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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-28
s.uroiss MAKES Announeement.

A message from Morgantown just
as We go to press states that Honor
able George C.. StUrgiss. OF that town.
has announced himself as candidate
for Congress in Secocd Congressional
district of West Virginia.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-28
Nuek Rakers
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Except In one lone case IN all those
years that penalywas not applied
The people demanded a law that would
be enforced President Roosevelt rec
o1mended 10 Congress that II pass
such law Senator Elldns brought
in a bin and 1. was passed by the Sen
ate without dissenting vote and the
House put it through with practical
manimfty. That Law is to-day on the
statute books as the E1kins act In
the three years that have elapsed
since then 1t has proven, as enforced.
so effective that neither the President
in his message, the interstate Com
merce commission, nor the trainers
OF the Hepburn bill have seen fit TO
change 1t in single line. They have
all treated 1t as serving its purpose
well This law. taken with the
amendments Of Senator Elkins. con-
sritute the most important railroad
regulation legislation on the Statute
books to-day. And they come In the
nature Of evidence of the usefulness
and ability Of Senator Elkins SO
strong and so conclusively that they
cannot be gainsaid-
a Chain Of Triumphs.
Immediately after he entered the
Senate Senator Elllins proved his
mettle by successfully calling halt
to the bond steal of the last C1eve-
land administration Bonds for $780,
to J. Pierpont Morgan for some S12.-
100000 less than they would have
brought in the open market. Senator
Elkins was man of large affairs and
he Immediately saw the iniquity and
he Immediately started fight against
it which he did not let up until the
deal was called off and the bonds sold
publicly They brought just what
Senator Elldns said they would. AMI
81. 900. 900 was saved TO the country
through that fight of the West Vir-
Sinia Senator. Two years later the
Dingley tariff act was pending. The
question of duty on lumber came up.
and even large number OF Republi-
cans wanted to put 1t on the free list
But Senator Ell>inS would not consent
70 have II mt on me free list He
anew. however. that If it went on the
free list the lumber of West Virginia
and other States would nave to come
in competition with the vast forests
Of Canada. Therefore he insisted
rbat there shor1d he a duty of tvs
dollars thousand feet laid on all
lumber brought into this country. He
was violently onnosed in this by a
large and influential opposition. and
even President Mckinley begged him
ro agree TO a COMPROMISE of one dol
lar ner thousand but Senator E1kins
said that 1ne interesrs of his State
We're such that he would accept no
compromise. and that the bill would
have TO include his amendment He
was in a position TO, demand this and
the result was that it went in. and
from that day to this West Firsinians
have gotten two dollars per thousand
more for their lumber than they
would have gotten had they been fore
ed to sell it in competition with free
lumber from Canada. 1t IS estimated
that on an average one million feet
of lumber passes through the town OF
mean two thousand dollars s,s aaaioon,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-28
Awful Fire
OVER FOUR HUNDRED BUILDINGS
DESTROYED NINE LIVES
WERE LOST

TOXIC. May 2s.-A disastrous fire
at Yubar1 coIliery in Hokkadio de-
.stroyed four hundred and eighteen
buildings. Nine miners We're burned
to death
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-28

CLEVELAND. Ohio May es.- The
steamer Mabel Wilson went down of
breakwater here this morning in 3
heavy gale which prevailed through
out the night. One sailor was drown
ed
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-28
Others Failed.

To Dr. Troy and Whom it May Con.
Germ:
have been troubled for some time
with weak kidneys and stomach trou-
BILE, my arms and hands at times
would get numb, my stomach seemed
to burn constantly and a terrible
running OF Of the bowles after After
taking the third dose Of your Health
Giver started to improve and have
not been troubled since
have tried many other medicines
but this is the only one that has CIV
en- me this relief
Yours.
J. H. G1endenins.
Monongah. ". Va.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-28

