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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13
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a bequest that promise 70 9 the larg
IN It's history AZ the death 1.-THE
teststoFs wife. Clara Z. Dotger the.
entire residnary estate. said b.
Ebout half a million dollars viii 80
to the endowment fund Of Booker 4
Mashtngtons school. The present
endowment is a little over $1,00O.90O
The will containing the bequest has
Just been e.ed for probate in Newark
N. .. The will also contains q NUM-
her Of considerable requests to3orange
institutions, in which Mr.. Dotger took
"a good deal Of interest. The German
hospital Of Philadelphia. will get s1O!S
900 at the came time.
AL the residuary estate, after the
teuuests arc satisfied, goes into trust
fulld in the care Of Mrs. Dotger, James
McGoyern and otto Magnus, Of this
city. From the income Of this trust
fund provision IS made for the educas
zion Of Glare and Herbert Le Van
Richards, the children Of an adopted.
daughter. The rest Of the income IL
TO 60 to Mrs. Dotger during her life
time. At ncr death two sums Of $780,,
GOO each are set aside for the lifettmes
of two grandchildren. They will get
the income and their issue the priRcl
pal. If they have no issue these two
$4,000 sums will revert to the trust
fund. Tie whole Of this fund will go
10 the Tuskegee school. 1t will prob
ably be $5c0,0OO without these possible
additions.
Andrew Dotger died December 30
lie retired from the New York Stock
Exchange 80 years ago and has since
been interested mostly in the local af-
fairs Of the Oranges. He had no con.
nectlon Wit! Tuskegee and never Wis
ited 1t, but he read much about the
negro problem and the Tpskegee way
of solving it. He was born in PhiIa-
delphia in 1871.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13
This Settles II.

"A report was given wide ctrcula.
ton, a few days ago, that Fairmont
was to have another Republican pa.
per. The unanimous verdict Of the
press, however, is that the West vtr-
ginian, with Brother Lough at the
helm, is amply able to speak for the
Grand Old Party in Good Old Marion,
So say we all.-cameron star-Tri.
bune.
Tie Parkersburg State Journal an.
swers a yextng and interesting ques.
ton in this way:
srhe Fairmont West virgtnian
wants to know where Moses was when
the State printing contract was let.
Out in the cold it seems. Hence his
condition Of unusual warmth. This
can be accounted for on the ground
that Moses always was a pardoxical
sort of a fellow"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13
SAM STAYED THE LIMIT.
Told Him to Sit BY the Hippo.
drome Door Until He Came Out,
and He Did.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-Not all OF
the trained. growing lions exhibited
nightly at the Hippodrome attracted
the attention that a small fluffy
brown Chow" dog did at the en-.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13

The West vEglnian had an ed.
so1al or Women q Murderer re.
cent? odf reade win remember
iother papersalso haye Beer discus
n the subiec ! seen upm3
lie following II etsrday parket
burg State Journal
'sThe Dispatch SAYS that q woman
murderer e Just Is bad IS man mgI
deter. AS 9 raIe she worse When.
q woman makes up her mind BE-
come 9 criminal she does 50 with
more d%eliberation. more cruelty ami
more remorsetessness than the tndts
vtdtals Of the opposite sex ever could
hope to display, There seems to be
no middle ground for woman. She
must be either very good or tremenl-
ous1y bad
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13

The Parkersburg Dtspatch.News
thinks it sees evidences that the
movements Of one Of our fellow.towns.
men is being closely watched. II
says:
There are indications that the Hon.
Thomas Parks Fleming, Of Fairmont.
is being Swallowed. The gay and fest
i've Thomas is suspected in different
quarters with nurturtng an ambition
to be something or, another that some
body else wants to continue to be-"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-11
KING EDWARD GRANTS
TUCKER AN INTERVIEW.
His Majesty Assures the James,
town Exposition Head of
Hearty Cooperation.
(By Associated Press


