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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-28
DIS TRIC
ISSUE ORDE F9RlE
TO GO OUT SATURDAY
Johnstown
Loss 100000
FIREMAN CAMPBELL NOT DEAD
AS AT FIRST REPORTED
THIS MORNING.

PITTsBuRG, Pa, March 9S.-The
latest reports from the Johnstown
conaagration state that Fireman
Campbell, reported killed by falling,
was not fatally hurt He sustained
bad bruises and concussions on the,
head, but is expected to recover. Sew.
eral other fireman were slightly in.
jured. The financial loss is now esti.
mated at six hundred thousand dol.
lars. The buildings reported destroy.
ed are: swank Hardware. where the
fire originated; Fishers Wholesale
liquor; Wild building, which housed
the ournal, and many other officer,
and the handsome residence of L. A.
Gels, furniture dealer, whose business
building was also damaged.
The fire was under control at four
O'Clock this morning and completely
extingulshed by eight. The latest es.
Inmates of losses aggregate half a mil.
lion dollars. John A. James, reporter
on the Journal and member Of the
Conemaugh Fire company was badly
burned about the head, and his face
was cut by glass. James swanks arm
was bady cut. 1t is now stated that
william Campbell, fireman, is dying
at the hospital from fractured skull,
fractured limbs and internal injuries.
valuable city records that can not
be replaced we're destroyed with the
office Of City Solicitor Greer in which
they we're stored. The insurance is
about sixty per cent. of the losses.
All burned out firms are hunting
places to resume business. The Jour.
nal will issue tomorrow morning from
the Tribune building ONCE.
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Box Of Cigars
CAUSED ARREST OF REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL
IN PARkERsRuRe.

pARKERsBURG, w. Va, March 2S.
u. NJ. Lyle, the Republican nominee
for councilman in the Seventh ward,
was arrested last night on warrant
sworn out by F. H. Merrick, editor Of
a socialist publication, charging him
With bribery. Mr. Lytle went 70 a
store in his ward yesterday afternoon,
bought a box 81 cigars and left them
in the store with instructions that
they were "for the boys" This i0
the bribery that Is charged United
States District Attorney Blizzard, Ex-
Speaker Moas, udge J. w. vanderyoFt,
and H. o. Hiteshew have been retain
cd BY the Republican city committee
10 defend Lyle
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At the closing hours Of yesterdays
session Of court there wasa large audi,
ence in the court room, which was
very much Interested in the case that
is to determine the guilt or innocence
Of Helen May Payton-wright Of the
crime for which sae has been in,
dieted.
Several Witnesses were examined
yesterday afternoon after the West
virginian had gone to press.
George NJ. coburn, head janitor at
the West Virginia University, stated
that he received the box expressed by
Justice Amos to DR.. F. L. Kortrlgat.
He received the box on the 18th day
of July, 1905, aud signed receipt for
the package. The receipt was exhib-
tied in court and the witness identified
the receipt, The witness stated the
box was delivered to Dr.. Kortright
by w. W. Garner, who took it from
from Coburn's ONCE to Dr. Kortright's
Laboratory. He said that there was
nothing to Indicate that the box had
been disturbed.
The witness was followed by W. w.
Garner, ianitor of Science Hall at the
University. He stated that DR.. Kort-
right sent him to coburn's ofice to
get an express package which he was
expecting. He got the box and deliv-
cred to Dr.. Kortright.
He opened the box in the presence
of Dr.. Korlight. 1t contained the jar
and the small bottle which were ex-
hIbited in court and were identified
by the witness. He also stated that
there was no evidence that the box
had been molested.
DR.. RuSFight, associate professor
Of chemistry at the University, was
next examined. DR.. Kortright was the
man who examined Payton's stomach,
and was summoned here as an expert
witness in the case. He said that he
had had experience in searching for
poisons In human bodIes. His eyi'
dence concerning the box, It's delivery,
opening, contents and condition was
both accumulatiye and corroboratiye
Of the testimony of W. W. Garner.
The jar that was in the box he re.
ceived he said contained q human
stomach and the bottle contained what
was supposed to be wood alcohol. He
identified the jar and bottle exhibited
in court as the vessels that contained
the stomach and liquid which were
sent to him to be anaiyzed The jar
vas labeled by Justice Amos. This
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Shooting Row
AZ M. E. Church
BENJAMIN cAPERLY Is DEAD, HIS
WIFE Is FATALLY INJURED
AND OTHERS HURT.

