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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-06-20

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-06-20
MEAT DEALER
Ios East Mait SIC e

attention OF the public pork
lambs and Veal handled by him homeked
perfect conditions handling the
offers. W. o. Kennedy, Milford and
all Of the sold this shop patrons of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-06-20
STATE SENATE.
CYRUS E. WEBB.

To the Republican Voters of the
18th Senatorial District Of West
Virginia:
hereby announce myself cam
didate for State Senator, subject to
the decision of the Senatorial Con-
yention hereafter to be held.
Your support is earnestly solicit
ed.
o. A. AsHBURN,
West Union. W. Va.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-06-20

B. J. Hudkins, o. D., does all
kinds of optical work. See him at
106 Third street, west of post Of
fee. m10d&wtf.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
Mill Hands Get More Wages.

BOSTON, Jan. 2.-Beginning with
today the 10000 hands employed by
the American Wooden company OF this
city will have their wages increased IL
per cent. The increase becomes effec.
tive in the 30 plants of the corpora.
ton, which are located in seven states,
and it is expected that several mills
not owned by the company will gran,
similar advances.
The Scotia worsted mills Of Woon.
socket, r. l., controlled by an indie.
pendent concern and employing la
hands, have also increased the wages
of their men 10 per cent, beginning
with New Years. It 10 estimated tina,
the advance will give the hands of the
American Wooden company an aggre.
gate of about $1,000, 900 more each
year than they have been receiving.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
Must Serve Life Sentence,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The supreme
court today affirmed the decision OF
the Kentucky court OF appeals in the
case of James Il. Howard W.. the state
Of Kentucky. Howard was tried three
times in the circuit court of Franklin
county, Kentucky, on the charge of
numbering Governor Goebel, land con-
victed each time. He is now under
sentence of life imprisonment, and he
brought the case to this court to Sc.
cure a review of the ruling Of the Ken.
lucky court of appeals, affirming a
decision of the circuit court against
allowing him another trial. His prin-
cipal allegation was that the proceed
ings of the trial court in the matter OF
selecting and discharging Jurors were
irregular.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
Famine In North Japan.

SEATTLE, Jan. 3.-The famine in
north Japan is causing thousands to
starve, according to advices received
today by the steamer Empress of
Japan. A government report says
Miyagi, Fukushima and Iwate prov.
inces, with a population of ~2,s2l,557,
+ confronted by the worst famine
since the deadly one Of go years ago.
So great is the calamity in My agi
that famine Investigators report ''the
sentence Of death has been passed on
one.third OF the people Of the prov.
ince.' Already thousands In these
provinces are reduced to shrub roots
and bark Of trees to sustain life and q
million people are in extreme condi-
tons. The misery arising from the
famine is in~describable. Committees
Of foreign residents have been formed
to arrange systematic relief.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
pROSpERITY'S HIGH WATER MARA

Was Canning correct when he said
that nothing lies worse than facts ex-
cept figures? 1t would seem that some
facts, and likewise some figures, can
escape indictment under his dictum.
A few Of them, relating to the bust.
ness record of 1905, will here be sum.
moned to the front. 1t would be hard,
in the terms of ordinary discourse, to
paint this picture in colors that would
be too deep. The income of the farm.
ers and planters OF the United States
in the calendar year just closed was
over Sc, 900, 600, 600, Or nor than the
aggregated wealth OF the whole coun.
try in 1915. The country's production
OF pig iron in the year has been 49,.
600. 600 tons, or as much as that Of
Great Britain, Germany and France
put together, and as recently as 1895
England was still ahead OF US as an
iron producer. Our foreign trade in
1905 will 60 SO far above all former
figures that We will be ashamed to
make any comparison with them. The
aggregate will be far in excess Of 49,.
soc, 900, 600.
For the year which has just passed
into history the United States has
produced 500, 600 900 Of gold, or al
most as much as the output of the en-.
tire world in 1883, in the middle of the
term OF President Arthur. The worlds
gold production in 1905 is S4OO, OOO, 900,
which Is double that OF 1896, the year
Of MI. Bryan's first nomination, and
four times as much as that OF 1884, the
year in which Mr.. Cleveland was
elected the first time. II, as many
economists contend, an increase in
the production of gold will register
itself in increased business activities,
then the world ought to be especially
prosperous at this time, and it ough,
to have still greater prosperity i'm.
mediately in front. In both respects
this is true. While the United States
is far better favored by fortune in O
material way than Is any other grea,
country, the world Is Q whole, out.
side Of Russia, and, in a similar de.
gree, Japan, has had good times this
year. The things which make those
two countries an exception relate to
the d%islocation produced by the war.
with its sequel Of civil convulsion ia
Russia's case.
u When We speak, as we commonly do,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
A Mountain Of rOu

A mountain which is said to be the
most remarkable in the world is situ-
ated in the state Of Durango, Mexico.
It certainly has a claim to this reputa-
ton, for it is 1000 feet high, about
three-quarters of a mile in thickness
at the base, and Is almost solid iron.
Naturally, it has been the dream: ot
iron manufacturers ever since its dis
covery to lease the mountain and so
work it. But this the government
has refused to let them do till quite
recently, when a contract was signed
between it aud some New York cap.
italists for the operation and develop
ment Of the mountain on a partner.
ship basis. The ore obtained from
this mountain is said to yield about
s. per cent. pure iron.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
Insurance Funds Recovered.

