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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-01-12

The crop losses OF the west and
northwest this season have been al
most entirely from water and not from
frost or drought The great need of
this section 10 to get rid of just-su
an excess of rainfall as we have had
this year. Millions Of acres of corn
were ruined by having wet feet during
June and July, preventing proper cult
walton and retarding development at
a critical time; another million acres
Of small grain were drowned out. The
truth is that hardly farm can be
found where more or less
undertakings would not pay hun
dredfold. The profits OF. the year could
well be invested In this sort of work.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-01-12

Mail orders Solicited and Promptly Attended to
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06
C%TIzENSDOLLAR SAVINGS BANK
'STRAWS SHOW WHICH Way
THE WIND BLOWS

THAT times are better and money
mere plentiful was clearly demon
etrated during the Christmas buying In
Fairmont this year, which was greater
than In any previous year.
This -ls a plain index to the great
prosperity that Is sweeping the eoun'
~. People have money and they have
usA demonstrated the fact in a small
way3a and very soon thsyWtII be reaching
out along more ~rretentious lines. They
will begin % buy bones, and proper
lies for profits which are sure to be
rtde In the very rear future. More
articles Of every Kind will be required
and more manufactures needed and
The ones now in operation will require
rtore workme1 and thus there will be
more work and more money for ev.
srybody.
Indications ore that 1905 will be a
banner year lo-bus1ness and commerce.
Fdlrnens viii be In position to get her
fair ahare Of every thing good that's
going
Doa't forget to says do something
ooed for your town next year.
gaNMNhaNrNR LI Lf-IIEL SIX" uL N ~. HN.| D
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06

FIRST WARD NOTES. .
BY Our Regular Correspondent. .


Mrs. 7. d. Prickett Of Newton
street, and her guest, Miss Clara
Jones, Of White Day, spent Thurs.
day with Mrs. Julit Carney, Of Fifth
street, where they had a pleasant
visit.
G. W. Henderson, Of Taylor county,
arrived in the city yesterday, on a
visit with his brother and son Of the
First ward, for a few days.
Benjamin sapp and wife. of Pres
ton county, are III the city as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Fl. yanata,
of Diamond street for a few days.
Mr.. j. T. Murrell, Of Wheeling,
State Superintendent Of the Ameri-
can Reserve Bond Company, was in
the city yesterday. looking after the
business interests Of the company.
Miss Florence Whittford, OF Fifth
street, was on the sick list yesterday,
but her. mother, who has been seri-
ously III for some weeks, IS much i'm.
proved.
G. "A. Pilson, night ticket agent at
the B. and o. railroad depot, went to
Grafton yesterday on a business trip
and was accompanied, home in the
evening by bis wife, who has been
visiting friends there for a week past.
The Hedges, jewelers. Of Water
street, say that their trade still
drives on at a lively pace even though
the holiday season Is over. II any
should fail to secure a bargain from
it is because they lack regulated
time" or do not procure "their
through which to see a good
bargain when 1t Is offered. 1t makes
all the difference through what glasses
we see a thing, and whether we see
1t in time to profit thereby,
Attorney E, F. Morgan, Of Market
street, has been at Phillip for several
days assisting to make abstracts and
deeds for the transfer Of tract OF
coal land which was sold recently.
Some Of our citizens on both sides
Of the river who are interested in
other large tracts Of coal, n en-.
gagged in negotiations which they feel
encouraged to believe will result in
one or more deals. The changing Of
railroad prospects from mt route to
another OF late, has led to more than
usual activity in the sale Of coal
lands.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06
Mr.. BLACK o
FOR TIE PRESIDENCY.
Report That President Roosevelt Has
Declared Himself For Former
Governor as Successor