DR.. Troy:-My stomach has been
troubling me for the past six years. l
have been taking different medicines,
but have received no benefit I have
taken seven doses ofyour Health Giver
and it has given me immediate relief.
Since taking your remedy the heart
burn from which constantly suffered
has ceased and am feeling better
CHAS. MURPHY,
Water St, Fairmont
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-28
Rain Did
Not Keep
Crowds Away

notwithstanding the rain SATURDAY
night large and appreciattve audi.
ence witnessed the performance Of
The Modern Remedy Company op
Washington street, next to Marion Ho
tel
This company will be here for the
rest Of this week and it Will pay you
to go and see their show. as it IS free.
II you are troubled with stomach. lir.
er or kidney trouble. you should COB.
suit the Professor at once. His ad-
vice IS free and If his medicine does
not give relief in three days, he will
refund your money as freely as he
takes it. Below Is few Of the many
testimonials he has received from peo.
pie who have been relieved and cured
in our own town Of Fairmont
Modern Remedy Co.:
I have been troubled with rheuma.
tism for the past fifteen years. After
taking one half bottle Of Emersons
Health Giver have received relief
and have not been bothered with a
rheumatic pain since.
Your medicine is all right
EDWARD HORSTON.
Maple avenue, Fairmont.
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stood all alone the winsome little Wo-
 man with the sweet voice ana the sfa- cious presence. As
 She did not preach sermon. AS a woman speaking unto men, she simply tried to make them take the engendered by sin, and the happiness that comes from right hvins' anu she promised that if any man present wished to start anew when he got out of prison. and would come to her, she would see he got a chance. Then she askel all that were desirous or turn ing over a new leaf to stand up. It was a critical moment. For convict to stand up meant that ne should show what his old associates would regard as yellow streak. For perhaps half minute there was an awkward silence and then, nere and there all over the hall, convicts. many of them shamefacedly: struggled to their feet until twenty-five or the
 700 were standing. The keepers were astonished Mrs. Booths fondest hopes were realized. Skinny was not among the twenty five, but later in his cell he pondered over Mrs Booths writings. She called convicts her boys! She said she nad prepared a home for them to go to when they got out of jail. She re-
  i help them to find honest work. Summer came and went. with Skin ny still nervously lingering his nor phine tablets. Constant he brooded over the remarkable woman that
 called convicts her friends and boys.
 Why. she spoke of them and addressed
 them as If there really was some
 thing good in them! On his bed of pain he tried to picture what she looked like One night he cried out:
 My God! but she must be all
 right"'
 From out their hiding place he drew the tablets-he had twenty now ground them up with the heel of his shoe and blew the dust out into the corridor
 The struggle has last five months,
 It was in the latter part of October
 that Skinny applied to the chaplain for permission to write an extra let ter
 ITO whom are you going to writer he was asked
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savings bank And what do you ha think he did with 1t? Every cent ha turned over to friend who had a large family and was out of work He missed the money, too; for there was a girl In the factory about whom he was entertaining serious thoughts
 The romance was brought to a crisis when Skinny got his foot crushed in the elevator. The foot had to be turned all night, and the girl insister' upon acting as nurse. That made Skinny tell Mrs. Booth he wished to marry. She approved. on the condi- tion that the girl be informed about bis past life. Skinny accordingly gave his sweetheart this information, and the view she took of the matter was that his many years of Imprisonment made his present honest life all the In November, 1901. Mrs. Booth. who is an lordained clergyman, performing the ceremony.
 skinny's employer lent him money to furnish flat, and his employers wife and Mrs. Booth saw that the bride needed nothing essential. AL though their means were limited. Mir. and Mrs. Skinny prospered from the start Each week something was set aside to discharge their debt. and when Skinny. year later, was promoted to the post of night watchman at a sal hhy oI S1f q Weeh, they were soon Ire6 and clear
 At the present day. Skinny continues to mount guard every night over property worth thousands of dollars. His home on First avenue is as scrup- ulously clean place as you could hope to find. And there you now will see two little baby girls. When they be- come sixteen years old they are going to join the Volunteers.
 Recently Skinny was asked If he had felt any temptation to steal since he came out of prison in 1s9S
 Well" he replied, you know they say that once a crook always a crook"
 But how is 1t with your" 1t was insisted.
 Now look here," said Skinny. why should I want to steal? I've got a good wife who knows how to keep house. and two fine kids. and $125 in the bank. Why, I've got everything in life I wantw
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Slowly its purport dawned on his consciousness. He had friend in a good woman that was going to stand by and help him, Sitting on his cot in his little cell there in the grim old prison, this convict. this tsef, this thug. bowed low his closely cropped head. while tears rained down hfs hardened features and watered the prison stripes.
 Since November. 1899, Skinny has been in the employ of a leading man ufacturer of New York city, who is interested in Mrs Booths preston work Two months after he received his first letter from Mrs. Booth. she went to Sing Sing, and he had an affect ing interview with her, the result of which was that Mrs. Booth won a slave that would gladly lay down his life for her She made him consent the prison gates closed behind him for good and all on February 4. 1899, she had sent him to the Presbyterian hospital in New York. there to be cured of his lumbago by a specialist.
 When he started out on his new Until he regained lis strength he col lected donations with a horse and wagon for Hope Hall, where Mrs. Booths's boys live while they re- cover from the effects of their inn prisonment. Beginning work for the manufacturer, he had a hard time. Sometimes he made only $3.50 a week. and never more than five dollars. When greatly disheartened, Skinny used to go to see Mrs. Booth. After she had talked to him a while, 1t was her custom to ask: Do you wish me to lend you any money William?" And Skinny would clinch his teeth, say No" and go back to work. Once when he was feeling very blue, his employer called him into the office and said: Billy. I wish you to take these silver vases and have them cleaned" The glow that came from that errand of trust carried Skinny over several dark weeks.
 And then he received a job of run ming the elevator at a regular salary of $10 a week. with the privilege of lodging in a room in the factory. Skinny was rich now. In little more than a year he had $500 in the
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 ment at Expense of 75c.

