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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-12
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r Fog es erii Or
shur county, Is iIol1iinellt llLisItor
here from Buckhannon-
Clarence Waldeclz has returned
from BuelShannon, where he had
charge Of the United Cash store,
during the absence of its manager
for two. weeks
J. e. Scott, the newly appointed
minister of the NJ r. church, at
Adamston, viii preach IN Stewards
chapel Sunday morning at 1880
a. m. and at Adamston at . 80 p.
m. All are cordially invited to at
tend.
Constable W. Guy Merritt is III
and confined to his home with
catarrh of the stomach and bowels
DR.. w. a. Holden, Of Wallace
spent Friday in the city.
F. A. Orr was here Friday from
Salem.
George 9IcGowan, of Muskegon,
Mich, is visiting relatives and
friends here,
e. D. Steel, Of West Milford,
spent Friday in the city.
NJ. A. Samples, of Salem, was
here FRIDAY on business.
Joshua E. Smith was here from
Lost Creek Friday looking after
business matters.
Judge A. g. Dayton returned to
his home at Philippi this after
noon.
Hugh NJ. Martin was here from
Shinnston Friday on legal busi-
ness
Major @. d. Elliott has return
ed to his home in Parkersburg.
Hon. E. NJ. showalter went to
his home in Fairmont Friday.
Edmund Southern was here from
Sardis district Friday all day.
r. T.. Gordon, of Salem, was in. the
city today visiting his relatives and
attending to business matters.
G.. D. Martin has been here from
Salem the past two days looking at-
ter business matters.
Mrs. Louise Carroll, of Davis,
is visiting friends in this city.
NJ. B. Summers. of West Union,
is a bushes visitor in the city.
Attorney F. o. Sutton is home
from Sutton, where he has been en-
gagged several Notwithstanding III
ties.
Mrs. Harry Morrison, of FAIR
chance. Pa, is visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ol1ey Ritten-
house, in Point Comfort, and other
relatives.
Mrs. Lewis 81. Mines, of Warren,
o., accompanied by her daughter,
Miss Prudence. is visiting relatives
in Adamston.
w. Frank Stout returned this
evening from Fairmont, where he
attended the Pythian meeting.
Charles Mayor, an aged resident
Of Center Point, Doddridgc coun-
ty. is in the Kessler hospital
very critical condition the result Of
pleurisH aud his recovery is hardly
Marcus L. RibIett. OF Lumber
port. Republican nominee for the
legislature. who attended the Odd
Felolws dedication here yesterday
as a representative OF the Lumber
port lodge of that order, has return
ed home:
Flavius b. Dawson, of Bridge
pot, was business visitor here
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10 room, slate roof frame dwell
ling, finished in hard wood all mod
ern copYeniences, in desirable neigh
bOrhood; large lot with fine shade
trees, sarubbery, for 100000.
% room frame, slate roof dwelling
finished in good style, situate on lot
57x16 go feet to alley in rear No. -
Locust street, for So, 10000.
8 room frame slate roof dwelling
hardwood finish sitnatA nn lot AK
III fl. new house, a very low price
nd terms reasonable, $4,000.
2 room frame slate roof dwelling,
hardwood finish good well, situate
on lot 40x12O #, alley in rear,
;tealey addition for $4,000.
6 room frame, slate roof dwelling
ardWood finish, on lot 4sx151 feet,
1ornor Avenue, for So, 10000.
10 room, frame, slate roof dwell
ing, hardwood finish, all noern inn
roVements. Situate on lot 51x145
last Pike Street for 100000.
Three 5-room slate roof dwellings
nicely furnished, gas water and
sewer, situate on sFKelley Hill, "
terms very reasonable, 81, $4,000.
Two. 5RToom cottages, situate on
acIzson Street, now rented at 70
er cent on the investment, for
10000 each
z ROBIN frame slate roof dwelling,
hardwood finish, in Broad Oaks, lot
35x140, new house, and very cheap,
81, 10000.
room, frame, shingle roof, sit
ate on tive lots, riverside or North
flew, and is a very low price at
100000. Terms: $500 cash, bali
nee to suit purchaser
,One-story frame, slate roof dwell
ling, Eye rooms, hard wood finish,
water and gas situate in Alta Vista
Addition, or. lot 4ox140 feet.
Price. $1,600.OG- sa .
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IF we can't
make that
watch of
yours go