TROY. N. T., Jan. 6.-Former Gov.
ernor Black has the Endorsement Of
President Roosevelt for the Presidengi
ttsl nomla.tion in 1908: That 6 the,
.gist Of a most Interesting announce
mept by close friends in q political
way Of the former governor.
Of course, Mr.. Black will not com.
nit himself in an Interview, and no
more, probably, could President Rocse.
welt. but the news has leaked out ney.
ertheless.
When Mr.: Black called in response
to On invitation 5y President Roose;
welt to consider the taking Of the
state Craftsmanship Of the Republican
party, there was quite a long confer
.cnce, at the end Of which the former
governor declined gracefully but firm
ly. He did not core to figure, in purely
fractional politics, because he has
larger ambitions, the United States
s~enatorship for one and the Presiden.
cy. so his friends say, for another.
since that conference, during which
time state Chairman odell has gone
down to defeat, a change has occurred.
1t is sati npon good authority that Mr..
RACK has been induced to reconsider
his determination regarding the State
Craftsmanship. 1t is said upon the
same good authority that President
Roosevelt, having definitely decided
that he will not be a candidate for re-
nomination has declared himself for
Mr.. Black IN 1905.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06
1EAT4 VERSUS poyERTY.
Woman Lecturer Would chloFofofFn
Poor and Starving Children.
800

MIEhHA. HHrNN H..l w HNaAF Hla-hI. aHHeHFAE
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. would
rather personally administer chloro;
form to the poor, starving children
OF this city than see them living as
they do, in squalor and misery.
This was the startling statement
made by Miss q. Graham Crozier, SO.
ciety lecturer and sociological au.
.thortty.
Il do not say this for notoriety or
to cali attention to myself" contln1
ued Miss Cfozier. who is devoting her
life work to relieve the sutferings Of
starving waits. Il say 1t because !
have worked myself thin trying to in,
terest municipal officers and philan-
throptc individuals in the poverty and
frightful conditions prevailing in New
York"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06
.D4 LIVES LOST IN MINES
OF West Virginia During ths Year
Which Has Just closed.

ElIiRLEsToN. W.. "a. IAN G.
ZINE fatalities were mo-e numerous
lie past sear tnan they have been IL
sest ylrshssa tcf Bany gear
fcentag Of daths rom M
a dnns me year
rlaw hig percentage hs
etage III he last tw w
accardins the report of chi ~sipe
apspector PAU. Tte epoF4 ot lhe ~
ef official lot 1895 handed 70.
itbe governor terday ami contains
nts restlns 9ata rarding Tue mining
industsy i us state
Dng ms the
ai9isliw lo III the mines
ue m~lnesBand the renainde
oa the usia 81 this number
M ReteS1o g ii four acciien die
four disaster contributed
9eIling Ne mortality list Durtng
tie la Event Ep years acccrd
o the figures Of HE Chief Nine q
5sIeetor TIE percentage of deaths
mine accidents Was 4.07 while
.fpntase Of last year was
raong me most serious dlsast
Hct the year werethe Grapevine aecf
aSnt efS WiieoaSNfn 1fhf6b man
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06

NOTICE.

All members of the German Benef-
efai Union, Local NO. SO2, are hereby
notified and urgently requested to al
tend tns next meeting of the order
which will be neld Sunday January
9TH, at their Club House on Third
street.
Officers Of the next ensuing term
will be elected.
All members who are in arrears for
assessments Nos 100 and lG2 are ex.
! ecied to settle at this time.
CARL MYER, sec'y.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06

1L|
Cincinnati. ohio 5000.
agInaMs aich.
Foraauds otegon
Pofa e5'00
Kansas CtN no. 5000
me 81 PITS ghicti
has been gang he pflcs3
paid fdr lighting hnds lls on
own thai Il paying MOI
tights than other cttte md amcng
Others. quotes ne comparative eost
in the following cities
Harrisburg re 7.5p
YoFk, PA 1927
Brownsville Pa 5000
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06
-Eree peliverv a Elklna.

