for his persistency and
courage, but, nevertheless, many are
asking what particular good has been
accomplished by his efforts? Even If
he had reached the regions where 1t
is claimed there are 100000 square
miles of unoccupied territory. would
this have been of any benefit to hui
mainly at large? asks Boston Budget.
Would the country have been inhabi.
table, and If it were, how would in
tending settlers ever get there through
the icy barriers that would oppose
their progress on all sides? Possibly
in the distant future, modern invent
iveness might be able to make jour
neying to the pole comparatively easy,
so that even excursion parties might
go there on pleasure trips, but at pres
ent this seeing to be as little likely OF
realization as would be a trip to Mars
on a flying machine. However, man is
an inquiring animal, and is always
wanting t. eat of the tree of know
ledge, and if only his curiosity would
be gratifled by the invasion Of the
North Pole, there would be some adj
vancement made in developing the
spirit Of enterprise without which
thers Is no progress in any acknow'
lodged practical direction. Science
would be benefited by the discovery, II
nothing else came from it for the pros
perity Of mankind. Peary has not at
tanned the summit of his ambition
but that will not discourage others
from trying to Guido him. His exam
pie will encourage them to venture
farther than he did, for as he followed
others he will have, no doubt, many
successors. The best solace that Peary
has in his defeat is the faith that his
wife exhibited during his silent alb
sence in his ability to return to hei
unframed, even though she knew
from experience all the difficulties ant
dangers of arctic travel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
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HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
information Gathered from All Quar-
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pared for the Perusal Of the Busy
Man.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

The senate adopted the Penrose and
Foraker resolutions asking the presi-
dent and the secretary Of war to give
It all the information available con-
corning the discharge Of colored sol.
diers of the Twenty-fifth regiment.
In the house the Littlefield pilotage
bill to remove discrimination against
American vessels In the coasting trade.
was defeated.
In his report to congress, Leslie M.
Shaw, secretary, of the treasury, reit-
Grated his recommendation of a re-
stricted credit currency and suggested
that If more power is granted the sec
rotary panics can be prevented or
their evil effects greatly reduced.
The California delegation in con-
gress was assured that the president,
in his message, meant to promise to
use the military only to protect the
Japanese from mob violence, not to
force the Japanese into the California
schools.
In his annual report Secretary Taft
devotes considerable space to a de-
Tense and explanation of the course
of the war department in connection
with the discharge without honor
from the military service Of the bat
talon of the Twenty-fifth infantry,
stationed at Brownsville, Tex, last
summer.
The house passed bill that abro-
gates the interstate commerce law as
at present applied to convict-made
goods, thereby affording to the differ
ent states and territories the right to
inhibit the shipping of convict-made
goods within the confines of any state
or territory.
Secretary Of the Navy Bonaparte
in his annual report asks congress for
three new battleships, each as large
as the British Dreadnaught.
According to the annual report of
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Metcalf the total documented mer-
chant shipping of the United States
June 80, 1906, comprised 25,006 YES
sells, of 6,674,969 gross tons, the lar.
gest tonnage in the nations history.
He says that unless unforeseen obsta'
| Giles arise the output of vessels for
| the year ending June 80, 1907, will
probably exceed the output of any
year during the past half century.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
Lowest Telegraph Rates.

Spelling reform has had new and
important development in a direction
which no one has heretofore thought
of. In Europe messages are charged
for according to the number of letters.
instead of words, as in this country.
All transatlantic messages from
America are charged for by letter in
accordance with the European system.
The adoption of spelling reform will
cause a modification of the schedules
of the international tel.sraphic com.
panies, and the consequent saving of
money. For example, thru" will have
to be charged for as four letters In
stead of six, as formerly, and SO on
through the entire list. 1t will cause
no trouble to the operators, because
they for years have been using the
shortest form by which words could
be spelled without possibility of mis-
take. Consequently they will have
nothing new to learn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
LYNN FACTORY BLOWN UP.
Eleven Persons Are Injured and Many
Buildings Burned.

Lynn, Mass.-The explosion of a
boiler Thursday in the four-story
factory building of the p. J. Harvey
Shoe Manufacturing company on Alley
street and the fire which Immediately
followed destroyed IA buildings in the
West Lynn manufacturing district,
causing total loss estimated at about
$4,000. Eleven persons were injured.
one, Miss Celia Tradenburg, an opera
tive in one Of the burned factories, be-
ing in critical condition at hospital.
In addition to the direct loss, the shoe
manufacturers will suffer severely
from the interruption to their Christ
mas business.
The fire swept over several acres.
burning three other factory buildings.
the Boston & Maine railroad station
and number of small dwellings.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
MISCELLANEOUS.