You may Just as well give il to
the baby 10 play with. It's days
Of service are surely ended-and
it is question with you nov OF
buying a new one.
You ought to come here for
new watch for the same reason
that prompts you to bring US
YOUR repairing iobs-beeause we
are in a position to give you the
highest grade Of satisfaction.
AS we said, we can get all the
service out Of 2 watch that there
is in it, down to the last tick
if You viii let us look at it occa-
sionally.
And as for new watches-wen
lust take few minutes some DAY
to look over what we have
THAT'S all we asks
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One 5Ox100 ia. near Junction car
line to Park, and is the best cheap
lot IN that section-$9e0 on easy
payments
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Only,,5 lots left in jarvis addi-
ton out of "a. at $3.50 each and 2
at $500 each.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

A fresh line of Whitman's CANDY
Just received by express. Swagcr's
Confectionery.
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At the Biiou

.eThe Pierrott's Grief and
RESCUED in MidzAir'' are the
drawing cards for the Biiou. They
PLAYED to good houses and are the
winners. They will please all, es-
pecially the ladies and children
Don't miss them.
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Call for the Clarksburg Star SC
Cigar; union made
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y y. A.cA 4 I 10 7 s

We desire 10 cali your attention
he scarcity of inside resident lots.
vt the present rate they win soon be
thing of the past and rs a result
inside lots viii be hard to find at
amy price Note the following and
" quick
Two, on East Mann street, 50x1s0
feet, alley in rear. The best on the
market.
Four between Main and Pix SITS,
50xf20 f., to alley in rear.
-Four on Mechanic st., 49-62x1sO
Ct. to alley; $4,000 each.
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p cURRENcE

III srdist. NeEtDoor foP o.
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Union Heights. Johnson Heis1at
and CInrJe0bUrG IndNstrioll Adj
difiorl Lo ITS are all good and Will
make you money ~ You'u invest
Unable to get houses for the en-
gloves In the different factogieS.
IL not II to Is Per cent o good iTA-
VeatTnent. Lots sold on easy POy-
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SIS. 40 worth Of properly sold In
two weeks should convInce you
hat we are doin6 tie business
and the fact that others are buy
ina should convince YOU that
now Is the right IIrne TO invest IA
cIarksburR and Suburban prop
erty- BeIsW we gave YOU q list
that may prOyolof interest 10 YOU.
Is not tell Us what YOU want. We
have praPorfY for sale IN All parts
Of the city not mentioned here.
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semi Savings Department
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-12

Umbrellas repaired at Levs'~
cigar store.
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One 5Ox12O ct. East Pike street.
near. Loop. fine lot for dwelling
Price, $1,000,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
STEVENS fAvORS LOCK CANAL
SECRETARY TAFT SUBMITS THE
CHIEF ENGINEERS RECON-
MENDATlONS.

Washington. Jan. %. - Secretary
Taft has furnished the president with
the minority report of the board OF
consulting engineers of the isthmian
canal commission. This report was
prepared by Mr.. Stevens, chief engi-
neer of the canal, who is in favor Of
a lock canal.
Concerning conditions in the canal
zone, some interesting correspond
ence was made public at the White
House. The president received a let
ter from w. w Mackay of New York,
under date of the 10Th inst, saying
that Mr., Fries, an engineer on the
isthmus, would come to Washington
to testify before the committee of
congress Investigating the canal mat
tiers. In the letter Engineer Fries is
quoted as saying:
Chief Engineer Stevens and those
associated with him are entitled TO
great commentator for the intelli-
gent and efficient manner in which
they have handled the affairs intrust-
ed to them on the isthmus."
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
From the Capital.

Secretary BOnaparte has approved
the sentence of dismissal imposed by
court-martial at Annapolis in the case
Of Midshipman Coffin on conviction OF
haZing, and ordered his dismissal.
President Roosevelt has appointed
his brother-in-law, Capt. Cowles, to
one of the most desirable places in
the navy, as chief of the bureau of
equipment of the navy department.
The total commerce between the
United States and France amounted,
in the fiscal year 1905, to about $780,
100000, of which $75,000,000 was the
amount of the exports to France and
$90,000,000 was the value of the i'm
ports from that country.
President Roosevelt has declined to
interfere with the findings of the
court-martial in the case of Lieut.. Sid
ney S. Burbank, sentenced In the Phil
ippines to fifteen months imprison-
ment and dismissal from the army for
DESERVING his Filipino wife.
Senator r.. A. Alger of Michigan,
who announced last summer that he
would not be candidate for re-elec-
ton to the senate, is back in the race
again. He has given out statement
saying he has decided to be a candi-
date and will seek reelection.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
EIGHTEEN DIE
IN CHURCH FIRE
CRY OF FIRE" THROWS COL
oRED CONGREGATION INTO
FRENZY.
ARE KILLED IN Wild RUSH
WOMEN AND CHILDREN KNOCKED
DOWN AND TRAMPLED
TO DEATH.
ARE KILLED IN Wild RUSH
WOMEN AND CHILDREN KNOCKED