BLuEFIELD, W. Va March 2S. :.
One is dead, one fatally hurt and sey.
eral received minor injuries in a
shooting row at the Methodist church
at Coal Dale where social was in
progress. For some time there has
been two contending factions in the
church, which feeling cuImlnatd Mon,
day night. Who started the shooting
is unknown, but Benjamin capelry Is
dead With a bullet in heart, bis
wife Is fatally injured, with the side
of her face being blown OF. Mrs. R,
Harper Is suffering from a shot in the
side and two others known to have
been hlt, made their escape to tho
mountains, Henry Garden. who re.
celyel wound in the foot, and the
two women are being held in the Jail
at Bramwell. waiting an investigation
Of the affair by tho authorities
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this morning and stated that he eS'
amined the body and found the pupil
of the eyes dilated and the face was
peculiarly drawn. showing signs Of
much suffering before death. he look.
ed the body over as much as he could
see without turning It over and found
no wounds.
The witness then stated the eonver-
sation that followed. Mrs. Payton
handed the witness a crystal Of cynan:
ide Of potassium and said this is the
cause ofhis death. Frank Wright was
present. but did not take any part III
the conversation, Mrs. Payton was
demonstratiye. She cried.
The witness insisted that a coroner
be summoned to hold an inquest.
There was considerable objection to
this proposition. These objections
we're made in the presence Of Mrs.
Payton. The objection raised by big
Dean,s Miss Philips. The coroner
was called and an inquest held, also
a post mortem examination held by
Drs. Vance and sleese, assisted by
Clarence Thomas. Clarence Thomas
opened the body and then Drs. Vance
and leese took charge Of the work.
The heart was filed with dark blood,
the lungs were dark with blood and
greatly congested and completely
gorged. The intestines we're about
normal, kidneys seemed to be nor
NAL, the liver was pale, spleen and
pancreas were about normal.
The stomach was the only organ
taken from the body. The organ wsa
taken to Clarence Thomas drug store
where it was ,lSsed in Jar. In an.
swer to a questlga as to what he saw
personally and from the facts obtain
ed by chemical analysis Of Payton's
b"
stomach and its contents the latter
rart put alphabetically what caused
Paytons death the witness said It
was strychnine He said that strych.
nine is one of the most bitter of lrugs
and that sweets have an effect to
blunt the bitterness and experiments
show that coffee has the same effect;
That the use Of opium and alcohol pro-
duces like effect in weakening the
bitter taste of drugs.
On cross examination the witness
admitted that much Of his testimony
concering the taste OF strychnine was
based upon his knowledge gained by
the perusal Of medical works. He
stated that the amount given hypo.
dermicslly is only one half Of what Is
tcsatiESod o. Ei6s6 FSss:I
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INTEREST INCREASES I'm THE FAMOUS
PA1TTON=NRIGHl MURDER TRIAL