LONDON. January 1o.-Harry st.
George Tucker. president OF the James
town Exposition Company, who was in
troduced by Charge d'Affaires Carter was
received In audience by king Edward this
morning. His Majesty received Mr.. Tuck
err cordially and showed much interest in
the proposal to send British naval and
military contingents to the opening cere-
monies at jamestown In 1907, with the
details OF which he had been made ac-
quainted through the foreign office, war
office and admiralty. Mr.. Tucker. having
expressed the desire in America that
Great Britain be represented IN proper
ton to her power as naval and military
nation. the King replied that Great Brit
ain welcomed the opportunity Of uniting
with America in celebrating the birth OF
the American nation. 1t has been sug
gested that Field Marshal Lord Roberts
should head the military contingent, and
also that member Of the royal family
should attend the exposition. Mr.. Tuck
er mentioned this to the King.
A personal message Of President
Roosevelt's was delivered to His Majesty,
who sent q reply.
Mr.. Tucker will embark on board the
White Star Line steamer Majestic at
Queenstown tomorrow, having delayed
his departure for home on account Of the
audience.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-11
DIR. WILLIAM R. HARPER.

conduct of university affairs. but for min
ute details-the reading of proof for con-
vocation programmes, the formation of
university professions. the discipline of
unruly boys.
He has hours in which he sees anybody
who cornes-a Russian Jew making appli-
cation for a scholarship; a good Baptist
from ISankakee. complaining that dancing
is allowed in university building; a
student asking whether he should accept
u position and cut short his education
1t is told that, receiving from Il confiding
parent a letter asking him to meet at the
son, with apologies that an important
:, He lacks one quality, however, which
often makes them loved; he is. not inn
pulsive. He is u planner, cautious and
systematic. He drew up a plan for the de-
yclopment of the university before he set
foot on the ground; and In main outlines
that plan has been adhered to- He talks
pleasantly, but he will not be drawn
out. While he is speaking most freely,
he Is most certain what he Is about TO
say. Sometimes one questions whether
this caution is not an acquired trait This
refusal TO commit himself, which has
sometimes provoked the charge that he
lacked tact and has created the belief
that he regarded the city as an annex to
the university, has afforded opportunity
for local prejudice against him, and some
times other things have increased it.
Yet he has not been prophet without
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by their own worth.
Again. like other men who know the
ways of b&siness. DR.. Harper under
stands the value of advertising. He
showed this at the outset. when he chose
the faculty. He understood the temper OF
his time: If the new enterprise We're to
succeed, 1t must from the first attract at
tention. Every one OF his advisers, his
Oldest and most trusted friends, said the
same things: Get body of young men,
who can be moulded to Your plan, and
who will grow up with tho university
Older men. particularly older teachers,
are too grounded in their own ways 10
permit any harmony among large body
of them, selected from all parts of the
country and set to face a new problem .
DIR. Harper realized that the faculty
must be made up of men not only OF
ability. bu, of reputation. If he could get
men who would pull at all he had con-
lidence in his power to get them to pull
together. Therefore, he set himself the
task of inducing the most prominent spe-
c1allsts In the country TO throw in their
lot with the new university.
He made mistakes. he caused heart
burnlngs. he almost dIsorganlzed one
well-known institution of research In the
East, from which he secured the heads
OF the three principal departments, but
he succeeded in his aim. His confidence
in himself bred confidence in others: there
nre men at the University of Chicago
who came twelve years ago on tho hare
assurance that Something would turn
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OBITUARY.
S. Edgar Tyler.

Mr. S. Edgar Tyler died at Virginia
Hospital at 1850 p. M. Tuesday after
an Illness of several weeks. Tho body
was removed to the residence OF his
sister, Mrs, j.. b. Burroughs. No, GEL
North Fifth Street.
Mr. Tyler was born In Lynchburg
June 10. 1854 His parents moved to
Richmond few years later. where he
spent his boyhood. Flo has travelled a
great deal. The last ten years of his
life were spent In Gladstone, Va, He Is
survived by a wife. formerly Mrs. Clara
Campbell. of Gladstone, Va. and his
daughter Mrs. Bertha Tyler Coke, Of
Chattanooga. Tenn. -8s
He was a brother Of Messrs. G, y,
Tyler. John D. and w. Q. Tyler and Mrs.
j, 3. Burroughs. Mrs. John Baker, MIS-,
A. C. Turner ana Miss Maynle NJ Tyler
Mr.. Tyler was true Christian gentle
man, ana was held In high esteem py
all who 'knew him.
The funeral will take place at z q NJ,
to-day from the Seventh Street Chris
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honor in his own country. though he has
been /, prophet not without enemies.
FoRCEFUL WORKER.
DIR. Mitchell Tells of DR.. Harper's
Great Educational Work.

