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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18
Heroic Man
JUMPS FROM SECOND STORY
WINDOW WITH HIS CHILD IN
ARMS ANpssIs BADLY HURT -
MOTHER, A HEROINE, ALSO
! SAVES BABE.

t
ELIZABETH, w. Va, Sept. 1s.
While he made himself hero and
saved the life OF his little child, DR..
p. w. McCluns. of Elizabeth. may
have been fatally hurt in jumping
from the second story window of his
burning home yesterday morning
about five o'clock.
Mrs. McClung also jumped from a
window with a child in arms, but mir
aculously escaped serious injury
Neither OF the children was hurt to
any considerable extent.
The fire had gained great headway
before 1t was discovered and the
members of the family were hemmed
in by the flames before they were
awakened.
There was only one thing to do and
that was to jump, SO that doctor. with
his older child. in his arms. leaped
from the window and told Mrs. Nc
Chung to do the same. which she did.
He sprained his legs in allghting and
was injured internally, it is believed.
The building was entirely destroyed
and it was only through the efforts
of volunteer fire fighters that the sur
rounding residences were saved. Near
1y everyone in the town turned out to
give assistance and it is due to them
that number of fine horses were saw
ed.
The McClung home was one of the
.-+aE
street., not far from the high school
building. only 5000 insurance was
carried.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18
TERRIBLE TYPHOON STRIKES HONG KONG
and HUNDREDS OF LIVES ARE Lost

Cheung, went down with all hands.
The steamer Fustlan, OF Hong Kong,
foundered, only the pursers and mate
escaping.
In the city the typhoon wrought
great damage, whole rows Of houses
were leyeled and heavy loss Of life
occurred. Business Is at standstill
and native citizens are almost In a
panic. It Is also reported that mem
bers of foreign colonies sustained con-
siderable loss OF property and that a
number Of foreign residents suffered
injuries, but so far as known no fatal
ities are among them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18
..5R!I.E!...S'I!.!I!.D!!E:N.I.. /
ABANDON TRIP TO PANAMA,
IF oBpER ls NOT REsToR:
Ed in CUBA.

fA4f ert. e 4 - 81 -.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1s.- Unless
peace and order are completely re-
stored In Cuba within short time, it
Is quite possible that President Roose-
velt viii abandon his contemplated
trip to Panama. Secretary Taft hopes
to Ebe able to complete his mission
within ten days, after his arrival at
HaYana but even II success crowns
his efforts, as everybody believes it
will it Is to be expected that 1t will
take many weeks Of simmering and
settling before the entire island of
Cuba can be said to be paciaed, aud
normal conditions restored. So long
as there is any possibility of further
Outbreaks In Cuba, or the least ltkelt-
hood that action Of any sort by the
6hltad States might become necessary
It IS not probable that the President
wouldsleave the United States. While
the Panama trip, therefore, has been
! abandoned, there is considerable doubt
lt this time whether the President
wiilSbe able to take it.
IfS he should deem it unwfse to alb
sent himself from the United States
under the conditions, it is possible
thatIhe may ask Secretary Root, who
IS now on his way to, Panama from
PERT, to make more extended stay
s. sIsthmus.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18
The Disaster
Came Without
SlightestW Warning:

MANILA, Sept. 49, Without the
slightest warning Of disaster, Hong
Kong was to-day visited by terrible
tynhoon, which swept across the ISL
and on which the city Is located and.
wrought great damage in the harbor..
This Is the news contained in cable
grams received here from Chinese cit
les: Enormous property loss has been
caused and hundreds of lives destroy
ed, The coast for miles is lined with
wrecks of vessels, caught in the storm
and driven ashore. In Hong Kong
harbor many VESSELS foundaredi and
others were driven ashore. The loss
OF life is heaviest among crews ON
vessels In port II is reported that
Jn numerous case moi. mi scepet
from the shlp The3 tIlisii Steiner
|lohannn and the Btit u 81 amer stlil
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18