label told what the jar contained and
reads: This bottle contains the ston-
ach Of j. N. Payton, which was remoy-
led from his person and sealed by me
and under my instruction at Manning
ton, w. Va, on tae 18th day Of July.
1906. E. S. Amos, Coroner And on
the 18th day of July delivered to the
U. s. Express Co. and directed to Dr.
F, L. cortrisht, Morgantown. in ca!
Of the West Virginia Experiment Sta.
tion.
The witness then gave a detailed
description OF his chemical analysts
Of the stomach, which he said look
about two months. He said that when
he opened the Jar which showed no
signs Of having been tamperel with it
contained a considerable amount OF
gas. And in opening the stomach he
found the walls inAamed. The organ
contained about an ounce Of brown
ish colored liquid, but 1t was prac-
tlcally empty. He did not examine
this liquid and could not say what it
was. The witness said that he made
g search for wood alcohol, but found
no trace Of any. He then took onethir9
Of the organ and chopped IT up and
antimony and mercury. but found neith,
nothing that Indicated the presence Of
that drug. He also made searches for
antimony and megcur, but found nelth.
or present. strychnine was the only
poison that he found in the stomach.
OF this powerful drug he extracted
about grain from the parts examin-
ed. OF this amount he purified and
placed in a small tube .46 Of a grain.
The tube and contents were exhibited
in court and were identified by the
witness. The jar, bottles and cyanide
Of potassium were introduced as evi.
deics by the State.
Here Attorney Howard n. Ogden
began the cross examination Of the
witness. The attorney showed thai
he had a thorough knowledge Of the
subject OF chemistry, but little was
brought out thathad not been testified
to on direct examination. The wit
ness said that he made duplicate tests;
that he used strychnine and the con-
tents Of the small tube and in every
test the results Of the two were pre-
cIsely alike. The tests used were the
blchromate crystal test, the physiologi-
.oaI. test by injecting stryehnine into
a,frog, the fading purple or color test
and the taste test. These are consid-
cred the chief tests.
Dr.. Vance was placed upon the stand
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Forged the
Governors Name
Ex.coEVIcr GOT MONEY FROM
MOTHER OF DANIEL MOCK
NOW NJ Prison.

WHEELING, March 2S-After forg.
ing Governor Dawsons name and se-
curing money from Mrs. Mock, Of
wheeling, under the representation
that he would get her SON, Daniel
Mock, a pardon, Walter Duncan, an
.ex.conylct, was arrested in this city
yesterday afternoon by Detectives
Kelley and Geiger and Is now held
for trial,
The forgery and accompanying crime
constitute an exceedingly bold com
blnatIOn. Duncan had recently been
released from the MeundsyiTle prison,
where he served a term for robblng
Heiner's hardware store. A day or
two ago he approached Mrs. Mock,
widow, methey OF Dan Mock, recently
convicted Of SompHclsS In the hcldup
of Frank Chan. He told Mrs. Mock
he was state priscn guard and
showed a letter signed with the
name Of the Governor, to the effect
that no could get a parton for Dan
Mock for S15. MrA Mock paid IS
and arranged to pay IS today at the
steel bridge. When Duncan came for
tho money he was areted. The gov
ernors name Is, Of course, a rank
forgery, and If his is as alleged, to-
gether with the former conviction and
the obtaining of.money BY false pre-
tenes, It Will mean a long time in the
institution whence he recently was
discharged.
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FINAL WORD
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INDIANAPOLIS

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-28
Five Victims
WERE BROUGHT BEFORE HIS
HONOR, THE MAYOR, Alto
DAYS POLICE COURT.

DAYS POLICE CouhI'
Five victims fell into the clutches
Of the law last night and were up In
police court this morning. James Far
ley was the frst to have sentence pro
nounced upon him. He was a plain
drunk, found on Madison street at
1880 O'Clock by Gould. He had three
dollars and ten cents. His fine was
six dollars. Poor Pat MaGInty felt
and looked ashamed Of what no said
he could not help, being drunk He
was taken by omcer BartholOw on
Monroe street about midnight His
was six.
John Smith was charged with being
crazy drunk. He was arrested by OF
ticer Bartholow on Bridge street. His
specific kind Of drunkenness did not
lessen his Ane, His was six.
Charles sayer was up for assault
and battery. sayer plead guilty and
got eight dollars for his trouble.
Charles Gordon, colored, who was
banged by sayers, was up for being
drunk and dlsorderly He put up a
plea Of not guilty and went to trial,
omcer Fleming said that the prison
or was talking in a very loud and In
sulting manner and in his remarks
said I have II in my pocket and will
blast the hi out of any Of you. 1t
was about this time that the defend
ant got swat in the head BY sayers'
Robert Byers was a witness against
Gordon. He said GordoRs behavior
was loud and that he was looking for
an argument, George Arnold appear
ed as a witness for l.o city in this
case and said Gordon deliberately de,
clared himself"
Gordon said that all he did and said
vas to A. P. BaiIy, the High Roller
Gordon had slob on him when arrest
ed HIS fine was IS, he didn't have
anything and showed an ugly spirit
when remapdea 70 iGil
For fancy lce cream eall Harry
Roblnson =
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Killed Six
DEAD BODIES OF ITALIANS
FOUND IN BUILDING AFTER
A FIGHT.