DR.. S. C. Mitchell, of Richmond Col
lege, who won, the degree OF Doctor of
Philosophy at the University of Chicago,
and who had, while there, opportunity
for close study of the character and edu-
catonal work of DIR. Harper, said of
him last night:
civilian r. Harper was of the
Napoleonlc order of men, daring In the
reach of his IDEAS and successful be
ycnd belief in bringing them to com.
pletion. The conception and execution or
n plan, which in most men are two sep
arate acts. seemed fused in single Ell
fort of his mind ever glowing at white
heat Endowed with robust body, tire
less energy and resstless will, he pack
ed into life spanning less than nifty
years an amount of manly work that
rebukes the inaction OF us all; In a
sense, his life is complete. despite the
fact that he has been taken from us in
the prime Of his powers; for he has made
Hebrew studies among the most popular
in America; he has democratized learn
ing through the Chatauqua: he has given
a respondent example of what an In
spring teacher can do. and he has created
tined to prove the dynamo of culture
for the great eXpanse OF the mississippi
Valley.
DIR. Harper, was educated In a small
college in ONO. Its MISUNDERSTANDING
Is strange even now to most people. He
taught school in Macon. Tenn. and later
in Denison Academy. at Granville. O..
After pursuing his graduate studies
Chicago Theological Seminary, from
which he was recalled to similar chair
at Yale. 1t was here that he edited the
old Testament Student and established a
Builds Up a Great School.
When Mr.. John p. Rockefeller was
cago University which had collapsed in
spite of heroic efforts to perpetuate It,.
he singled out the enterprising teacher
father the new university in the West.
Never was there a more fortunate choice.
DR.. Harper, locating the university upon
a field, became within decade one of
leaders who man our. American schools.
such as Elliot Hadley, Alderman and
Butler. The university is to-day housed
IN M. more than thirty comely stone build
ter of q million dollars. 1t has an en-
dowment of twenty million dollars and a
faculty of more than three hundred
teachers, many of whom are pre-eminent
thousand five hundred students are In
attendance. These figures clearly speak
OF the tremendous eSertions OF this ere
teacher He once told me that he would
not have accepted the presidency of the
unless It had been agreed
to continue, the teaching Of Hebrew. He
member Of the faculty yet at the same
ar s IN he nXeFs G pabo e sehoa
system of Chicago, protected the Asso..
citation for Religious Education, and
Wrote VITO timely books of considerable value.
the students Wis his personality was 0'' 4
constant inspiration.
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FIR. ". R. HARPER
HAS PASSED AWAY.
----------
Noted Expert of Education and
Father Of Chicago University
Dies in Chicago.
lHls EAeERNEss FOR WORK
Energy Of President Harper Was
n Both Despair and Admira-
ton OF His Friends.
IBIS EAGERNEss FOR WORK
(By Associated Press. )


ff CHICAGO. ILL., January 1o.--Willinm
Raincy Harper, l.. l.. d., president of the
University of Chicago since It's inception
Z IN 1891, regarded by many as the fore
most Hebrew scholar in America. and
equally renowned as educator and business
man. died to-day of cancer OF the intes-
tines at his home on the university CAM
spus. Although his death was known to
tbe inevitable within comparatively
short time the end of his life, due to
4 physical exhaustion. came suddenly. He
was forty-nine years old.
Three years ago DR. Harper underwent
an operation for appendicitis. Cancerous
symptoms followed recovery from this
Operation. and on February %. 1905, an
operation was decided on to determine
the cause OF severe abdominal pains.
1t was discovered that DR.. Harper was
suffering from Il cancer ut the head OF
the large intestines, and that the malady
had progressed so far that an operation
tn remove it would be fatal to the pa
stient
DIR. Harper Subsequently took up his
usual duties at the university. but knew
&that death must ensue within a short
time.
During the last fortnight his strength
failed rapidly. and II was evident to his
medical attendants that the end could
nft he far off. Messages We're sent to
lis immediate relatives. and all of them
were at the house to-day when he died.
DIR. Harper left Il statement outlining
his wishes for the ceremonies of his
funeral. A detail which he emphasized.
both in writing and in person, was that
no regular university exercise should be
Suspended except during the hours of the
funeral services.
The services will be held in Mandel
Hail. at the university. Sunday afternoon
nt . o'clock
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DEATHS.