Awful Crime
Near Huntington

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Sept. 1S. =
A crime, one of the most dastard1y re-
corded in the criminal history of Ca
bell county, and one which has filed
with Indignation every man within a
radius Of twenty I'VE miles was dis
covered yesterday at the town Of
Barboursyllle. eight miles southeast
OF this city. About o'clock r. H.
Baker, aged seventy, was discovered
lying on the floor Of his store near the
C. & o. station, with his skull crush
ed and his body fearfully mutilated.
Near by was found pick, such as is
commonly used by railway laborers,
the bloody instrument telling how the
deed was committed Baker had evil
IDENTIFY been dead for eight or ten
hours. The cash drawer had been
rified, and there were evidences that
many articles of value had been car
ried away.
The authorities in this city were
Immediately communicated with and
the chief Of police and two deputy
sharftrs, the county coroner and
bloodhounds left Immediately for Bar
boursvflle The hounds we're unable
to strike any well defined trail and
their actions confused rather than aid
ed the officers, save that they left the
impression the murder was committed
by persons living in close proximity
to the store. The officers are still
hard at work on the case and 1t was
given out last night that clue had
been obtained that would lead to ar
rests.
Hundreds of people are still crowd
ing the streets OF the little town and
public INDICATION is still at such a
heat thai. should the murderer be dis
covered II would be hardsto save him
from mob violence. Bakers store had
been robbsd twice Since JsnuaTy
and he had been sleeping there for
several months.
At midnight it was stated that two
boys OF fifteen, sons OF prominent fam
lilies, would be arrested, charged with
the murder. as soon as they could be
located Tuesday morning.
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Delay in The
Assault Case
somervIIIe Not Given Hearing Because
Defense Was Not Prepared
to Go to Trial.

PARKERsBURG. Sept. 1s:-Da!!ct
Ira Someryille. arrested Saturday
charged with criminally assa";ting
Lizzie Deaner. did not get his prelim-
mary hearing before Magistrate Rut-
tencutter. The nearing had been set
for one o'clock yesterday afternoon,
but before that Tt,me Attorney R. Z.
Bills. for the defense, called on the
magistrate and asl ed for cont:n.t'
ance Until this evening at Ave o cock,
as he and his cispt were unprep t"ct
to 20 into the casis
Several wftnes".-: had not hese:I serv'
ed anu this, togeLrc: with the fac that
ether preliminartcs' bad not Le.n ar
ragged, were tile 81 ounds given H.
Mr.. T.!!Gs for the continuance. The
r.s .trate susta;I-etl the motion. and
set tI,r time for i'vc o'clock at WhIcl,
lie N.strucled Mr. Pills to so INFO TIC
case.
No new Developments have as yet
arisen in the case. 1t is understood
that the defense will attempt to show
up Lhe character VI tHe SlIl at IHe
hearing, which will likely have some
bearing on the case. 1t is said the de-
fendant's attorney is getting all the
evidence he can, and will introduce
some evidence not expected by the
state. somervtlle's friends say they
are not in the least worried about
him and he will be cleared, probably
at the preliminary hearing to-day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18
THE WARNING BELL"

If you are lover of good things,
by all means avail yourselves of the
opportunity to see The Warning Bell
which comes to the Grand next
Thursday. Press, pulpit and public
alike acclaim it one of the greatest
OF the seasons successes If you en-
Joy a good, clean, story deftly told;
good humor; good music and singing,
by all means see it. The whole play
is feast of good things.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18
!IRjIlSI|E.IN ! !
Alg PROTEST
0NI s sen llTENGE

y - " . IL " D b r
VfARsAyV, Sept. H. Arrafuned for
sriaI sefoFe q military court composed
of ottieeFs who recently organized the
terlfble lasascre at sledlee, two hun-
died peFso arrested while the out
sreals there was in proDress, were to-
day conde efnned to Death for alleged
aetsI6f violence committed during the
maj saere Such a5travesty Of justice
hi nst Been witnessed even In Rus
sia years. The passing Of the death
aentenee upon prisoners has aroused
torn sof protest as the injustice Of
tiic aot ESQ apparent.
t ssbelieved the authorities at St.
setersburn will order a eommutatlOn
81 the sentence.
Ilie movement to save the victims
OF the court martial has already been
started england. Leading Hebrews
ir LONDON have issued a strong ap-
peal to an civilized nations asking
that prot est be made to Russia to see
that the anticipated death sentences
snould not be executed. Under the
new Russian order providing for mill
tufy trials for persons charged with
revolutionary crimes, executions must
follow within 4s hours after sentence
i IS pronounced.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18