ST. PAUL, March .s.-slx Italians
wero murdered in Minneapolis in a
fight at midnight at Tenth avenue,
South. Eight men ran from tho build
Ing. The police thought the fight was
over. This morning some one entered
tho house and found four bodies hack.
cd to pieces in tho room. Later two
more bodies were found in the base
ment. No traces Of the murderers
yet found.
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A. card From Mr.. Linn.

me West virginlan is receipt of
& card from A. L. Linn, former gen
srai manager Of the local Traction
Company, ordering thespaper to his
New York address. In tho lower left
hand corner he adds, "How are you
AMP, We take this means Of informing
III. Linn that 1--WE are all OK" and
dope he and bis estlmsble family are
thessams,
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HANDSOME
COMP PLIMENT TO
FAIRM0NT

4lNAANNuO
MoRGANTowN, March IS, 1906
no the Editor ot the Falrmont West
Vifgnian
on the ION of February Of this
year, when Governor Dawson and 'he
Board 4 Public WORKS gave bear
ing to Marion and Moncnsalla coun.
tes, iaour city. Goysnoi A. d. lleu-
ing, of fFairmont washeard before the
Board
In hlS statement on that occasion /
was yery greatly surprised to learn.
from lid ilps that tie FalrmonL Coal
Company was not mailing much mon
ey. Il esaid among other things that
as & rule ethe Company broke about
even each year % use his czpses-
sion, and that Il vas only ia Of years
when there was d great strike IN shs
;Gast tint the sFairmcnt Coal Com.
pany made what might be called
oodimcney The gentlemen who
heard this statements VIII NOT is'.s'
them, and the s'encsfapner TOOK 'a'n
down
f On that occaslon' the evidence SNOW
ed that % me sirmont eoai company
owned sos controlled in rcnno uum'
'bers, 5000 acres q eoal IN "-''oa
county either IN zee Or py ie'-e' F."
locked strange . ne mat mo s.s-'
Esirmont eoel sompeaS "li'cn con
trolled tcsty distinct open uin'.' a'
forty ieEeft towns along o. near
the the BaltlnicEe 4 ohlo failroep' was
maldngu money except On oil ss4's'
but breaking about sses eesa u
was gelesally snosn mat the '''s'a's
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SUDDEN DEATH,
az Ms. cunt Fletcher Occurred This
Morning at Farmlnston.

VI MIS- tSuIb ' EISeS'S' SSs
Morning at Farminston.
The many friends of Mrs. Curt
Fletcher, Of Farmington, will regret
% learn Of her sudden death, which
occurred today. Mrs. Fletcher was
apparently in her usual health until
yesterday when she was taken vio-
Iently III d appendicitis and passed
away al nine o'clock this morning. She
was formerly . Miss Poundstone and
Is a sister Of Mrs. Dan Wade, Of Wal
nut avenle. Mrs. George Richardson
is 1 sister Of Mr.. Fletcher Funeral
arrangements have not ye! been made.
Harry Robinson, manufacturer Of
the jim Martin ice cream *
For quality Roblnson's Ice cream is
unequaled, W
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Can on Harry Robinson for ice
cream manufactured IN various fancy
moulds and eolors5 for parties. balls,
wedd.ngs and other social functions
special attention giyen Edets o. this
sind
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Harry Robinson makes a speciality
Of fancy ice creams for weddings, ban
quets. etc. M
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Pretty box paper on which to write
to our intended CLYDE s, HOLT,
1876 Main 81. s-4;t
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Harry Robinson manufactures tho
ico cream that will mako Fairmont
famous. Xxx
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When 8in the market for ice cream
81 quality, for your social Functions
see Harry oblhsopj manufacture 4
the famous Jim Marlin ice cream
eoth phones
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THE WEATHER.
cloudy Tonight