Philadelphia, Jan. %. Eighteen
persons were killed and probably half
a hundred injured in a panic follow
ing the cry Of fire" last night in ST
Paul's Colored Baptist church. The
services We're being held on the sec
ond floor of the building A defective
flue set fire to the chimney, causing
smoke to issue through the crevices
In the floor near the pulpit. The room
was we'll filled at the time, and the
cry of fire" coupled with the sight of
the smoke, threw the congregation
into panic. A wild rush was made
for the stairs despite the efforts of
Rev. 2. w Johnson, the pastor, to
allay the fears of
The Frenzied People.
All wanted to get out at once, and
men, women and children alike were
Knocked down and trampled upon by
those pushing from behind. The stair
way to the first floor had one sharp
turn in it and the frightened people
became so tightly wedged in the bend
of the stairs that the frail wooden
bannister gave way, precipitating
many to the first floor
The disaster occurred while a col
lection was being taken up. The pas
tor had just concluded his sermon,
the text of which was:
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
Accidental, Happenings.

The town of Convoy, thirty miles
west of Lima, Ohio, is reported to
have been swept away by fire during
the night.
The Dunlop Milling company's plant
at Clarksville, Tenn, was damaged by
fire to the extent of $250,000; insur
ance, $175,000.
The two wives Of Charles Living
ston, prominent Mormon, fell on an
icy sidewalk at Salt Lake. One broke
her right arm, the other her left.
A heavy wind blew in the south wall
of Bacon's school house, six miles east
of Michigantown, Ind, killing Delpha
Johnson, twelve years of age. and in
juring a score of scholars. The in
jured will recover.
The steamer George Spencer. which
went ashore near Thomasville, north
shore of Lake Superior, during the
gale of Nov. q and 2S, has been aban-
doned by Whitney Bros, who had TAX
en- a contract to release her. 1t will
not be worth while to save the hulk.
Benjamin Robertson was killed at
Traverse City, Mich, and five friends
with whom he was coasting down a
steep, ice-coated hill, were injured
when Robertson's bob crashed with
terrific momentum into a horse and
cutter which crossed in front of the
flying coastfng party Of seven young
men and women.
I. G. Long, a valued employee of the
state normal school at Cedar Falls,
Iowa, was instantly killed while SHOW
cling snow from the roof of the north
building. He slipped and fell and
caught hold Of live wire, receiving
$500 volts of electricity. He lost a
son by lightning eigheyears ago. He
leaves wife and five children. Stu
dent Hilliars, who went to assist LoaaS,
received voltage and was knocked
senseless.
Miss Grace Matthews, daughter Of
a prominent farmer of Burlington,
Iowa. accidentally killed herself with
shotgun. The gun, which was in the
closet. was knocked over by Miss Mat
thews. The charge lodged in her
body, death resulting few hours
later.
Fifteen skaters and iceboaters were
rescued from q piece Of floating ice at
sandusky. Ohio, by three men who
saw their predicament from the shore
and put out In q boat for them. The
piece Of Ice had become detached from
the shore leo and the fact was not
n0ticed ~ many Of the sportsmsn.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
RESUME OF THE NEWS
-ReAabLe--E Brief
Crimes.