NEW YORK, Jan. John A. Nc.
Call, president of the New York Life
Insurance company, has paid to the
company the S235, OVO advanced to An.
drew Hamilton and so far not &C.
counted for by Mr.. Hamilton. Thos.
P. Fowler, chairman of the investiga.
ton committee, appeared before the
board of trustees today and received q
cheek from Mccall for S85, 900 and q
note fer Sl50,00 Mr.. Mccall some
time ago promised to make good
this sum unless Hamilton, who was
legislative agent for the big insurance
company, rendered an accounting.
On receipt of MI. McCall's letter &C.
companyiug the check and note, .
meeting of the board Of trustees was
called for tomorrow. While no off,
cial statement on the subject wal OBJ
tainable, it was accepted as q fact that
MIR. McCall's resignation as president
will be presented to the trustees to.
morrow.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
Evidence Against Murder Suspect.

BOISE, Jan. 2.-Under date of Cald-
we'll at 8 p. NJ, the Statesman repre-.
sentative says that Captain Swain of
the 1hiel detective service has just
made the following sensa tional state.
ment:
"You may announce that we have
conclusive evidence that the bomb
used in the assassination OF Governor
S~tuenenberg was manufactured in
room No. - OF the Saratoga hotel
( the room occupied by Hogan J. and
that the details Of the plans were prob
ably formulated there"
1t was further stated by the captain
that the evidence accumulated against
Hogan was overwhelming. He did
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
Spokane Has Earthquake.

SPOKANE, January 2.--A.kdistinct
trembling OF the earth, apparently a
genuine earthquake, took place here
at 5:45 O'Clock this morning. The
wave seemed to travel from east to
west. starting slowly and increasing
in violence, lasting several seconds.
The shock was felt in many parts of
the city. No damage is reported
though one woman states that she was
made seasick by the shaking up. This
is the first earthquake known Of def.
mite record here.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
Pert Editorial Paragraphs
Kansas City journal.

AA"oeUG - :
1t is r that 1t costs you more &c
live O than it cost your great.
grandfather, but it wouldn't cost as
much il you lived as he did.
Senator Clark, of Montana, de.
clares against the use of money in
politics. Perhaps he has figured up
that a enatorship may cost more than
it is worth.
Uncle Russell Sage never blows his
own horn. 1t is said that in matters
Of charity Uncle Russell does not lie,
his right hand know what his left
hand refuses to do.
King Menelik's envoy says that in
his country it is q sin for a man to
tell how many children he is the
father Of. In this country it is not a
sin, but sometimes it is highly indis-
Greet.
The declaration OF General Gomez
that liberty in Cuba Is dead recalls
the statement OF Colonel Bryan that II
he were defeated this country would
never celebrate another Fourth Of
July.
as the beef trust magnates insist
that they are innocent, their efforts 10
stave off trial as long - possible
must be due to reluctance to embar-
rass the prosecution by showing how
groundless its case is.
Turn your thoughts on the higher
things OF life," says Mr.. Rockefeller,
Every one who attends to the family
marketing does that necessarily. They
are all high, from porterhouse to liver
from peaches to prunes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
Will Succeed Senator Blackburn,

FRANKFORT. KY, Jan. 2.-Judge
Thos. H. Paynter, of the Kentucky
court Of appeals, was nominated on
the first ballot taken in joint caucus
tonight, to select q democratic candi.
date for United States senator to suc.
coed j. c. S. Blackburn. The nomi.
nation carries with it the certainty OF
election. The democrats have more
than t%wo.thirds Of the combined men,
bership of both branches Of the legis.
lature.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENrs.
Riots In Moscow Result In Long LIS, Of
Casualties.

Moscow, Jan. 2.-It 10 impossible
to ascertain the total losses resulting
from the ten days revolt, as many OF
the dead and wounded have not been
reported with the hospitals. public or
private, and come of the bodies were
burned. But q personal tour OF the
hospitals shows that there were 54S
killed and LOGS wounded. The troops
lost nine killed, of whom two were OF.
ficers, and 81 wounded.
Among the killed or wounded were
q number Of children, the returns
generally showing that innocent per.
sons suffered the heaviest. The final
figures of the casualties will closely
approximate $500.
Except for the numerous military
patrols In the streets, and the pillars
OF smoke lazily floating above the
ruins OF factories and houses in
the Presna district, there is little to
recall the nightmare Of the past ten
days. The stores everywhere have re.
opened and the streets are filled with
holiday shoppers making belated pur.
chases for the Russian Christina,
which, according to the Julian caleu.
dar, falls on Sunday.
AS the early northern night fell the
guards were doubled, but the electric
street lamps brilliantly lighted the
shop windows, reassuring the people
who were bent on merry making, with
the careless Indifference of the Rus.
SLAMS to dramatic tragedy. The Pres.
ma district, however, presented an.
other picture. There people on all
hands, who had been burned out, were
excitedly searching the ruins or be.
moaning the loss of dear ones, while
the police and troops continued their
unceasing hunt for hidden revolution.
lists.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10