. - :
& WAsHISGToN on Sept resident
Roosevelt or Mr.. Bryans which shall
be endorsed by the voters of tte coun
try? This Is the orl zeal Issue ~
the present congEes ioEal campaign.
President Roosevelt stands for the
Republican, party and stands
for him. Every. vote for Repabli-
can candidate Tor Com this sear
is vote of approval Tor the policies
1.-THE Repubti tican part as i'fetsd
and carried out by eelE and
the Republican Cong I,yety vote
for a Democratic candi is q vote
OF endorsement for aIr: Btyan and for
all Of the socia1istlc and fialistic
ideas that he has pie ed slp On his
tour Of the world and that he sfill in
corporate in the next I1etnoc fasic ne-
tional platform. There We lleipocEats
who arc trying to o8conyI1ee tlietnseives
that Mr.. Bryan IS not The dictator 81
his party and will not antocratically
shape it's platform A 1908 The his
tory Of their party for the lust deeaee.
however, shows that the fut,ire can
be Judged by the past lsr''r- ''''r'
make the party platform IA 1903 as
aBsuIuteIy as he has In every nAsionM
convention since 1856. when ne CAP
tured the convention ii Giiieago and.
after assisting In the flataifs ~
most radical platform, forced lsis own
nomination as the tdatel Again in
1900 although he was iinplofed ~ his
party associates I'd Tisst piTcs ssions
TO- the conservative forced the
adoption. OF his own platform q efery
detail; Yet again alinl lle dictated
the platform and put mar m the
absurd position Of running q gold
standard candt dtdates ON free sllFar
platform.
With this history III MINI = ltere can
be no doubt that Bfr. Bryan expects
and intends not only TO be ne esnai
date of his party In 1908 but also TO
shape It's platform. He has nut Tor
ward government ownership ana ppe-
ratfun Of railroads as his idea pf what
the paramount issue i'm the next cam
pHlSQ SLOu4u pss s4att
to profess now that he does not want
to force it ON his party but * the
Democrats should elect q lorisy Of
tho congressional cansli tliis rear
or should make any substantial gains
he would immedlately claim me fe-
suit as an endorsement Of new is
sue. He would sweep senator Bailey.
Il
Senator Daniel and all t1e Other
States rights consery yes from his
path and force the adppt lion e
form containing his 50 rIlrlent own
ershIp plank and embod ytng atisof the
other strange and nnz kutettcan the
orles of government that he nay vet
have in reserve.
In contrast with this picture pt a
party ruled by a single man VINO viii
tolerate no disapproyal oE ms views
the Republican party stands for basic
principles and ideas from llirh Il has
not wavered since its oiindattpn They
have been forced upon l,y MO MAN.
They are believed ii rs IN Repuhli-
cans and yet the creed % the ppF'y s
tConcluded on Page esf.t
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WHICH SHALL III WHICH Shall
1T BE R0OS Welt gR BR I!
Duckworth Case
GETS AN6THER SHOW BY plsA.
eREEMENT OF JURY - MANY
HOURS OF pELIRERATIoM FAIL
TO AFFORD VERDICT AND CASE
Is POSTPONED.

PARKERsBURG, Sept 1s. No
agreement was reached by the jury
yesterday in the case Of Simon q.
Duckworth, alleged forger and embez.
zler.
AT five o'clock In the afternoon the
jury returned to the criminal court
room from the chamber in which it
deliberated for many hours, and re-
ported that it was impossible to
agree. and was dismissed, making 1T
necessary that the history Of one of
the most important cases to be tried
here in recent years be elongated.
BY some it is said that the jurors
stood six for acqutttal and six for con-
yIction; but others claim to know that
only two of the jurors favored the ac-
quittal Of the accused.
Duckworth, the man alleged to have
swlndled $1,000 from the Equitable
Assurance Society, and also to have
forged the names of a number of men
of prominence and Others to papers
necessary In getting the large sum Of
money, is still under bond, and 1t is
possible that he will yet bs tried at
this term Of court on one or more of
the several charges under which he
being held to the State court. II
not the forgery charges will be tried
at later term and in the meantime
1t is possible that the Federal authori.
ties will assume the right to make use
OF the accused who is wanted by the
United States for misuse Of the mails:
A,Decided Victory.
The accused was being tried on the
charge OF forging the name Of Attor-
ney H. B. Dodge to aftidavits concern
ing the alleged death certificate of
Hugh T. wilson through which Duck
worth Is. alleged to have procured S6ss
900. -,.
Since no conviction was obtained;
the defendant stands a good chance
OF parpetuating the cases against him
and may eyetuaIEy be released from
custody. He has thus far been vic
torious to certain extent -
The jury was given the case Satur-
day afternoon. and deliberated till ten
O'Clock that night without arriving at
verdict 1t was continued as a jury
in that case till yesterday morning.
when it again took up the considera-
tion OF the case. The foreman report
ed three times during the day that
certain phases of the case were not
fully understood by. the jury. They
were given enlightenment, on the sub
iects by the court and instructed to
fnd verdict If possible. Finally, at
five O'Clock, at the courts fnstruc-
tions, the last report was made and
the foreman said there was no posi-
BILE way to get the jury to agree. 1t
was then dismissed.
An Investigation.
1t is said that the court will make
an investigation into the matter of
the lights being mysterlously extin-
guishsd Saturday night when the
jury returned to the court room. The
suggestion has not been oficially
made, however, that that colncident
was of criminal creation as it may
have been due to a peculiar accident
which. however, was one, IT such it
was, that had an indirect bearing on
the deliberations of the jury.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18
7wENTlErA AnNuALzMEET[IMe
OF the Central woman's cRrtstla
Temperance Union.