sth. in New York '' city, sss R1c efhaHi6
srETsoN ALLEN. SIR. formerly Of
Tuckahoe, Va, In the seyenty-eign:h
Services de s THURSDAY. JANUARY
18TH. from st: Paul's Church, R;ch-
California. Boston, New Haven and
Georgia papers please copf
CRUTCHFIELD.-Die Wednesday. Jan-
nary 10, 1906. at 30 P. 81. at the resi-
gA Ms' tRHf fss FsiTSei M Issw a " Ihs
late George K, Crutchaeld. OF this city.
bsterian Church AT at P. II. THURS
DAY. Burial In Shockoe Cemetery.
CHANDLER Died at his residence, ois
North TT, Third Street Wednesday, yr, Jan,
CHANDLER tcolored.
Funeral notice later.
ROBINSON funeral of JOHN w.
nesday. Will take place TO-DAY from
iniefnent in Kiver'view. : Friends In
vited
SMITH The funeral of MR.. ABRAHAM
TMuhspaY e'e qANUA Ky 1lT aas 1s s at
o.op Az, 10 0oulu
Second Street.
Friends are invited to attend.
srArFoN.-Died at her home in Mon
treal, Canada, January 10th. at $40 P.
NJ. ANNIE BERRY STATION, be-
loved wife of John j. Station, and
daughter of the late Francis and Bridget
Berry. She leaves one child, four Sis
ters and one brother to mourn their
loss
Funeral notice later
TAYLoR.-Died at 1880 last night, at her
MRS. HENRIETTA NIAIo TAYLOR
Funeral notice later.
10. 1906, at the residence. ITO North
Twenty-seyenth Street, CARL SAN
FORD, the Infant son OF E. G.. and
A. f. Moran, aged weeks and 8 days.
The cradle Is empty now.
The little clothes laid by:
Mothers hope and fatheris joy
In Deaths cold arms doth lie.
Funeral from the residence TO-MOR-
ROW Crhursday) AFTERNOON at {. 80
o'clock Interment In lakewood.
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dictator II Napoleon of education"
whatever these may be; vet it is DIR.
Harper who, pereoiving the need in so
large an institution of an able corps of
advisers. has in very real sense organ
lied this board, and thus himself put
dictation beyond his power. 1t is true
that the presidents influence with the
board is great; but in an active body
which includes such men as Martin A.
Ryerson, Charles l.. Hutchinson and
Enos Barton, plans must win consent
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HIS METHODS AND
CHARACTERISTICS
Napoleon of Education" Like
Other Men, Understood the
Value of Advertising.

William Rainey Harper WAS born at
New Concord. o. July 20, 1856. He was
graduated at lIiskingun College in 1870.
From 1873 TO 1886 he was professor OF
Hebrew at the Baptist Union Theological
Seminary Chicago and oil semitic lam
guages In the graduate faculty OF Yale
From 1889 he was also professor OF Biblical
literature. He was principal of the Chau-
2na IN 1871 was appointed director OF The
Chalttauaua system. In 1891 he was
chosen first president OF the new Univer-
sity of Chicago. where he was also head
OF the department of semitic languages
aud literature. He was a founder and
SUDDEN, was an ne edtor Of three Of the
pHbltcations OF the University of Chicago
The biblical World. AMERICAN Jour
sars and 1t the Al2qr,ean Journal OF
noted for It's rapid development of the
facilities of the university. Among his
works are Elements OF Hebrew" He
brew Method and Manual" and 'Ele-
University Reflects Harper.
James Weber Linn in, writing of tho
/, characteristic and methods OF DR.. Harper
| several months ago said:
! Harvard IS not DR. Eliot, nor Tale DIR.
President Harper. Baiiioi in the days Of
] Jowett was not more Enthusiastically
.:ssan,ped with the character OF, its great
Master. That Mr. Rockefeller Is respon-
sible for the founding of the institution
no one denies. He gave the first million
and has given millions since. But the
real father of the university is the man
OF whom the university is hut the eX-
ponent. DR. Harper.
The accuracy with which the university
reflects the man might he illustrated by
the condtionsof athietlcs in the university.
The attitrde OF President Eliot and the
open hostility Of President Angel have
no effect upon, the athletics of Harvard or
Michigan: university. sentiment controls
them. But 1t is different at Chicago.
There one finds little demand and little
support for athletics. The students are
100 busy to care much to compete in
games. Yet the institution stands very
high among its more enthusiastic rivals
in ali branches of athletics except base
ball. The explanation lies in President
Harper. He believes in athletics, but he
does not believe In excessive athletics, and
the university, In this as in everything,
shares his belief.
President Harper has been called a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-11
HOWELL AND HOKE SMITH
IN A JOINT DEBATE
fBy Associated Press.

