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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-07
Will RE HERE
Prominent Men o1 Their Way to
Good Roads Meeting

JIM. Jacobs, secretary Of tho Boald
Of Trade, has recelyela q message from
Wellington q. LoucBs, the Good Roads
organizer stating that Col. Rlxey,
Captain Brodham, Expert Engineer,
and Col. wsH. Moore, lesturer. would
reach this city tomorrow morning at
$3.50 In their special ttain and will be
ready for the first Bis meeting az taei
Opera House at 10sA, NJ. l[Airiaont
ought to have 500 representative men
ct 9 \ thls arst meeting 5,i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-07
scHwAB QUITE SICK.
Abandons Trip to Mexico and durriss
Eastward in His Private

Ell PASo, Tex, March 7.--AccoH.
panied by party Of is persons, Char.
les NJ. schwab, the steel magnate, ar.
rived in El Paso in a private car last
night. It was stated that Mr. schwab
intended going to Mexico, but being
iii, he hurried on to New York over
the Rock Island
Los ANELEs, Cal, March Char
les NJ. schwab left for the east Mon
day night. Far from well when he
reached Los Angeles, he was unable
to leave his bed yesterday and only
with great aid of will was he able
to go on his private car fro": the Jon,
athan Club rooms.
The party consisted Of Mr. schwaD,
DR.. NJ, R. Ward, G. D. coullin, John
Gleason, Donald Gillls John AcKane'
E. A. Manor, W. R Wharton, james
Montgomery and Fred Whitmore.
Ell PAso, Tex, March 5.-cllarles
N. schwab, who is seriously Ill with
grippe and compilations, passed
through Ell Paso enroute from New
York at midnight to #hlck place he
is rushing with all possible speed.
schwab refused to be seen by physi.
clans when he made the above state
ment.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-07

,.THE sEA uTrl pocToR oR, rs com;
me- WlTti AN EtlL RaEp
lcAsf M MANY W Iil9RE
IIs.r VlEoN EspANs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-07

At ONE.HNLF EENI
A woRD-sEE PAoH 8.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-07
our NEws

IS NOT ANY BETTER
BUT lTs To.pAA,s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-18
Work of Domestic Training School.

The work of the Clarke Domestic School.
organized for training colored gir.s for the
duties of domestic life, is being pushed by
Mrs. l.. B. Clarke, the founder. The school
is located at the corner of 18th and u
streets. and in addition to giving instruc-
lions in the proper conduct of the kitchen,
they are instructed in all branches of
household work and millinery. Thorough
system is said to prevail in each depart
ment. Some of those interested in the work
of the school are Mrs. A. c. Barney, Mrs.
]. r. Mclean, Mrs. Bancroft Davis, Mrs. c.
c. Glover, Mrs. Ralph Jenkins. Mrs. ]. f.
Rodgers, Mrs. Philip Sheridan, Mrs. John
B. Henderson, DIR. Anita Newcomb MCGEE.
Mrs. William F. Fox, Mrs Gillian, Miss
Vinton, Miss Rugg. Mrs. F. Leslie Ransome
and Mrs. Nota McGill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-18
ne men of an impending calamity they

some men of an impending calamity they
think you want it to happen.
How many speeches have you made this
fall ?" l asked.
II have made nine since October" re-
piled Mr.. Root, land have been compelled
to decline forty-eight invitations from diff
ferent parts of the country. l had to stop
because speech making interferes so much
with my official duties. / am crowded with
matters that l have to think about, and am
compelled to deny myself the pleasure of
accepting the many cordial invitations that
are rendered me-
1t turns out, as was stated in a dispatch
from New York to Sundays Star, that the
speech of Justice Brown was in no way
intended as a reply to Secretary Root. He
did not know what Mr.. Root was to talk
about. Justice Brown selected his topic
and wrote out his remarks three weeks be-
fore the dinner. They were already in print
when delivered He read from manuscript
and did not change a word 1t is, how
ever, remarkable coincidence that he
should have. selected a theme and a line of
thought that led almost everybody to sup
pose that he was replying directly to the
remarks of the Secretary of State. 1t was
an unintentional and unconscious joint de
bate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-18
ENGINEERS TO MEET.
Annual Election of Oficers-Subject
of Lecture.