ELK1Ns, Jan. cit has been de-
cIded by tile postofice department to
establish Free delivery in Elkins on.
March /, ald examinations for letter
carriers vii! be held in this city en-
January %.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06
Would BE Lost without Il.
ufay.s Flat, W. Va,

" WEWJ 4YTH
Jan. 4th. 1906.
TIC Fairu.ont West irginian:
Seeing Tat my time is about up
thought / would write you to, send me
paper three months longer, as / Ike
10 read the paper SO well / would be
lost without 1t now.
Yours truly,
H. E. PITMAN.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06

me mpsls II The eIsls Of sples is
uuuspally hue. and an orchesifl e.
light pleces u carried BY The eomp-U
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06
If Nor Want Eqqs

# YoI Want Eggs
Try our Bone meal, Meat meal, Beef
scraps, Alfalfa meal, Oyster shells.
Crystal grit, Kair corn and other
kinds Of poultry supplies.
DEAN & REEVES. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06
Cost Of street LIahtIna.

We note in the last issue Of "Mu.
nicipal Engineering" a monthly mag,
azlne devoted to the improvement Of
cities, some interesting data worthy
OF consideration, especially upon the
cost Of street lighting. We quote the
following figures from the report Of
an authorized investigation q few
weeks ago, which shows the relative
cost Of cities, the size Of our own,
and of larger ones, per arc light,
where cities own their own plants:
Detroit, Mich, $S4,9s.
Nashville, Tenn, $4,000.
Chicago, Ill., $5S.51.
Morrlstown, Pa, $5s,4s.
Burlington, vt, $4,000.
Also in cities where there are time
contracts and competition exists:
Johnstown, Pa, $4,000.
Harrisburg, Pa $4,000.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06

Miss Florence Whittford, Of Fifth
street, was on the sick list yesterday,
but her. mother, who has been seri-
ously i'll for some weeks, is much i'm.
proved.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-06

G. A. Pilson, night ticket agent at
the B. and o. railroad depot, went to
Grafton yesterday on a business trip
and was accompanied home in the
evening by bis wife, who has been
visiting friends there for a week past.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-28
., //itS mfR g,RkS6 NU,S
W,ste', ., ne,'sn Fhs, Interested serre'
seftife deH : mH sHf, ~,

W%sautsurrs. Nfy ~ 4 W,1rrv meHefr
~ tfs,ftine lHieHrai Nv tho aerfet asfviye
oNirrra yhiir 70 lla'rti hrs tern ttrivsfsf
~ tetrit Fnf y luue tive M 0n1rifla
- ihr I Nitri States gilt T~fcsattfr IN rhil
ctsr AMI ~ ihe fr,asufv department IN
y tshineirn tere miffiei Nv sxtlsln shy
al ute rIffcney n0tca N latrr denufuirH
lrn f%errivrt n, ~ ne rNfar N no roiiefi1T
~ t%tatutua ~ t'v'f,t ls,re mo nsnirs ~
orftaIn h'tsineas Arms " ma oity written
In ink Tho statutes rtrhlhii the mufilsttNn
~ monHv. evcn W wfifina w stamping
Nofrsa tho hack w face N hills Tho cHse
was turned ovef ~ the secret srTvicr
htfeau tof invest cation
N nfat n waa laa umrd that ihe names
were written w tho firms thomarlv"a for
advertising rufpus"s When intervi"wcd,
however, The firms which had huaineaa with
Tho riatuma orlors declared that they knew
nothing about n SnWo deteciivc work wns
carried on In tho counting rDotna ~ theaa
firms without result and the Government
onitpra were more %rerplcNrd than ever.
~ wins observed that all tho names were
written IN the anne hand, and thia ~ hrat
siggeated that slmo Interior dcaign. was
entertained hy some person who wished
10 dhfrnud somebody Tho collector ot
Customs ut Detroit aid ho did not know
tho handwriting. and all he knew about
II was that tho bills. which were always
Of the denomination ~ 81 or over, were
ma ked when they came into his hands
from the firms IN question.
At length a clerk IN one ~ the importing
firms happened to remember that when
he had paid money to the cashier ~ the
customs offices on account ~ duties he
had noticed that the cashier wrote a nem-
ornndum on a 500 hill He told the de-
tectiyes, and the cashier was interviewed.
He had not heard Of the in Investigation that
had been going on and was much sur
prised. He explained i%nnocently enough
that ne had marked the bills OF large de-
nomination with the names Of the paying
firms in order that he might Identify the
pa yer in case the bill should prove to be
counterfeit. The mystery was solved and
the cashier was warned not to repeat the
offence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-28
sf0RV ~ 0fN'ef ~ r'ss'ts
tws sunpesems ~HesweetaH'e weN m taH
M ibe lHsFee ~ WHHsW