. ft- ~
OF tths Central woman's Christian
Temperance Union.
The twentieth annual meeting OF
the Central Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union will be held this even
ing, September 18th. in the Library
parlor at 1880 o'clock. The following
is the programmes:
Devotional-Mrs. Sarah Lloyd.
Minutes of previous meeting.
Brief address of the restdent-Mrs.
N. R. G. Morrow.
Report of the corresponding secre-
tary-Mrs. MollIe Ross:
Report of the treasurer-Mrs. B. p.
Murgrave.
Superintendents' reports.
Eyangelistic and Penal Reformatory
Mrs. G. F. Carrell.
Mothers Club-Mrs. ]. w. Barnes.
Flower Mission-Mrs. Mary Grow.
Sunday school-Mrs. E. S. Amos.
Press-Mrs. Alice Miller.
Medal Contest-NIrs. Mary Hennen.
Franchlse-Mrs B. L. Butcher.
Medical Temperance O. c.
Henry.
Social meeting and Red Letter Days
Mrs. w. A. Fisher.
Railroad work-Mrs. Olive Pttzer.
Election Of officers.
Members are urged to be present
and friends of the cause are cordially
invited,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18
WHO is eulLTYq
That Question Remains Unanswered in
Shooting case.

JJ. Daugherty, charged with shoot
ing of Tona Julian, was acquitted in
Justice Amos Court. Daugherty was
arrested yesterday afternoon and went
into htstrlal without any delay, He
had no dif1culty in proving his inno-
cence. The case as to the Italians was
dismissed. No one could determine
the guilty parties
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18
Cruise Arrived

WASHINGTON, D. c., sept. IS. ~
The Navy Department has advtces re-
porting the arrival at Cienfuegos Of
the cruiser Dixie from Havana with
marines aboard. The commander of
the Dixie reports that there has been
no further disturbances in the ytcln-
ity Of Cienfuegos.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18

BEFORE
TAFT'S ARRIVAL

HAVANA, Sept. 1s.-The efforts OF
Peace Makers" who are busy today
trying to arrange a compromise be-
tween the government and insurgents
at the gates Of the city before the ar
rival of Secretaries Taft and Bacon
are now being directed toward try
ing to induce all members OF Congress
% prorfer their resignations. Palma s
;esignatfon is regarded as sure to be
'orthcomtng at the proper moment.
Should the senators and representa-
tives resign that will open the way
for the holding of new elections which
Is the main demand OF the insurgents.
So far peace commissioners have not
met with great success in their en-
deavors to effect settlement New
elections and Palmas retirement have,
been set by insurgents as the mini
mum which they will agree to with
the arrival OF Taft and Bacon. Gener-
al retirement Of Palma's underlings
from good paying government posi-
tions is expected, senor Hevia, di-
rector of the State Department, has
set the example by Offering his reslg-
nation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18

Miss Georgia Hickman came home
today from Elltins, having been call
ed home on the account of the Sc
rlous illness of her sister Grace.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18
sMorHERD IN TUNNEL.
c. q O. Engineer Met Death When
Train Stalled.

HINTON. w. Va, Sept 1s.- John
Bess, q. @ o: engineer, was smother
ed to death in stretcher's Neck tnn.
nell twelve miles west of this place.
His train stalled In the middle Of
ths long hole. and before his fireman
could get the engine to, working and
back out Bess was dead.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18
School Books,
New supply at A. 9. KLnkead's.
Notice.