Arrangements have been completed by
the annual meeting of the Washington So
ciety of Engineers in Hubbard Memorial
Hall this evening at o'clock, at which
time the election of officers for the ensuing
year will occur. Following the election Mr..
Louis c., Hill, supervising engineer for the
reclamation. service, will present paper.
illustrated with lantern slides, on the
Roosevelt reservoir in Arizona. He will de-
scribe the work on the Salt river project,
and also the building of several large
structures for storing and distributing
water in that territory.
In order to prevent as far as possible
such a scattering vote as characterized the
election last year, the president of the So
ciety appointed a nominating committee,
consisting of c.. B. Hunt, engineer of high
ways, District of Columbia: Prof. Philander
Belts George Washington University;
William B. Upton, mechanical engineer; e.
W. Parker mining engineer, and Frank
Sutton. civil engineer, to prepare a ticket
It was stated that any other nominations
could be made upon the written request Of
ten or more members. The ticket as Sc
lected by the committee follows:
For president, Col John Biddle for vice
president, o. III. Tittnan; for secretary,
Louis D. Bliss; for treasurer. D. e. Nc
Comb; for directors. Rear Admiral W. l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-18
DEATH TO RATS

STEARNS' ELECTRIC PASTE WILL SURELY
EXTERMINATE THEM.
Nothing else equals Stearns' Electric Rat and
Roach Paste as a sure exterminator.
1t Is easy to use and contains peculiar chemical
that creates such a burning thirst that rats and
mice who eat It rush out of the house IN search Of
water and soon dead
1t also kills on cockroaches. water-bugs. bed bugs
and all vermin-
Stearns' Electric Paste is sold everywhere or
sent prepaid receipt of price. OF. boz 2oc..
16 o. box $780, Stearns' Electric Passe Co..
Buffalo. n. Y. formerly Chicago. ILL.,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-18
Bloomingdale Branch w. C. T. U.
Meets

The Bloomingdale w. c. T. u. met re-
Gently at the home of Mrs. T. ]. Wilson,
2319 LIST street northwest. The subject of
the meeting was Health and "Heredity."
Following the devotional exercises, led by
the evangelistic superintendent, Mrs. Orear
read a poem; Mrs. Speidel read a paper.
written by DIR. Strobel, on Health and
Mrs. Wilkinson, secretary of the Mothers
Club, read an original paper on "Heredity."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-18
Caps, A. p. Davis, Proctor l.. Dougherty,
John II. Hanna, David T. Day. Alfred ii.

number of members of the society,
banding together, have nominated +. II.
Newell, chief engineer of the reclamation
service, for president, and A. l.. Baldwin
of the United States coast and geodetic sur
vey for secretary
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
The Hood Stockton Weddinq.