ptas,w Srv y Raa,trlph frNr AMI
fhnmss iVaus. tsG Young msn Infringing
4, s0ntl families. eera held without hail
ihia hssfnihe nv tflal 90 a rhHSsa N cfifnl
nal asskuii magle wv Me- Cora Van Mar.
rifn = Wilew Fho turtrs frHm HiderNuUd
= little village sisr,t siS miles alovr fa'et.
a,n sifs. Van Hafcpm Whn Ia IN q hras
tsrrAl cpudttnn trid tho police that shc
wpuld rtthcf drip tho chafers han have
tho affair he~nra pihito She 10 heing
dr,ainri ~ 4 witness In tho me,hcal ward
n tho c,,,ntv lsil ~ Patterson Tho two
Young mrn have hrrna cSoelleni rnrisa-
tions rach ia n years ~ = Mrs Van
Wafrom IL ~ wears old
She was visiting friends Yesterday IN
pas-aic and stayed rather lstcr than she
intended to- The last train that she could
get ont ~ Pas-ar left ~ ~ 10 this morn
ING from tho main station ~ the Erie Rail-
rund. She snys she was all alone at ono
ond NJ the station platform when tho two
Young men came up to her. One 81 them
spoke 10 her, and she sayrthat as she turned
tho other put HE hand over her mouth
Her story II that they dragged her away,
sitting her attempts At screaming and put
her In a hack driven by Walter MtCabe of
~ Hope street, who keeps n public, carriage
IN whiting NJ the depot. N sAys sne thlnka
they put n handkerchief saturated with
chloroform over her mouth, becaise she
lost consciousness.
McCahe, who appears to have taken
the affair very much as n matter Al course,
says that when he got TO the outskirts ot
the town the two young men got out They
took the woman from the cab. rad him,
and he saws he left the three at Lexington
avenue and Somors street.
u was about 2 o'clock when Policeman
Lambert De Groot. walking through Somers
street. heard screa ms in the direction OF
the grade crossing of the Erie at Somers
street. He ran on and turned down the
track. He was able to make ont a woman
running toward him, screaming gasnlngly
az she staggered along. Sh fairly fell into
his arms, and then he saw that two men
were running after her. He put her down
and grabbed the two men. He held on to
them and at length got the patrol wagon
from the police station. The woman was
placed in il and De Groot, with his two
prisoners, climbed in. The woman was in
sad condition, being frantic from hysteria.
Her clothing was torn and she was unable
to tell him what had happened.
When they got TO the police station a
doctor was called in and he succeeded in
calming her. She then told the police
what the young men had done to her. They
were locked up. Lowe lives at 81 Sherman
street and Lyons next door, at o.:
Mrs. Var Blarcom has been a widow for
several years. She lives with her parents
in Passaic avenue, in Ridgewood.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-28
FINED HIS COAT,
Which Complainant Gets Until He Pays
the Dollar lie %Snatched.