The 100000 chapter house of the
Chi Psi fraternity at Cornell univer-
sity burned down and four students
and three townsmen persisted in the
flames. ...-.
The federal grand jury investigat-
ing coal land frauds in Utah and
charges that railroad corporations
have Disseminated against certain
shippers, returned indictments
against the Union Pacific Railroad
company, the Oregon Short Line Rail-
road company, the Union Pacific Coal
pany and several of the highest Off
ciais representing the Hartman and
Gould corporations in Utah.
Johnny and Ibapah, Indian boys
convicted of the murder of Fred
Foreman, white man at Montello,
New, on December q, 1905, were ex-
ecuted in the penitentiary at Carson.
The plant of the National Reduc-
ton mills, half a mile from Florence,
Col, was entirely destroyed by fire.
Loss, S150,000, with no insurance.
For the first time in 20 years the
great Treadwell mine in Alaska is
closed. Douglas and Juneau are suf-
fering from coal famine, and lack of
fuel has resulted in the closing of the
mines.
Henry Smith, a well-known farmer
living near Elm Grove, Wis, and John
Bolter, were instantly killed by a
Chicago, Milwaukee e. st. Paul train
In Elm Grove. ....
Born in 1903, when Thomas Jeffer-
son was president of the United
States, Miss Adeline Thomson, a belle
in the social world of the nation in
the early years of the last century,
died at her home in Philadelphia Of
old age.
John Holsten aged 55, of Musca-
tine, Ia, was found guilty of the MUIR
der of his daughter and sentenced to
life Imprisonment.
The shah of Persia is somewhat
improved in health.
The jury in the trial of Chester E.
Gillette for the murder Of his sweet
heart, Grace Brown, at Big Moose lake,
N. Y, on July IL last, returned a yer.
dict of guilty In the first degree.
The Chagres river reached the high.
est point ever known and work on the
canal was stopped by the inundation.
Four children, two boys and two
girls, ranging in age from two months
to five years, were burned to death at
their home near Westfield, N. j.
Messages We're exchanged by the
government wireless station at Point
Iona with the government station at
Puget sound, 1900 miles away.
An earthquake shock was felt on
the Island of Martinique. No damage
was done. The shock lasted one min.
ute and a half.
The house of lords has tackled an
Objectionable amendment to the Brit.
ish education bill, making It's passage
In present form impossible.
Keel plates of another Dreadnaught
were laid at Portsmouth, England
/ The new battleship will be larger
/ than the first Dreadnaught.
Importers in New York are warn.
ing jewellers to watch for bogus gems
now being brought In by a French
vendor to catch holiday shoppers.
John ID. Potter. the oldest Redman
in the United States, is dead at No.
blesville, Ind.
The pope has informed the bishop
of Breslau that he cannot espouse the
cause of the Poles against Germany
because the question involved is one
OF politics.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13

Somebody is trying to figure out
that owing to the scarcity of platinum
the price OF false teeth is likely to rise
until false teeth will become as scarce
as the pfoverbial hens teeth. With
the price of teeth and everything oc
which they may be uEed going up to.
gether. the outlook cannot be con-
sidered altogether cheerful for the
man who is shy a few.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
HORROR At CORNELL.
FOUR STUDENTS AND THREH
ToWNsMEN PERISH IN FIRE.
CHI PSI HOUSE BURNED
Great Heroism Is Displayed by the
Boys and Volunteer Fisenea
In the Work Of
Rescue.

Ithaca, N. Y.-The $500 oe man
sion of the Chi Psi fraternity at Cor
nell university-the finest chapter
house in the world-burned early Fri.
day, and seven persons persisted In
the confagration. or these four were
students, and the others prominent
townsmen who had responded to the
alarm in the capacity OF volunteer
tiremen.
The bodies of the dead with the
execution of those of w. H. Nichols.
of Chicago, and F. w. Grelle, Of East
Orange, ~. j., were recovered Friday
night 1t was decided to dynamite the
ruins to facilitate the search for tho
missing bodies:
The dead are:
Attorney Alfred S. Robinson, hook
and ladder company No. 3.
John c. Rumsey, hardware mer
chant, hose company No. s.
E. J. Landon, salesman; hose com
pany No. A.
F. w. Grelle. of East oYaase. N. j.,
10.
o. L. Schmuck, of Hanover, Pa,
'O7.
w. H. Nichols, of Chicago, OF.
James McCutcheon, Jr., Of Pitts
burg, Pa, '09.
The injured are:
H. s. Decamp, of New York, 'os.
Henry M. Curry, of Pittsburg, Pa,
'09
r. r. Powers, of Atlanta, Ca. 10.
w. W. Goetz, of Milwaukee. go.
H.. A. Uihlein, of Milwaukee. '07.
G. r. Sailor, of Pittsbarg. Pa, '07.
G. ]. Pope, of East Orange, N. J.,
10.
The heroism of the volunteer FIRE.
men who died attacking the fire was
matched by the heroism of Sohmuck,
who reentered the burning bailding
in futile effort to save Nichols, his
roommate, and who died later from
his injuries, and by the courage OF
McCutcheon, who remained La the
flames until fatally burned, to assist
his comrades to escape. Pope, the
freshman. received his injuries while
seeking to rescue other members OF
the fraternity.
Among those earliest on the scene,
and who contributed most of the
work OF rescue from the flames which
had already converted the first floor
OF the doomed dormitory into an In.
ferno, were several Cornell football
men. All did effective work. II has
been declared that the work Of Sam
Halliday, the old fullback, and OF
Earle and Gibson, the halfbaeks of
the season ended, united with that OF
the Chi Psi men who risked their
lives that their brothers might live,
will be remembered long In the an.
nails Of Cornell.
The cause Of the fire win probably
never be discovered. The building is
an unsightly wreck, with no particle
of it's inner furniture remaining. Cor
nell is deprived of one of it's land.
marks, for the lodge was built in 1881
by Jennie McGraw Fiske, at a cost
of $4,000. The daughter of the
lumber king, John McGraw, who was
one of Cornell's early great henefac-
tors, never enjoyed her palace and
entered it only after death.
Around the house have clustered
the memory of the great fight for the
Ffske millions waged between Prof.
Willard Fiske, the husband, and
Judge Boardman, as the representa-
tive of Cornell, to which Mrs Bfske
had left the bulk of her estate.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
Six Year Term for PresIden,

Washington.-A term of six years
for the president and vice president of
the United States is proposed by Sen.
ator Cullom In joint resolution in.
troduced Thursday providing for "a
amendment to the constitution.