Probate Judge church of Caldwell,
Idaho, has committed Harry Orchard
on the charge of having murdered eX-
Gov. Frank Steunenberg. The defense
offered no testimony.
r. l.. Hubbard of Sheboygan, Mich,
committed suicide by leaping from the
third story of private hospital at
Buffalo, N. Y. He was epileptic and
became violent while suffering from a
severe attack
The police OF Mexico City have dis
covered gang of American sharpers
who operate chiefly on tourists, Turing
them into poker games where they are
fieeced. One of the gang has been ar
rested and others have fed.
Clay Shaffer, aged twenty-five, with
the assistance of Sam Marty, same
age, held up and attempted to rob
Skaters aged father on the streets of
Plainview, Neb., at midnight. The
town marshal appeared and they fled.
They have left the country.
David e .Sherrick, former auditor
of Indiana, was arrested on two addi-
tional indictments charging him with
embezzlement and conspiracy to COM
init felony. The trial of Mr.. Sher-
rick has been set for Feb. 5. Bond
was given in the sum of 100000.
After a desperate fight with two po-
llcemen, an unknown man, supposedly
insane, committed suicide at the resi-
dence of Jacob kunkel at Milwaukee
by cutting his throat with razor. Two
officers, Herman Marquardt and
George Boerner, were slashed by the
maniac.
A daring robbery took place in the
National Banking company's Offices at
Newark, N. j., when a satchel contain
ing $3.50 disappeared from a counter
while the man who had just drawn the
money turned for moment to speak
to a friend. Both he and his friend
say they saw no one approach the
satchel.
The committee In charge of the in
vestigation of the affairs of Denison,
Prior & Co., Cleveland brokers, has
announced that it is his belief that
forgeries to the extent of several hun
dred thousand dollars exist, and are
confined to the following three issues
of bonds: City of Canton, Ohio, per
cent water works extension bonds;
South Sharon, Pa, Az per cent i'm
provement bonds, and Alpena, Mich,
per cent. water works bonds.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
FLOODS IN WISCONSIN.
Many Bridges Washed Away and One
ife oSt

Milwaukee. Wis, Jan. 23.-Consid-
cradle flood damage is reported from
about Wisconsin, mostly in the nature
of bridges washed away, causing some
delay of trains. There have been sew
eral narrow escapes from death by
the giving way of bridges, but only
one death, that being at Darlington,
where a small boy was carried away
by slipping into a stream by which he
was playing. At Wauwatosa, sub
urb, the railroad bridge of the Milwau-
kee road, was carried out, forcing the
sending of trains over another route
The water is reported as receding.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
Otherwise.

Plans for the expenditure of $4,000.
600 in improvements have been APP
proved by President and General Man
ager Britain of the Cotton Belt route.
Stafford M. keenan,, a news agent,
is dead at Waterloo, Iowa, supposedly
from an overdose of morphine He
was found dead in his room at a no.
tel
Andrew Graf Of the town of Lucias
has just devised new method of
tempering copper quickly. In one
second he can make copper as hard as
steel.
In well-informed financial circles OF
Cleveland it is believed that the liza.
bilities of the firm of Denison, Prior
& Co. will aggregate not less than ST..
100000, and that possibly the sum may
be as high as $1,5O0,000.
1t is announced that the estate left
by the late President Harper of Chi.
cago university is small and consists
almost entirely OF life insurance poll.
cies. The entire estate is given to
his widow without reserve.
Aurelio Herrera of Bakersfield, Cal,
knocked out Young Corbett in the fifth
round at the Pacific Athletic club pa.
vilion at Los Angeles. Herrera's vic.
tory was easy and Corbetts exhibition
was correspondingly disappointing.
Many of Wisconsin's big steamer
fleets, valued at millions of dollars.
which have done so much to add tc
the marine prestige of Milwaukee and
other ports of the state, are expected
to give up these ports of hail some
time between now and May 1 to get
away from the new ad valorem taxa,
ton law passed by the last legisla.
ture.
Trappers along the Boone river in
Iowa say that there are number OF
wildcats in the woods in the more Sc.
cluded parts of the country. They are
the descendants of ordinary house
cats taken out and dropped in the
timber many years ago. These cats
live in holes like other wild animals
and are fierce and great fighters when
cornered.
Judge Munger, in the United States
circuit court at Omaha, has rendered
an opinion in favor of the state in the
Burlington tax case. The Burlington
Railroad company brought test suit
against the treasurer of Adams coun,
ty, Neb., asking that he be restrained
from collecting taxes levied against
the company by the state board OF
equalization. The decision fully sus
tains the board OF equalization.
The American Reserve Bond com.
pany of Chicago. formerly the South
ern Mutual investment company OF
Lexington, KY, and its former direc
tors. have been made defendants in 9
suit for a receiver. Sensational ale
cations are made regarding illegal
methods and misappropriation OF
funds.
Henry Smith has brought an action
In the supreme court at White Plains
N. T., against Miss Helen Miller Could
for $4,000 injuries he received while
spraying trees on her country estate
Iindhurst, near -aud:
son.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
Foreign.