Ralph Hewitt, IN intelligent looking
young negro who wears spectaoles and
lives in Brooklyn, was arraigned in the
West Side court yesterday charged with
snatching a one dollar bill from the hand
of Anna Wuth. a colored woman, who works
at 202 West Seventy-ninth street. When
Magistrate Pool asked her about the oc-
currenoe she said;
Il was sittin' in de palm room In West
Fifty-ninth street waitin' to see a lady fren'
when dis heah gemmen comes in and says
he has awful cramps in hees stummick. l
nevah saw him befoh, but l takes pity on
him and buys him a drink O. gin. When
l TUX a dollah bill out O. my pocketbook
to pay for it he Jes' grabs it and runs like
de dickens. l didn't see him agin til last
| night, and then | has him pinched."
! The prisoner de MED the allegation in toto
when he got a chance to ak and bolster
ously asserted his innocence. The Court
put an end to it by asking Hewitt if he had
q dollar.
mo, but l can get one" replied the pris-
oner.
The Court ordered him to give it to the
complainant. While the next case was be-
ing heard Hewitt's counsel, Edward Green
thai, dashed to the bar and reported that
he had struck a snag in the negotiations
because his client had expected to pawn
his illustrated vest to raise the money and
had not remembered that pa wnshops don't
do business on Sunday.
Let him give her his coat until he can
pay back the dollar" ordered the Court.
Hewitt raised an awful rumpus when he
found that Magistrate Pool wasn't joking
and tried to make his way to the bar to APP
peal for a reversal Of the decision. A squad
Of court officers fell upon Hewitt and hustled
him into the corridor leading to the prison,
where, despite his protestations, he was
separated violently from his coat a beauti-
full green affair with purple stripes,
Il won't let that woman take my coat
away" he declared. Il nave 10 pawn my
vest to get the dollar, and il she has the
coat too III nave to go around in my shirt"
The woman marched proudly out of the
court room with the coat under her arm.
Hewitt was held in durance until the woman
had half a block start, but when he was lib
Grated he went out of the building like a
streak Of lightning. All the court hangers
along to see the fun.
The ~coatless Hewitt finally caught the
woman and protested loudly while she
waited for a car. When she got aboard
he followed. He raised such a disturbance
that both were put off the car a block away.
Then she headed toward Fifty-ninth street,
with the owner Of the coat at her heels and
gesticulating wildly. He had not got the
coat when they passed out of sight, but bets
were freely offered at long odds by the
watchers that he would get it. There were
no takers,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-28
REFOR VERSO TOPTN s.. DAKOTA.
win IndOrse senator Gamble for Another
Term Pettigrcw After K~ittredge's Seat.

Term Pettigrcw After kittredge's Seat.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-Advices received
here are to the effect that the reform ele-
,ment in the party will control the South
Dakota Republican convention, to be held
ON June 5. This means that Senator Rob-
ert j. Gamble will be Endorsed for another
term. Coe /. Crawford. who IL a radical,
will be nominated for Governor. Repre-
sentative Eben w. Martin. the author of
the House resolution under which the Beef
Trust was Investigated by the COMMISSIONS
Of Corporations, and Representative Charles
EsBurke, who was recently made chairman
of the executive committee of the Repub-
lean Congress campaign committee, will
be retired to private life. The reformers
made a clean sweep in the county conven-
lions in South Dakota.
Two years from now there will be another
Senatorship a. stake in South Dekota, and
from present indications Richard Petubone
Pettigrew will make the race for the toga
that now fguratively hangs from the stall
wart shoulders of Senator kttredge. Craw-
ford, who occupies the position in. the, party
Ia South Dakota that Gov. Cummlns does in
Iowa and Senator La Toilette in Wisconsin,
will be also a Senatorial candidate. While
the wing Of the party which has heretofore
controlled was rudely shocked by the recent
u0NtlOIlIltlliF W NlidN pehNS ~ 80
taking steps to renew the fight against the
reforners two years hence.
Former Senator Pettigrew is aching to
get back into public life. Formerly a sworn
enemy of the money devil, he went to New
York soon after his retirement from the
Senate and got on the most intimate terms
with the Old Nick 50 picturesquely described
by Populist orators.
For some time Mr.. Pettigrew had divided
his time between New York and his home
IN South Dakota and there are reports
that he is now we'll off in this worlds goods.
He assisted the reformers in downing the
machine" in South Dakota n will prob
ably have no trouble in breaking into the
new Republican organization. Pettigrew
has been a Republican, a Populist and a
Democrat at times in the last ten or fifteen
years. He again elects to be a Republican,
and he will undoubtedly begin a campaign
at once with a view to being returned to
the upper house of Congress- when Senator
Kittredge's term expiVes in March, 1908,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-28
RAILROAD kIDNAPS A VICTIM.
Charge That VIII he Made-Company's
Agent Lugs injured Man Away.