All parties lsnowins themselves fn-
debted to Grllspy e. ro 'wlll please
call md settle at once.
10;1Ots NJ. ]. LANTz.
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HAVANA, Sept. 1s. Secretary
Taft is expected here late to-day. Both
sides are most anxiousIy laboring to
settle their trouble before Taft's ar
rival. Every effort is being made to
remove the deadlock which existed
yesterday SO that the factions may be
able to present to him the text of an
agreement for approval rather than
have to appear before him as an arbi-
TRAITOR.
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sTREE.T r TAT on MING
sGrs ssPt aotIai az rlls ssa Iisp
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Nav Lodae .at WaIIaee.

A number OF the local lodge OF the
Knights Of Pythias went to wallace
this afternoon. where new lodge is
to be Installed. The degree team of
the Fairmont lodge has the work in
charge. sl... 81.
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2 DON'T fof1et nc dakeS BELT VIEW
aSieslTs St is sspt
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: New supply tore
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-18

county School Books.
at A. IlinkeaIl, gs14 Main street.
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sellooI Books ExeFanqed.

ls Rt A 8, KtRksaS y & e I Main t street
The daily sentinel., 1906-07-11
A NEW MANAGEMENT.

Mr.. Will J. Vollmer, today accept
ed the management of the Independ
ent Fruit Growers association. ten
dered him by the directorate yes
terday. and Immediately entered up
on the discharge of his duties in that
capacity.
The Independent Fruit Growers as
sociation is fortunate in securing the
services of so capable a man as Mr..
Vollmer and under ne management
will doubtless prosper as 1t has in
the past.
The outlook at this time is ex-
ceptionally bright.
Mr. vollmer, the new manager, is
well known to the merchants of the
city.
A careful, conservative, energetic
business man and a practical fruit
grower with the good will and con-
fidence of the entire community it is
but natural to predict for the Inde-
pendent association n successful sea-
son.
The daily sentinel., 1906-07-11
Big PRESSED BRICK HOTEL
TO BE ERECTED HERE
Work Will Start in Few Days on Fine New
Hostelry For Harry Burnett. Three Stories
and Basement. One of the Largest and
Most Modern in Western Colorado.

A pressed brick hotel, three stor-
les high, with full basement, with n
frontage of forty feet and n depth
of 1915 feet modern in every detail
and destined to be one of the hand
soonest hostIeries i'm this section OF
the state, will be erected by Harry
Burnett, proprietor of the Grand Ho-
tel.
Work is TO start within n few days,
the contracts will be let this week and
at the meeting of the city council this
evening Mr.. Burnett will make appli-
cation for permission to begin the
construction of the fine house the
cost of which will run way up into
the thousands of dollars.
The new hotel will stand as one
of the biggest and most important
building events in Grand Junction this
year.
For months Mr.. and Mrs. Burnett
have been contemplating the erection
of this new house and the plans and
specifications were prepared and pre-
sented to them for consideration and
approval some weeks ago. These
have been finally decided upon and
are now in the hands of the contrac-
tors who have offered bids upon the
work.
1t is proposed to push the work as
rapidly as possible and the new build
ing will be ready for service before
the year is ended.
The Grand Hotel as It stands to-
day is a modern aud spacious hos
tlery. but owing to the rapidly in
creasing business Mr.. Burnett finds
IL necessary to increase the capacity
of his house. and in doing so he will
build an addition that will in itself
be much larger and much more at
tractive than the present highly popu
lar house.
The Grand hotel stands on the
corner of Fouth street and Colorado
avenue. Mr.. Burnett owns the va
cant lot Just west of the hotel, on
this with a frontage of about forty
feet and running back 125 feet, the
full length of the lot, will be erected
the white pressed brick building, It
will also be the same length as the
present hotel.
For a distance of 81 feet from the
street the new addition will adjoin
the present building, then will come
a court seventeen feet wide which
will run between the old hotel and
the new one clear to the rear of the
big structure.
On the first hoor OF the new mouse,
facing the street will be the dining
room 81 by 2S feet in size. The re-
mainder of the first floor, in the rear
of the dining room. will be divided
into four large well lighted and sep
arate sample rooms. Large folding
doors will be put between the din
ing room and the first sample room
so that on banquet occasions the first
sample room may become part oil
the dining room, providing the larg-
est banqueting room in the city.
The second and third floors of the
new house will contain the guest
rooms exclusively. There will be
hot and cold water in every room