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 3.-Miss Mar
garet Hood, young society girl, who
only came out last winter, and Pal
Stockton, a prominent young society
and club man of this city will be mar
ried today in Emanuel church. Miss
Hoods only sister, Mary, now Mrs
Willie Russell, was married at the
Charles Hoods country place at Man
chester last September, and Miss
Margaret who was a debutante of last
winter, was maid of honor, and looked
especially radiant as her engagement
was announced that day. Mr. Stockton
is a Harvard '96 man and belongs to
the University club in this city as well
as to the Somerset club.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
SUMMONED TO THE AMEN CORNER
GAY TIME is SCHEDULED AT
ANNUAL GATHERING IN
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-Tnere will b;
a gay time when the Brethren Of tbs
Amen Corner hold their annual dinner
at the Fifth Avenue hotel this even
ing. The Brethren of the Amen Corner
are an organization of professional
men of this city and their meetings
and annual dinners are as famous as
those of the Gridiron club in Washing
ton, D. c., which is composed of the
Washington correspondents of the
various large newspapers of the coun-
try. The Amen Corner dinners are
somewhat similar in character to the
Gridiron dinners. Politicians of prom
inence are invited to these dinners and
in manner as humorous as merciless
confronted with their aims and short
comings. From the fact that Cover
nor Higgins, Mayor Mcclellan, Senator
Depew, Speaker Cannon, ex-governor
Odell and Charles E Hughes have been
inferred that the dinner will be unusu-
ally interesting.
The invitations to the dinner are in
the form Of Subpoenas, issued In the
name of the Brethren of the Amen
Corner" The invitations this year
were signed by Arthur Greaves, pres
ident; Luther B. Little, treasurer and
John w. Mcdonald, secretary. Those
to whom these invitations are sent
mostly politicians of more or less
prominence, do not often decline the
honor and it is expected that there
quet tonight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
HOW HE MADE ESCAPE.
Veteran Gives Practical Demonstra.
ton of War Scene.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 3-Before
an audience that included the present
governor of Iowa, two former COVER
nors and several men influential in
state politics, Major S. H. M. Byers,
former United States consul general to
Switzerland, and famous as the author
of the war poem, "Sherman's March to
the Sea-" crawled through the Identical
hole that afforded him his escape from
the walls of a southern prison in the
stirring wartime days.
Major Byers is one of the best known
of the Iowa veterans and the nonors ne
won as a soldier are dearer to him
than those ne has acquired as dip
lomat and author in the piping times
of peace. One of his dearest reminis-
cences is of the time when, while n
soldier with Sherman's army, he was
captured by the rebels and confined in
the confederate prison at Charleston,
S. c. He escaped, with several others,
by saving a hole with such rude in
struments as could be gathered through
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
The PEN CLUBS FIRST BIRTHDAY
NEWSPAPER WRITER'S ARE TO
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
WITH BEEFSTEAK FEAST.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-The Pen club,
which was organized last year by
about one hundred working newspa-
permen, magazine writer's and artists
of this city, will celebrate it's first
birthday by a big beefstead feast. ar
Frank Stadelbergers tonight. AS
nearly all the members are extreme
ly busy during the day and evening,
the feast will not begin until midnight.
Nearly all the bright and prominent
members of the newspaper fraternity
in this city belong to the club and it
has more than three hundred regular
members. The program for the even
inv includes an entertainment by vau-
deville and speciality performers and a
number of after beefsteak speeches by
witty and humorous members of the
club. Several visiting members of the
profession have been invited, but the
affair will be altogether informal, in
perfect keeping with the Bohemian
tastes and inclinations of the members
of the club.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
The Hopkins Athletic Meet.

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 3.-The
tenth annual indoor meet under the
auspices of the athletic association OF
the Johns Hopkins university will be
held at the new Fifth Regiment arm
DRY this evening and promises to be a
big and highly interesting event The
number of entries is unusually large
and some good material is said to be
among the contestants entered for the
various contests.
There will be two events confined
entirely to the representatives of
schools and academies, the scratch
hundred yard dash and the handicap
quarter-m run. The only other
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo O.
We, the undersigned, have known +.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
'wALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucuous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free Price, 75c per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halps. Family Pills for '7consti-
patton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
TO RESCUE OF THE CONSTITUTION
BOSTON PEOPLE PETITION CON.
GRESS TO PRESERVE OLD
SHIP AS RELIC,

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 3.-The artis-
tically Illuminated petitions to con-
gress executed by Eric Page, which
contains the signatures of thousands
Of residents of Boston and vicinity t.
a petition protesting against the de-
struction of the old and historical Con-
stitution and tasking congress to pre-
serve it as a national relic, has been
completed and is now in WASHINGTON
ready to be submitted to congress. The
people of this city have SHOWN a
strong sentiment in the matter and
thousands f1ocked to the city hall from
all directions, to place their sigma
lures to the petition.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
The
Farmers SAVINGS
Bank
Organized in 1889.
Assets $S53,5SO.I9.
Organized in 1889.

With its large Resources, Conserva-
tive Management and a Representative
Board of Trustees, the stability and
safety of The Farmers Savings Bank
is assured
1t has unexcelled facilities for the
transaction of all branches of legiti-
mate Bank Business.
1t thus offers to it's patrons and de-
positors the best of service combined
with perfect security and safety
Four per cent paid on time deposits
Your account, large or small, will re-
ceive the same care and attention.
Our Trustees Are:
Levi Ankeny; Geo. Struthers
G. W. Babcock; S. F. Henderson;
Frances Dooley; A. H. Reynolds;
G. A. Evans; G. H. Smell;
w. P. Winans.
Our Officers Are:
W. P Winans. President
G. w. Babcock, Vice-President.
]. Chitwood, Cashier.
A. A King, Assistant Cashier.
The Farmers Saving Bank.
Cor. Main G. Second SITS.
-Winans Bldg.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
To Death PentIayt.