"I had been suffering for twelve years with sore on my limb, and had physicians give me treatment, and none gave me any relief until 1 got hold of the Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and I was cured sound and well with one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Ointment. Ihave confidence in Cuticura and I would not take ten dollars for one box if I knew that could not get any more" D. M. Robertson,
 Sent. %, 1905. Newton, Miss.
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Mrs. Boot" he answered.


 Never a man awaited with more eag- erness a reply to letter. Days passed without its being received, and Skin ny began to regret what he had done. Then one me: lorable day he received this:
 "s4 Union Square. New York City,
 November 6, 1896. My Dear Friends was very glad to get your letter of the 27th. should have answered it sooner, only I am sure you will understand how busy I have been since have come home
 T am very glad that you have writ ten me so freely. I thoroughly be- lieve you that I, for one. think that there Is hope for you, and I will gladly do all I can to help and encourage you. l think there is every reason why you should be cheered to go on and do better, while you are even in prison as well as when you come out of it. T am determined that those who hs tra igt, soma teylr nartighedoe are trying to lead straight, honest lives shall have chance. never mind how many terms there are back of them. |. T am particularly interested In those who never had a chance; so you can remember now that you have at least one friend who will stand by you and help you while you prove yourself thoroughly sincere and ear nest.
 T will gladly send you the Volun- teers' Gazette, and I hope that It's pages may be a cheer and inspiration to you.
 Now I pray that the dear Lord may fill your heart with nope, and enable you to begin to lead new life right there in Sing Sing.
 Believe me, your friend. to help you.
 Maud B. Booth" Skinny read the letter in kind of stupor. One sentence. however. had burned itself into his brain. It had been understood. "I thoroughly be- lieve all that you say" There was a good woman in the world that be- lieved in him! To make sure he was not mistaken he again read the letter. Still he was not convinced, and for the third time he read 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
wisconsIn's New Primary Law.