COLUMBUS. GA. January 1o,-Clark
Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constltu-
ton, and Hoke Smith, candidates for the
Democratic nomination for Governor OF
Georgia, held their first joint debate here
to-day large gathering of voters from
different parts of the State We're present.
and the closest interest was manifested
in the address of each Speaker.
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u. c. v. Meets in New Orleans

(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, January 10.--Genera1
William ID, Nickel. Acknowledgement,
makes official announcement that the six
tenth annual reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans will be held in this
city April 2sth and N27th.
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! Funeral Of i. c. Saunters.
lspeclal to rha rlmas.Disnatch

- IopeCIal 20 MS 7TIrHHS-DlspatCh,J "0--
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Jan. 1O.-Im-
this afternoon at 3 o'clock over the body
of the late t. G. Saunders, who died
Monday In Baltimore, Rev. T.. II. Well
ford. pastor of the First Presbyterian
by Rev. DIR, Powers. Of washington, 81
g. The merchants and Miners steamer.
Kershaw. draped in black and bearing
company. arrived early this mo RI rias
On board the vessel. besides the widow
and Mrs. w. L.. Hillyer, sister Of the de-
ceased. were General Manager A. d.
Stebbins and a number OF other officials
Of the. Merchants' and Miners COMPANY
me body was inferred at Greenlawn
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Kept His Men.

The men he got he kept. No one has
ever voluntarily left Chicago TO accept
position OF equal rank elsewhere. Inc
head of a department In a large and m
iluential university when called from
Chicago to his present place, offered to
remain with DR.. Harper for u salary
fered. The reason is simple. At Chicago
men are recognized as men, not treated
as mechanics The president believes IN
growth. A department was asking pro
our our, Younger u , men, '.What want to
know" replied the president "is whether
he Is doing better work this year than
The energy of the president Is both the
despair and the admiration of those VINO
know HIM Ills driving power , Is e fSnIpy
''.Dr. Harper knows all about the eight
hour day He puts in two yo OF sif EN- eH Jar.
per ser, Went to led at midnight and! rose at
live. TO theological student downchst
because he could arrange no hour TO meet
per said: Are you free at iiye-thirty IN
the morning?' Yes was the startled
answer. Then come every day at TINT
His eagcrness for work is no less aston
ishing. In 1896. when the university was
was asked to accept an appointment to
the Chicago Board of Education. and for
year he was the most prominent member
attending every meeting and serving as
chairman of its most Important commit
tee. There is inside history that will some
time be made public about the work of
this committed, making an interesting
chapter. that will illustrate another Of DR.;
loyalty TO men who represent it.
Energy Led Him Astray.
The presidents energy has not infrc-
quently led him astray. He has accepted
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VIM. H.. GrannawaY.

Especial to The Times Dlspatch.)
& FARMVILLE VA. January 10.-Ull-
liam p. Gannaway died at his home in
Buckingham county this morning. on his
eighty-frst birthday. He was one OF the
most highly esteemed citizens of the
county. and a man of far more than ordi-
nary intelligence. having graduated at
Washington College (now Washington
and Lee University In 1s4s. He was an
extensive reader even to his last days.
He was an attractive figure in social
life. and for half q century he was proml-
and elder in the Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. Gannaway leaves daughter Mrs.
Nick Crute, and two sons, John and Rich
ard. we'll known in Lynchburg, where
they reside. The burial will take place
at the FAMILY burying ground Friday
rnnrninr at
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up to pay their salaries next year.
Something always turned UP. Even yet
IL touch or Mr., Micnwber's confiding phil
osophy is observable now and then IN
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Thornas Viands.

Especial to The Times -Dispatch)
LURAY. VA. January 1O.--Mr Thomas
viands. u native of this county, died yes
terday at Luke. Md. where he had been
living for several years. Mr.. Viands was
in the elghty-f,fth year OF his age and was
the father of Mrs. John NJ. Miller, Of
Luray. and Mr.. Joseph F. Viands, who
lis now on duty in the United States army
In the Philippines. The deceased, before
the Civil War, was an employe of the we'll
known Blackford Iron Foundry. near Luz
ray, and there are to-day hundreds OF
the old tin plate stoves In use In this
county which were made by him.
For several years he had been almost
totally blind
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MoRAN.--Dled, at 7:a5 A. NJ, January
10, 1905, at the residence: ITO North
T 1IE . +, !, street, Carl Z san,
A. f. Moran, aged weeks and days.