PENDLETON, Ark, Feb. 3.-Dis-
satisfied with a term of twenty-one
years for murder in the second de-
gree, Martin Nash appealed to the SUI
preme court and secured a new trial
Nash's second trial has terminated
gree, the penalty being death He was
sentenced to hang March at Arkansas
fenced to twenty-one years in the
penitentiary for killing James Ross, 4
young planter.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
Repair the SoIace.

WASHINGTON, Feb 3.-The navy
department will spend 100000 in re-
now at the Mare Island navy yard and
it is estimated that the work will take
just 100 days to complete. While
$1,000 a day is being spent on the ship
the Lawton will serve as transport.
The Lawton is said to be very fast in
every way as the result of $4,000 re-
pairs recently placed upon her.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
twentieth Kansas Reunion.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. accompany
H. of the Tewntieth Kansas will hold
Dry, the old Vermont Street school
house, this evening to celebrate the
outbreak of the Philippine Instruction
in the usual manner All Spanish War
veterans are specially invited and an
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
Fencing Tournament.

WEST POINT, N. Y, Feb. 3-Tne
first Of the intercollegiate fencing con-
tests of the season will be held
fencers of Pennsylvania university and
an equal number of experts from the
undoubtedly prove very interesting as
both institutions can boast of some
excellent swordsmen. The West Point
swOrdsmen have arranged five meet
ings for the season, of which that OF
tonight will be the first one
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
War Department Faces Problem
| in Moving Soldiers.
GET PERMISSION FROM johnny BULL
To Allow Troops in Alaska to Cross
Canadian Territory to Reach
United States.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 3-In-
ternational complications may attend
the moving of the Third infantry from
Alaska next July and as the authori-
ties do not just know what they may
be "up against" they are preparing to
hand the problem to some guileless
When the Third is moved some other
regiment must be sent to take it's
place and the department is in doubt
as to the best route for the new body
of men to take. The White Pass and
the Yukon route would be the best
from a distance saving point of view.
The attitude of the Canadian govern
ment, however, ought to be ascer-
tanned before our soldiers are sent
marching across King Edwards ter
ritory In order to find just what the
Canadians would think of the idea it
would be necessary to unwind a ire
mendous amount of red tape. The
state department would have to Re
asked by the war department to sound
the British foreign office. The British
foreign Office would refer the matter
to the secretary of war. The secre-
tary of war would pass the matter up
to the secretary of state for the colo
MES and the secretary of state for the
colonies would then get busy and COM
municate with the Canadian officials
who would in their turn sift the ques-
ton through a dozen sieves. 1t would
probably take until July before the
answer trickled back to- the war de-
partment in Washington. To take a
short cut through the reel of tape
the war department has decided to let
the contract out for the transporting
of soldiers. The contractors VINO get
the job will be required to give bond
to the department that should there
be objection to the transportation
across he Canadian territory, the con-
tractors will see to it that the troops
reach their destination by some other
route withou additional expense to the
government
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03

scratch event of the game will be the
scratch half-mile, which will doubtless
furnish one of the closest races of the
evening.
The remaining events are all handi-
caps and are as follows: 100-yard dash,
220-yard dash, 440-yard dash, 100-yard
hurdles, one-mile run, To- pound shot
put, polo vault, high jump. There viii
also be a series of well matched school
college. athletic club and Y. M. C. A
relay races, which promise to be inter-
esting.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
HOW THEY SHOOT IN WEST
Secretary Metca|fe lnstructs You
in the Art.
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS HIS PUPILS
They Put in Every Saturday Afternoon
On Range Near National
Capital.
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS HIS PUPILS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Secretary
Metcalf of the department of commerce
and labor has been teaching the Yam
KEGS how they shoot on the Pacific
Although a New Yorker by birth, the
Baby of the Cabinet" clings to things
western as barnacles to ship. One OF
those things he loves to do is to shoot
and every Saturday finds him on the
range.
Two pupils have advanced to the Sc
Nor class and believe they are ready
for diplomas. They are Assistant Sec
rotary Murray of the department Of
commerce and labor and Solicitor
Murray of the department of commerce
and labor and Solicitor Sims, assigned
to the same department from the de-
partment of justice But the teacher
maintains mis- dignity as an instructor
by keeping safely ahead of his pupils
when they all line up before the birds.
All are members of the Analostan
Gun club which has a range on an
island in the Potomac quite near the
CITY. Saturday noon there is always
great activity at the department;
preparations are under way for the
shoot. The trio are off as soon as the
secretary can close up his business
and the remaining hours are spent
with the guns. So far the secretary
has a record of 10 out of a possible
100, while Assistant Secretary Muir
ray follows with IA, and Solicitor Sims,
with the best gun in the outfit, must
be content with a bare 70. It's proui
day for the secretary when ne returns
with a record of ten out of a possible
ten.
The popular secretary got his train
ing in shooting ducks at his home in
California. The story has drifted east
that one day ne was so successful
that in returning home across the bay,
his boat actually began to sink under
the enormous weight of the ducks
Some of the jealous nuntsmen in
Washington asked the secretary about
it, and after blushing, he said if he
remembered correctly his vessel was
struck by another boat.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
MAY USE OURUM WHEAT IN ARMY
) WAR DEPARTMENT OFF,
GALS IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. S.-The
army experimenters are busily engaged
in testing the value of durum wheat
which has been imported from Europe
to mix with Pacific coast brands for
the bread which is to be fed to our
soldiers in the Philippines Reports
indicate that bread made with .durum
wheat contains more gluten than the
ordinary soft wheat and if it can BE-
mixed with the Pacific coast wheat ii
will greatly contribute to the economy
of feeding the soldiers in the Orient.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03
TO MARRY IN APRIL.
1t Is Said King Will Declare Amnesty
in Honor of BetrothaI.

MADRID, Feb. 3.-The wedding OF
King Alfonso and Princess Ena of Bat
tenberg will take place in April, &C.
cording to a report circulated here
After the visit of the Portuguese SOW
ereigns here Feb. "a, King Alfonso will
go to London to sign the marriage
contract.
1t is understood that King Alfonso
will proclaim an unusually extensive
amnesty On the occasion of the an
nouncement of his betrothal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03

interesting program has been ar
ranged for the occasion. There will be
campfire and a number of dis
tinguiShed officers of the Twentieth
Kansas will be there to give inter-
esting accounts of some Of the cpl
sodes of the fighting line
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-03

the wall of the old warehouse that
served as his dungeon.
Some months ago Major Byers made
a trip through the south. visiting var
ious places that were closely identified
with his wartime experiences. Wnen
he reached Charleston his first care
was to learn whether his old prison
was still standing. To his joy he dis
covered it restored to it's former use,
and readily obtained permission to 60
through it. The employees watched
with interest the white-haired soldier
with the G. A. R. button as he located
well-remembered places, and finally
came to stand before certain point
in the room that had been formerly his
cell.
Purchases Odd Relic.
A temporary partition covered the
place where the majors memory told
him the hole should be. At the majors
iSANSoS, tAc IduC OOdAo AAA6 was &c
moved, and when the original wall OF
the building came in view a gaping
aperture was disclosed. The major
bartered for it, secured it, and when he
left for the north had the satisfaction
of knowing that the original hole
through which he escaped from dur
ance vile was following hard on his
heels
Since that time the hole has been his
choicest relic. He proudly exhibited
it to the distinguished company gath
cred at his home. In the party was
Governor A. B. Cummins, forme,
Governors William Larrabee and Franz
D. Jackson and several prominent stats
senators and editors.
Crawl through it, major, and show
us how you did it," was the happy sug-
gestion of Governor Cummins.
Major Byers has retained the figure
of mis- youth in great measure. He
yielded to the general request, ans
made the essay The hole was a hi
more of tighter fit than it had beer
to the slender soldier of the early six
ties, but it proved gracious, and the
hairbreadtn escape of the times of wal
was reproduced in the parlor of a lux.
uriously-appointed Des Moines home If
times of peace.