New Hork EVening Post.
 Milwaukee made the first trial the other day of the primary law passed after such long fight. A great many citizens. according to the report, could not seem to get through their heads the distinction between the primary and the regular election. The news papers were full of warnings against ticket-splitting on the analogy of the seeing the name of high-cla aspir- ant for the Democratic nomination, were prone to put his name on their ticket. This difficulty will doubtless disappear when the law becomes more familiar. But. for one thing. 1t shows strikingly how little the people knew about the process of making nomina tions under the old system: The peo- pie failed to understand the primary because the old caucuses which the oreticaIIy corresponded were abso- lutely unfamiliar to the average citi- zen For a first test of the new law. the Milwaukee primary vote of 43,000 seems to us encouraginglY large.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
WILL REJECT OFFER
OPERATORS WILL NOT AGREE TO
 ARBITRATION.
Instead. They Will Present a Counter PrOposition To The Miners Ali The Meeting Tn New York
 Today.

New York, April 9.--At the joint con- ference of the subcommittee Of the an thracite coal mine owners and their em- ployes to be held here tomorrow, the operators will decline 70 accept the ar bitration plan as presented last week | by the mine workers and will in its stead present counter proposition, which, if agreed to by President Mitch 1 ell and his men. will bind each side | for more than two years.
 l The operators have been working on the new plan ever since the adjourn ment of the joint conference on last
 Thursday and the inability of the pres l iden;s of the hard coal carrying rail- | roads to complete minor details caused | a postponement of twenty-four hours l of the conference scheduled for to-
 day.
 | The exact nature of the counter | proposition was not made known by | the operators and they do not intend
 to permit 1t to become public property | until 1t shall have been presented to | the miners. It Is said, however, that | the offer to be made involves an arbi- trationa plan very different from the
 one presented by the miners. one that | will call for tho settlement of only new grievances. that may be, after an
 impartial investigation has been made. found to exist
 l The operators still maintain the po- siton that the miners in their demands have not called attention to anything that has not already been passed upon by the anthracite coal strike commis- sion. There is a strong impression among the miners committee that the operators will propose that President | Roosevelt be requested to summon the strike commission to review the entire | controversy. They decline, however, to indicate how they would receive | the suggestion.
 l The operators representatives were | in close conference most of the day and promise that unless something un- foreseen should occur they will be ready with their answer to the miners arbitration plan tomorrow. The req son given for the postponement was l that the large coal companies desired 1 to obtain the sentiment or all the inde- | pendent operators before they drew up their formal answer
 | President Mitchell announced this evening that the last of the bituminous coal operators in the Pittsburg district who held out against the 1903 wage lagreement signed the scale today. This l action he said clears up the western l Pennsylvania territory and means that l forty thousand men in that territory who produce from thirty-fiv to forty million tons of soft coal year will receive an increase of .55 per cent in l wages.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10


 these lots after recent rains. are little better than bogs.
 Overseers Speicher and Excell follow ed MT. Piper touching on the alleged Immortality of Dowie's teachings. Some of the ideas credited to the first apostle were brutally shocking, touching as they did the parentage of Jesus Christ in way that completely silenced the audience of 1000 people. In the midst of this silence man in the audience jumped to his feet and exclaimed as he pointed quivering arm at Speicher. You're liar; you are lying"
 The overseer answered that he spoke only of things he knew to be facts. Overseer Excell confirmed his prede- cessor and added incidents which he claimed showed that Dowie was insid- iousIy preparing his people for an announcement in favor of polygamy. Various church officials spoke briefly In substantiation of this charge, quot ing Dowie on various occasions when he repeated scripture to them uphold Ing the practice of polygamy.
 A visit to the basement of Shiloh house confirmed Voliva's statement concerning the nature of Dowie's con. cealed retreat.
 The room was fitted in anything but monkish simplicity. An electric light burned brightly, shedding it's light over the bed. which was made after the fashion of a window seat in an angle of the walls. Like the room itself, the bed was "L" shaped and to have slept on it one must needs have to form an pbtuse angels with the bed. telephone stood on little stand beside the couch. No arms were found, but enough was discovered to show that Dowie, behind three feet of cement walls and his iron doors, had a safe re- treat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
------------------~- FIVE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
Reports of Fatalities from Eruption ar
 Coming In.

Naples, April 9.-Reports of fatali- ties consequent upon the eruption of Mount Vesuvius are coming in. Ac- cording to information received late to- night probably 500 lives were lost. It is said that more than 200 perished in the district of San Giuseppe, while from the ruins of a church which col lapsed owing to weight of ashes on the roof forty-nine corpses were extricated and it is asserted that at Sorrento thirty-seven persons were killed by falling houses.
 A railway train from San Giuseppe for Naples was derailed owing to showers of stones from the crater.
 Cavalry proceeding to the succor of the inhabitants of the devastated sec tion have been unable to make pro- gress. the rain falling on the ashes a foot deep having made 1t impossible for the horses to travel.
 The sea is greatly agitated. The sky has cleared. but heavy clouds hang over the east, threatening a further downpour. The streams of lava are almost stationary. Troops are erecting barriers in the direction of Pompeii to prevent further danger in that quar- ter,
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HUMOR COVERED
 HEAD AND SCALP
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WISHES SUCCESS TO
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"After using Cuticura Soap, Oint- ment, and Pills, I am very glad to say I am entirely relieved of that itching humor of the head and scalp which 1 was bothered with quite length of time. I did not use the Cuticura Rem edies more than three times before l began to get better, and now am com pletely well. l suffered with that humor on my head, and found no relief until took the Cuticura Remedies. think I used several cakes of Cuticura Soap, three boxes of Ointment, and two vials of Pills. I am doing all l can to publish the Cuticura Remedies, for they have done me good, and l know they will do others the same. With best wishes for your success" Mrs. Mattie Jackson,
 June l2, 1905. Mortonsville, Ky.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
ALABAMA POSTMAsTERs.
Five for this State in List Sent to Sem

Five for this State in List Sent to Sem
 ate.
 Washing ston, April 9.-The President today sent to the Senate the following appointments of postmasters:
 Alabama-W w. Simmon, Athens; D. V. Soveir Jr.. Russellville; J. A. Bingham, Talladega; Margaret Miller Tuscaloosa; w. J. Leppert. Camden. Florida-T. W. Lundy. Perry.
 Kentucky-W. H. Overby. Tender son; F. A. VanHonseallaer. Owensboro; R. R. Perry. Winchester; F. w, Smith, Latonia
 Texas-D. C. Bellows. Seymour; H . I. Somerville, Richmond; w. Pilley, Wills Point; c. c. Ross. Wortham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
Wreck on the Erie

Buffalo, N. Y. April 9.-An eastbount passenger train on the Erie Railroad was wrecked ten miles east of here to- night. Engineer Wallace Russell oi Buffalo, was caught beneath his over turned engine and crushed to death Fireman George Griffith also of Buffalo was badly scalded, but probably will recover. Three of the passengers were injured. The entire train composed oi a baggage car and three coaches, was derailed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
The Easter Hat.

At church behind a pretty girl I sat And saw the bird upon her Easter hat That nestled where it almost touched her
 Curls- And she the dearest of all dear sweet girls. thought of all the great reformers say 'Ganst taking birds to make bonnet gay But musng with a heart by love made
 mellow.
 I murmured to myself The lucky feliow!"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
Don't Level Things Too Much.

O1dTk NEWS.
 We heard a fine fellow the other day trying to prove that there was not much difference in folks because they were all made out of dirt. While they are of truth made of dirt, there is g Some is marshy. swampv and very low while some is on the hills, plateaus and mountain peaks. Let's not level dowr things too much for there Is a vast difference in folks after all
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
The Competent Typewriter.

She's rather mixed on 'fs" and "e's'
 and such things when she goes to spell But when 1t comes to pounding keys,
 She makes them go like merry.
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The rolling stone. whatever you may Say about 1t. seldom gets catalogued with the mossbacks.