WASHINGTON, D. G., March
s-Forecast for West Virginia
Parity cloudy tonight, Thurs.
day, temperature about station.
ary
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HaFsy Roblnson,s ice cream for
quality and prompt delivery. Both
'phoness TX
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Harry Robinson, manufacturer of
tho Jim Martin leo cream. +"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-28

Buy a quart Of whlskey from Shaw
and Carey and get quart Brandy free.
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5ipaFker Fountain pen is the best,
SEE fef soursell CLYDE si HOLT,
sss Main street
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you cannot fnd 1t any place else,
se lave it CLYDE s. HOLT. 2s-4-t
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Al Presbyterian Church.

In preparation for the communion
service to be held next Sunday at the
Presbterian church, there will be Spe.
cIal services held at the church this
evening, Thursday and Friday even,
ings at 1880 o'clock After the ser
vices this evening, the meeting Of the
Sunday school teachers will be held
in the Sunday school room % Tie
church.
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Harry Robinson's ice cream SOr
quality Xxx
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FOR quality Robinson's leo cream is
nnequaled. W
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-22
GIBsON's ART PICTURES
Free With Every Copy of the
Milwaukee Sunday Free Press.

We are advised by the publishers
of the Milwaukee Free Press that
they have just closed with Golfers
for series of ten pen and ink
sketches of Charles Dana Gibson.
These pictures are Gibson's latest
work and it is these subjects that
have made the most famous artist
of the time. Golfers paying him
$4,000 for 100 subjects. The pic
lures that the Free Press are giving
away are printed from the original
plates and on original plates and on
separate sheets of art paper size l0x
Is, in half tone black, upon deli
cate buff tinted back ground all
serving to make perfect picture,
fit to decorate the walls of any
home. We would advise all of our
friends to look up this proposition
Immediately as the Free Press is
limited to a certain number each
week and it will be a case of first
come, first served.
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of that party in the column under
meath, unless the names of some of
the candidates of the party have been
erased or a cross mark be placed in
the square under the name or at any
place in the space occupied by the
name or names of candidates in an
other column, and will be counted
for any name written in lieu of one
erased. If the voter wishes to vote
for some of the candidates of differ
ent political parties, he should make
a cross mark under the name Of each
candidate he desires to vote for, or at
any place within the space in which
the name is printed. If he wishes
to vote for person for certain of
flee whose name is not on the ballot,
he must write the name in the blank
space under the printed name of the
candidate for the office. The ballot
should not be marked in any 9TH
er manner. If the ballot be spoiled
it must be returned to the ballot
clerk, who must issue another in its
stead, but not more than three in all
to any one voter. Five minutes
time is allowed in booth to mark
ballot. Unofficial ballots or memo
randum to assist the voter in mark
ing his ballot can be taken into the
booth, and may be used to copy
from. The ballot must not be shown
SO that any person can see how it
has been marked by the voter. At
ter it is marked it should be folded
so that the inside cannot be seen, but
so that the printed Endorsements and
signatures of the ballot clerks on the
outside may be seen. Then the vot-
er should pass out of the booth or
compartment, give his name to the
Inspector in charge OF the ballot box,
hand him his ballot to be placed in
the box, and pass out of the voting
place. A voter who declares to the
presiding officer that he is unable to
read, or that by reason of physical
disability he is unable to mark his
ballot, can have assistance Of one or
two election officers in marking the
same, to be chosen by the the voter;
and if he declares that he is totally
blind, he may be assisted by any per-
son chosen by him from among the
legal voters of the county. The pre-
siding officer may administer an oath
in his discretion, as to such person
disability. The party designations
and candidates for the different of
fees are as follows: