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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
New Boat to
axe It's Place


Farmont people have had their last
excursion on the Steamer Isaac NJ
Mason. The Mason has been a faith
E3fui old packet. but her years OF useful
ness as a passenger boat have passed
and in her declining old age she is to
be relegated to the drudSeTy OF the
coal trade and become tow boat
4. a combination has taken over the
Interests Of the Fairmont and Pitts
burg Packet Co. and extended their
Separations to Cincinnati, and the new
consolidated company viii be known
as the Fairmont, Pittsburs and Gin
scInnati Packet Co.
II Is stated on good authority that a
;iargera and better boat VIII be placed
in this trade than the Mason was and
itsswin be either the Rose Hite or the
SDewey:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
GAMBLERS GOT
SOAKED FOR
TRIGkERY
A Local Man
Got Fleeced

Sicfy6ve dollars Was the amount OF
money given by a local man last
nigh: for d little experience in a pok
er ssme in The midst OF which he got
wise that he was being skinned By
three clever gamblers and Withdrew
from the game. The local man in
collusion with HI Williams. alias J. H
Paine. went TO the Watson Hotel last
night to have social gambling bout
in which John Gladstone was to be
the victim Paine saw the man who
proved TO be the victim of the game
yesterday about ten O'Clock and ar
ranged for the game. He took the To-
cal man into his confidence and told
him what an easy mark they had in
Gladstone.
AT the appointed hour the men met
at the place agreed upon Paine and
our city neiShbor went to Gladstone's
room and awaited the coming OF their
victim. Gladstone was not long In
making his appearance and was ac-
companied by John Hart. alias John
Jones. The game Immediately start
ed. According to the plan agreed up
money. but was 10 be a sort of a dunn
my. Paine put up twenty-five dollars
for him. At later stage in the game
tie focal man put up forty dollars
Of his own money and lost it He
then borrowed twenty-five dollars and
-,
got wise and saw that he was the man
that was being eeeced to the comfor;
and satisfaction of the man who was
TO be the victim OF the game.
With the game going against him
at that rate the local mans heart fail
ed him and he withdrew from the
game and lodged complaint with the
officers. The officers made a search
and found them at 1870 this morning
at the corner Of Jackson street and
Cherry avenue They were arrested
by Officers Bartholow. Could and Ross.
Gladstone and Paine We're fined eigh-
teen dollars each They had the mon
ey and the fines were paid.
Jones went to trial. He proved that
he was an innocent on-looker- Attor-
ney Harry Shaw appeared for the
gamblers and offered a plea OF guilty
as to Gladstone and Paine and asked
that the fine imposed be commensu-
rate with the ofense.
Mayor -Arne,t told them that mas
much as they seemed to have no husiz
ness here they would better leave
town.
The men came here from Charles
ton
This was the extent of police court
this morning. The hour for holding
court has been changed from nine
O'Clock to eisht-thirty in the morning
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
BIG improvements Planned.

The Baltimore and Ohio has let
contracts for vast improvements at
Brunswick. Nd. One million dollars
will be spent to improve the terminal
facilities. The plans are to build an
east-bound yard west of the present
yard About three hundred acres of
ground have been acquired for the i'm
proveme1t. The people have sold their
property readily. 50 far, there have
been no condemnation proceedings
whatever The railroad company is
making Brunswick The pay roll
there monthly runs from 100000 to
$4,000. and the population has grown
from 200 in 1891 to 1000
Thomas fitzgerald. general n anaser
Of the B. ana O.. was yesterday elect
ed as director in the Peoples National
Bank. at Brunswick. Md.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
Dismissed
TODAY WERE CHARGES MADE
BY MURRAY HOWE THAT
LOU DILLON WAS TAM
PERED WITH.

NEW YORK, May S.-The Board Of
review OF the National Trotting Asso-
citation today dismissed the charges
made by Murray Howe, secretary of
the Memphis TrottinS Association,
ttat Lou Dillon was tampered with
Just prior to the race for the gold cup,
in October, nineteen-four, when she
was defeated by Major Delmar. owned
and driven by Smathers. The board
win dismissed present charges with
out prejudice The board VIII con-
.tinue the Investigation Of the matter
however
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
MARRIED man And Girl
ELOPE CAUSING EXeTEI
Threats Of
Violence Made
By n iighbors
-espeetal 70 tne west xirsiasan. 9

Especial TO the West yfrgintan
KEYSER, May 3Scherr, Grant:
county. is the center OF intense excite
ment=over runaway at this hour The
matter involves several OF the best
families of the county. s.
Ernest Feaster, son Of the late well
known Justice Feaster, Of Maysrine.
has deserted his family for parts mn
known.with the dang shtersoe his neigh
Dor. Mr.. Jack Lyons. For some time
Feaster,s undue intimacy wit this;
young woman had been snbiect
Of much gossip He had been drink
ing heavily for some time and had
been cruel and improEident In his fans
n.y. Recently he mortgaged his farrs
and persuaded. the poor helpless wife
to sign away her rights inths home.
Feaster bears a bad record general
ly- He is known to have been Grim
inally intimate with asnunber OF -wos
men OF his neishborhood, some OF
them married. and caused trouble In
more than one home. One of his most
dastardly acts to come to light be-
fore this was the seducdons OF his
wife's fourteen-ycar-old niece who
made her home with the family
The eioping party took a horsezand:
buggy belonging to a young neishbor
by the name OF May. Feaster sent back
a letter from Pittsburg to friend
in which he threatened to suicide This
was in a day or two after his disap-
pearance Since then ncthfn o 8 F<.s
been heard from him.
Public feeling In Feasterss home
neishborhood is intense There are
common threats. of tar and feathers
and lynching. and should he us-n
soon. something severe the way OF:
justice win be meted out to him by
his outraged and enrageds sneighbors.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
Shot Gun
DIDN'T KEEP GLOVER FROM BE-
ING ARRESTED BY DEPUTY
SHERIFF.

Sherman Clover was arrested about
midnight last night upon a captas by
Deputy Sheriff Charlton Glover was
placed in Jail about four O'Clock. this
morning. Glover got away and hid
in coal bank He was armed witt,
a shot gun. but the officer succeeded
in getting him without serious trou-
BILE
Susan D. Martin. who was cohabit-
ing with Glover, escaped. but 1t is
thought that she viii soon be an in
mate too of the county jail
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
Money to Ioan-Apply ROOM lo,Peo-
pies Bank Building.

that no license IN any case bereQuired
to maintain any machine actually de-
kverinS merchandise therefrom, auto
n1atically. where such machine IS kept
within the merchants place Of bust
ness; but no slot machine orsother aus
tomato device with respect % which
or its operation, service or supplies.
there is any element OF chance {being;
a gaming table within the meaning or:
section one OF chapter one hundred
and ffty-one of the ccse.3 shall besIiss
censed or protected by ysany license or
%(q) keep or allow to be kept on his
premises. any dog; or
tD solicit. carry on or2practice the
business of a collection agency orsas-
sociation. whether itbea person. fTIn
or corporation provided, that moth
ing In this chapter contained. and no
license or payment Sunde the progS
sins hereof. :han be taken to IegalIzes
any act which Otherwise may be ms
violation of Iaw.a .aor exempt amy person
from any penalty prescribed for such
violation.
Penalty for acting without license
Sec. 8. Amy person convicted Of rio-
lating either Of the two preceding sec
tons, except paragraphs b, &C. q 5e ana
& in section one. shall except whers
it is otherwise provided herein be
fined not less than ten nor more han
one hundred dollars, and may In the
discretion of the mayor be impris-
oned not more than thirty days and
any person convicted Of violating elRs
er OF said paragraphs b. or
said section one shall be fined not less
tnan twenty-five dolarsnor more than
Two hundred dollars and Imprisoned
not more than thirty days. For ne
granting or refusing to; grant any
censes under this chapter.or for tie
enforcement OF any. OF the provisfons
thereof the council and mayor OF sa5d
city shan have idrfsdIction for one
nile beyond the corporate limits Or
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
JUNE 10
is DATE SET FOR FIRST DISTRICT
CONGRESSIONAL CON-
VENTION-

WHEELING May a.-At a meet
ing of the Congressional committee
of the First district here to-day s. G.
Smith resigned as chairman of the
bell Richards was selected in his
lIaee-
June 1e was named as the date of
The Congressional Convention and
Wheeling as the place Of holding the
same.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
MRS MORROW
Gave Interesting Chapel Talk This
Morning.

Gave Interesting ChapeI AK ms
Morning.
Mrs. N R. c., Morrow gave very
interesting and highly beneficial ad-
dress at the chapel exercises at the
State Normal this morning The sub
ject OF the address was that whiskey
and tobacco are not the only things
which may difi1e the body, an act
condemned by the Bible, but that there
are other things which may also de
file 1t equally as much, among the
worst being ignorance This, Mrs
Morrow pointed out, IS as harmful as
many other things which arc common
ly agreed upon as injurious to the
body
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
STEAMER ISAAC M. MASON
is GOING TO Leave US
UNIVERSITY STUDENT ILL
Former Member Of Law School Re
ported to Be In Dying Condition.


MoRGANTOWN, May 3.-Informa-
ton has been received in the city to
the effect that F. c. Carson of Han
cock county. a former law student of
The university. is in a very critical
condition. and there are but slight
hopes of his recovery
1t will be remembered that Mr.
Carson left the university several
months ago, suffering from some
mental complaint He was an in
dustrious student, and it is thought
that he 1abored too hard over his
books For several days before leav-
ing for his home he acted in a very
peculiar manner After going home
his condition became much worse.
and word received by friends here
IS to the effect that he viii probably
die.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
San Francisco
HAD A FIRE THIS MORNING
WHICH CAUSED MUCH
EXCITEMENT.

SAN FANCrSCO. May ;:.-A laundry
in the. rear OF the main general hos
pital at the Preside at four-ifteen this
morning caught fire and was destroy
ed. The flames were eStinguished
before they reached the main building
in which there were about one thous-
and patients There was much excite
ment
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
CAVE BOND OF $4,000
FOR HIS APPEARANCE
Other Live
Notes by Wire

CHICAGO, May John R. Walsh,
lately president OF the Chicago Nation
al Bank and Home Savings Bank. both
4ofswhich institutions were closed by
the State and Government authorities
last November, was held to the Feder-
aIgrand jury to-day on bonds of fifty
thousand dollars, on the charge of mis-
appropriation Of funds and several vio-
lafionS of National banking laws.
nation He preferred investigation
by a grand jury to that by the COM
missioner. Bonds were Immediately
furnished and accepted
WASHINGTON,D D. c., May Con
sideration OF amendments to the rail-
road bill in the Senate under the rule
limiting speeches to fifteen minutes
each viii begin tomorrow Each
amendment viii be pushed to vote as
speedily as possible and it is believ-
ed the final vote on the completed
bin may be had about May 9. There
are exactly siXty-two amendments
now offered and in print. including the
three substitute bills.
NEW YORK, May 3.-The executive
council of the American Bankers As
ISOLATION has decided to hold the thir-
tysecond convention of the associa-
stion In st Louis
sTPETERsBURG. May The
downfall of Premier WItte and the
eleEation of NJ Ceremykin to be the
head of the government it the sole top
&c OF discussion in official and other
quarters throughout the empire NJ
Stolypin is named as secretary Of the
interior and NJ Scheglevuef will be
minister OF justice in the new govern
ment-
The change IS acceptable to the Lib
erals. who declare there is now strong
er possibility of securing reforms in
Russia
Premier Goremkyn will now seek to
restore the loyalty Of the peasants to
the government
PARIS, May "a bomb which was
being carried by two Russians in Vim
cennes wood near this city exploded
today One of the Russians was Kill
ed and the other fatally injured
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03

Mt CARMEL. Pa. May Captain
Pages State troopers entered this
place to-day and were received with
more friendliness than heretofore. No
arrests have been made and no fur
ther trouble is looked for.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
ARRESTED FOR FIGHTING.
Constable Parker Arrested Man Foe
Assault and Battery.

Assault and Battery.
Constable J. Lee Parker arrested
George Pocovich for assault and bat
terry The fight occurred at Gray's
Flats on Tuesday night Nick Evan
covich was on the other end OF tho
argument. George threw Nick out OF
his house. Nick slept in the starlight
and earned all the fresh air he got
Pocovich gave bond for his appear
ance before Justice Amos on Saturday
at six O'clock
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
Japanese SILK Crop Threatened.

LONDON. May 3.-The Daily Mails
correspondent at Kobe reports that
much anxiety is felt here regarding
the threatened failure Of the silk crop
in Japan Late frosts have damaged
the mulberry trees in the Province OF
Kukushima alone to the extent of 81
500, 600
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03

Mr. NJ. 3. Bartlett is in Columbus.
%, on a visit to his son. Henry Bart
lett.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03

Mr. and Mrs George w Ice and son,
Herschen, and Miss Jennie Ice, who
had been travelling In the West since
last fall, returned home this morning.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03
Railroad Rurnor. !;

CLARKSBURG. May 1T IS m.
mored here to-day that theseHension
Of the Western Maryland nilroad from
Belington is being talked OF agair.the;
route this time to run from BelingtonE
to Brown. station on the va.
Short Line railroad and from there 4
viii extend to aIannington and connecs
with the line from weynes5urgPa-
to that point.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03

Try a want ad IN this paper; Il you
want results Only half cent aword.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03

Col. T w Fleming left for Wash
ington. D. c., this afternoon
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03

n. F CoIebank returned this morn
ing from Mt Vernon, Ohio:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-03

NEWSYORK, May 3.-The executive
council of the American Bankers As
ISOLATION has decided to hold the thir-
ty-second convention of the associa-
tion In St Louis
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09
FURNITURE o atySEi5

of IN
Building which the furniture which be-
sale at HoPP CO.'S this morning the entire of
oPP CO. their account large stock of furniture and
latter Bring with and the price win be less than
sNtoaaf
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09

Joe Cohen seems to, be sending one of
the band boys home.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09
SODA Water Works
COMPANY LTD.
Sole manufacturers and agents OF
genuine Kola Mint. Don't buy poor
Phone Main, II.
TOPICS IN BRIEF.

If that Standard Oil prosecution is
delayed long enough the steamship
companies may do fine business in
de luxe suits.-New York World.
The new Senator from Kansas is said
not to look like a senator. But he may
not appear so innocent by the time his
term eXpires.-Toledo Blade.
Senator Benson of Kansas, was born
in New York, The State is not entirely
without representation in the United
States Senate.-N. Y. World
81 want to see the president of this
Ice Trust personally on urgent busi-
ness" Sorry, sir but his term doesn't
expire till next week. baltimore
American.
John d. is in France. If he finds
things in general nailed down let him
remember that the French are disposed
to take American humor very seriously.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09
The Islands
SuffCienCy

ry for such work. and the mechanical facilities we'll for carry
ing such enterprises
The development power
ca the other side the island first
by w. E. Rowel who born whole pro-
iessiona life experience Lydgate
another island and W. E. Rowe made all the preliminary
noissances and developed the plan its general features H. Kue
GEL island civil engineer made many the surveys the
PLAN including the hydraulic features the mechanical the
electric by A. Garty Of the Hawaiian Electric
Company
construction the for the ditch
neng taken native of the islands, and completed well
within the time of the contract
the iron work and machinery and the appliances of
ton the Honolulu Iron Works able meet all requirements,
both in the of time and in the work be done AS for the
electric installation the Hawaiian Eecrc Company able
requirements the personnel of its service supplemented by
technically trained in the electrical profession outside of its
vice found all the qualities of skill and resourcefness
ary for which in many its aspects difficult which
as entirely new and which pioneer the of long dis
lance high voltage transmission
The work inception and its creation the brains and skill
q the islands themselves 1t striking to the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09

The Governors determination to al
low the matter of the legality of the
election of members of the legislature
as county officials, to rest with the
warning that any future election of the
kind will be contested will probably
answer every useful purpose, 1t is
not likely that temptation or oppor-
tunity for similar elections will occur
again, and with the certainty Of the
uncertainty and expense Of a contest
befoe them, it is not likely that many
men will take chances, and still fewer
constituencies.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09

The rains of the past few days seem
to have been very general, The drought
is broken on Kauai, drought that has
lasted for two years. Kau has receiv-
ed rains such as it has not received be-
fore for a long time. On parts of
Maui more than eight inches of rain
fell equalling very heavy winter rains,
On Oahu the rainfall has been general.
These rains have been of inestimable
value to the islands
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09

fulness and self-suficiency of the ISL
ands self-sufhciency not in the pert
or frivolous sense, but in the sense of
suff1ciency to meet all large. require
ments.
AS was said by Governor Carter in
his speech at the Inauguration of the
plant, it marks an era in the develop
ment of the natural resources of the
islands. At the same time it marks
vital and important progress in tech
meal and material resources to push
on the development of the natural re-
sources.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09
Closing Out the Stock

Furniture Co had stock which included high grade
We
o Pore's of the
time to buy -lszy 1zsasiSa /
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09

To most people, except the mer-
chants and that portion of the gov
eminent employees who are accus-
toned to standing off the bill col
lcctor and to having their salaries
garnisheed, the fight now going
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09

The Cars ministry is planning the
election of a tractable parliament.
Evidently they have politicians there
as fell as elsewhere. A tractable par
lament would make it a great deal
easier than it will be to get the tract
able parliament
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09

1-2 of $1,000 or $S5OO-Modern 11r, resi-
dence, yrs old, servant house, wash
house, stables, lot 17Ox21O, ornamental
and fruit trees, healthy locality near
car. This is an exceptional opportunity
to buy an elegant home at half cost
Land $4,000, Buildings $4,000.
Waity Building. "a S. King Street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09

Just as McBryde gets in new power
and new water supply to head off the
drought, Nature butts in and breaks
the drought herself
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09

The cable says that two disguised
French spies were arrested in strass-
burg. Evidently the disguise was a
failure.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09

One of the satisfactory things in
connection with the completion OF
the Kauai Electric Company's
plant, is the demonstration it gave
of the fact that the islands contain
within themselves both the tech
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-09
P. E. z. STRAUCH
REAL estate
FOR SALE.

$150O-Best known Boarding and
Rooming House in the City. Over 40
rooms. Always full. Gold mine. own
ers want to retire.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-12-08
Obituary.

Hannah Keys was born June 10,
1908, and died December A, 1906, be-
ing SO years, 5 months and 10 days
old.
She was married to John Stephens
July %, 1881. To this union was
born seven children, six of whom have
passed to the better world, w. D..
Stephens being the only one to sur
vive her. Her husband died August
Is, 1853. Later she married Laban
Smith. She was again left a widow.
She married Samuel La Fever and
lived happy twenty-five years Then
he passed to the heavenly mansion.
about five years ago.
For the last three years she has
made her home with her son, w. %.
Stephens, and family.
She was converted in early life and
lived consistent christian life and
was ready and waiting for the mes
senger She was brought up in the
Friends church, but later lived where
there were no Friends, so she united
with the Baptist, but later went
back to the Friends. of which church
she was member at the time of her
death.
The funeral services were held at
the NJ. E. church Thursday at II
O'Clock, conducted by E. E. Gunckel,
pastor of the NJ. E. church of Ellis
worth. A large congregation was at
the church. The body was laid away
in Wa-Keeney cemetery. Father Step