Gen. Nogi, who arrived at TOXIC
from Manchuria, was given popular
reception similar in enthusiasm to
that accorded to Admiral Togo.
The government of Korea has de-
cided to retain the services Of Dur
ham White Stephens, the American
diplomatic adviser to the emperor of
Korea.
There is an anti-Semitic agitation
at Chernigoff Russia, and fears are
expressed of massacre in retaliation
for the attack by Jews on the govern
ment.
Isabel Cavendish, better known by
the name of Isabel Jay, formerly a
leading lady Of the Savoy theater, Sc
cured divorce at London from H. s..
H. Cavendish, the explorer, on the
ground of cruelty and misconduct.
King Oscar opened the session of
the new riksdag last week. The
speech from the throne was almost en-
tirely concerned with internal mat
tiers. Incidentally the king referred
to the recent dissolution of the union
between Sweden and Norway.
Cardinal Sancha Y. Hervas, arch
bishop of Toledo. celebrated the re-
ligious marriage of Prince Ferdinand
of Bavaria to the Infanta Marie Te-
resa at Madrid. The ceremonials were
brilliant and there was a great gath
ering of members of the royal family,
cabinet ministers and other npbilities.
Bishop Hartzell has given an i'm
portant interview to the London Stan
dard, in the course of which he de-
clares that Chinese labor is essential
to the Transvaal, and the cry that
such labor is slavery is absurd. The
bishop Is likely to figure prominently
In the British elections, now in prog
ress.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
GIVE FRANCE A FREE HAND.
United States Convinced of Frances
Loyalty to Monroe Doctrine.

Washington, Jan. 23-Convinced of
the sincerity of the assurances re-
ceived from France regarding her 10y
atty to the Monroe doctrine and all
that it involves, the Washington gov
eminent has given the French gov
eminent free hand in the execution
of the program for the solution of the
Venezuelan problem.
The first move in the execution of
the French program may be expected
at any time, but on this point the
French government is observing the
strictest secrecy, the orders to the
squadron going direct from Paris and
not through the embassy here.
The whereabouts of the French
ships remains mystery so far as the
officials here are concerned.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
CONFESS MURDER.
Three Men Say They Held UP Omaha
Saloon.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 23.-Roy Nelson,
Jack O'Hearn, Leo Angus and Joe
Warren are under arrest, and Nelson,
Angus and Warren have confessed to
participation in the murder of Nels
Lausten and the robbery of his saloon
early yesterday morning. OHearn,
who is charged by the others with the
shooting of Lausten, has not con-
fessed. The men were arrested for
other crimes than the Lausten MUIR
der, but in the Sweat box" Angus
gave the clue which led to the con-
fession. All are local men.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
LOST BODY RECOVERED.
Miner Buried Twenty-Four Days in
Debris After EXPLOSION.

SS0' 10 'H'sS' s-1SH'0S'SF''
Ironwood, Mich, Jan. 23.-The body
of James Blynch has been recovered
at X shaft OF the Newport mine, after
having been buried under tons of ore
and rock for twentyfour days. This
body is the last to be recovered of the
eight victims of the cave-in in this
shaft on Dec. %. Since that time
crews of miners have worked in six
hour shifts, night and day, Sundays
and holidays included, to rescue the
bodies of the men. Seven of them
were recovered during the week after
the accident.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
BELolT DAM BREAKS.

Ice Gorge Causes Overflow Of the
Flats.
Beloit, Wis, Jan. 23-Residents of
the flats in the southeast part of the
town, were thrown into confusion YES
terday afternoon by the breaking Of
the old Brooks millrace, which sent
food of water upon them. The acct
dent was due to an ice gorge in
Turtle creek. Rock river is the high
est ever Remembered in the winter,
and Easements all over town are
flooded.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
NAMES PEACE DELEGATION.

Root Says choate, Porter and Rose Go
to The Hague.
Washington, Jan. %. = Secretary
Root announces that the American
representatives to the approaching
conference to be held at The Hague
will be Joseph H. Choate, former am.
bassador to England; Horace Porter,
former ambassador to France, and
Judge Rose of Little Rock, Ark, ex-
president of the American Bar asso.
citation.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
Four Injured in Fire.

Chicago, Jan, %. = Four persons
were injured in a fire which DESTROYED
five four-story fat buildings last night
and created panic among the ten.
ants of seventy fats in an adtoinin.
apartment building.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

A Philadelphia man committed sui
eide because the girl he fell in love
with could not prove that she had a
long line Of illustrious ancestors.
Philadelphia has reformed politically,
but refuses to give up the grandfather
idea.