kidnapping an injured man is the allega-
ton made against al inspector Of the Brook
Ign Rapid Transit Company by Police Cap
tain Gardiner Of the Stage street station,
Williamsburg, who will to-day submit a
special report Of the incident to Police
Commissioner Bingham. The injured man
who was we'll dressed and about 80 years
old, was riding on the running board Of a
Lorimer street car late on Saturday night
and when between johnson avenue and
Boerum street he was caught between the
car and a truck. That he was internally
hurt was evident from a hemorrhage Of the
lungs. He was in great pain and was i'm
mediately carried into the drug store Of A.
Baker at 3l4 Lorimer street, from where
a hurry call for an ambulance was sent to
the Eastern District Hospital. The accident
caused a blockade OF the northboupd cars.
A large crowd assembled in front Of the
drug store and word was also sent to the
Stagg street police station.
Pending the arrival Of Ambulance Sur
geon Precht and a policeman an inspector
through the crowd and entered the drug
store. The injured man was in such agony
that he could hardly speak. 1t was alleged
that without ado the inspector took the man
In his arms and carried him away, despite the
remonstraRce Of the druggist. who declared
that the victim must be seriously hurt.
The injured man also feebly protested.
The Inspector carried the man across the
car tracks and when a Lorimer street car
approached from an opposite direction he
had it stopped and after placing the injured
man on a seat and getting on the car himself
he had the motorman start ahead at good
speed. The large crowd looked on with
astonishment.
BY the time the ambulance surgeon and
policeman arrived the car had disappeared.
DR.. Precht was indignant and the policeman
Immediately reported the affair to Capt.
Gardiner. 1t was not possible to learn the
name of the injured man and the railroad
company refused all information.
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THE LAST or NEB SP4PER ROH.
A Modern Hotel 10 Take the Place OF Onices
OF Correspondents In Washington.

A Modern Hotel 10 rake the PlaCe or Ofices
OF Correspondents In Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 27,-The last build
ings that remain Of old Newspaper Row
on Fourteenth street are to be removed
to make room for n new hotel. The hotel
will probably be called the Warwick and
will be a fino modern structure, fronting
on the north side Of Pennsylvania avenue
, and the ca Il side of Fourteenth street, and
( diractlY opposite the New Willard.
: Newspaper Row was a amouS institu-
ton even before the civil war. 1t con-
sisted of a number Of buildings, most OF
them old, in which the majority Of Wash
ington correspondents Of out of town news
papers had their Offices. The largest of
these structures, was torn down q few years
ago to make room forthe Big building now
occupied by the Department Of Commerce
and Labor.
While "the row" is still patronized by
correspondents, some Of its buildings are
used for other than newspaper purposes,
and most of the representatives of great
newspapers are now located elsewhere.
The name continues to have its association,
however. and is applied without regard TO
the locality. Going down the row" means
in newspaper parlance 20 visit the Offices
,of correspondents, which are scattered
here and there in one part of the downtown
business section.
The sale Of the property upon which the
hotel will be erected was made yesterday.