not feel justified Ia making much OF it
public, but he was willing to state that
Que feature was the finding OF Hogau's
shoes that he wore on the night OF the
murder. He would not say where
these shoes were found, but stated
that they were wet when discovered.
The shoes had nails In the soles and
these nails were found TO tit perfectly
into the tracks which have all along
been believed to have been made by
the assassin while escaping from the
scene.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
New York Printers Strike.

New YORK, Jan. 2.-Twelve hun.
dred union printers, the employees OF
"A book and job printing concerns In
New York city, went on strike today,
and began the struggle for the eight.
hour day which had been dec) AIRED to
go into effect today. Members of the
local Typothetae, against whom the
strike was declared, asserted tonight
that hundreds Of non.union printers
from various parts OF the country are
hurrying to New York to take the
places of the strikers, and to secure
the higher wages paid in this city.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
UNCLE SAM PAYS THE BILL.

The slow progress that has been
made toward commencing the work of
construction on the Panama canal
project is becoming q subject Of caus-
tic comment by some OF the eastern
newspapers. Here, for instance, are
some pertinent remarks by the Louis
Vile Herald:
Uncle Sam, taxpayer, has been so
prosperouS that small leakages from
his purse escape notice, but when the
money bags of the country are ripped
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
in the United States about the extent

10 the United States about the extent
of our foreign trade - On indication
Of the volume Of the country's activi.
ties, we overlook . far better test
which is nearer to our hand. This is
the aggregate of our home commercial
transactions. These are moi as readi.
ly arrived at as are our exports and
imports, but they outnumber them q
least ten times over. The domestic
commerce of the United States in 1905
is more than s25, 900, 000. 900, and this,
too, is a commerce which brings more
profit than does that between VA and
the outside world. Our bank clearings
and u railway earnings are far in
excess of all former records. And
the railway earnings would have been
still greater II the roads had had facil.
tiles to handle all the business which
was offered to them. The new main
track laid In the year was about 5000
miles. which has often been surpassed,
though not recently. But the number
Of locomotives and Of freight and pas
senger car which have been built
leave all former records far behind.
And these have proven inadequate to
the demands upon them. The pros.
pect, moreover, which Is just ahead of
US is for largely increased activities
in all lines of industry, which will
mean still further demands on the rail-
ways.
In describing the activities Of the
United States for the year which is
closing, the ordin airy terms of hyper
bole r scarcely extravaganza, yet the
momentum of the country's expansion
in its principal interests shows that
the conditions which are Immediately
in front of US will probably, in the
way of description, make q still
greater strain on the of the
language.-Globe.D Democrat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10

open to let golden streams f1ow GU
copiously to Rrafters be kicks. HI
wants q canal dug across the isthmus
OF Panama, but grafters cannot dig
they steal. The good ship Melder
skin IL said to have recently left New
York loaded to the gunwales with sup
plies for the Panama canal. The
work Is big, and no doubt requires
ample equipment, but Uncle Sam, tax
payer, cannot very we'll see what por'
ton of canal digging equipment Is to
be made up Of things like the follow
ing articles, all interesting and valu-
able, no doubt, in their place:
Thirty six work tables for ladies.
One hundred dozen high, best quail.
ity, latest style %gentlemen's collars.
One hundred dozen urn down, latest
style gentlemen's collars, best.
One hundred dozen, various style,
best quality gentlemen's collars.
Six dozen best silk pocket handker-
chiefs.
One thousand pairs best tan scwed
shoes for gentlemen, and 1000 pairs
best colOred leather shoes.
Six dozen best quality gentlemen's
suit cases.
Large quantity of Rogers best quail
ity table cutlery, quadruple silver
plated.
Dessert table and silver spoons of
best quality.
Case of S o'clock tea sets.
Five hundred umbrellas at q each;
100 shaving sets: 100 AGO
Twenty dozen ladies' night robes.
Twenty dozen dress shirts.
This sounds like an alienation be.
tween a haberdasher's invoice and q
millionaire heiress' list of wedding
gifts. The good ship Melderskin
alone had ON leaving New York goods
enough to furnish q thousand brida
couples with housekeeping outfits for
life. Shipments of similar canal dig
ging equipment" are to be, accord.
ing TO Alfred Anderson, purchasing
agent OF the canal commission, shipped
to Panama every five days. The
whole thing may be q shrewd move
against race suicide, or part of an in
genious design to enlist the favor Of
Panama's dusky bellies. What native
women, accustomed to feed off q fiat
rock, could resist a 5 o'clock tea set?
What ambitious Panama maiden Ia
abbreviated costume would refuse the
protecting amplitude OF umbrellas at
Is each? Work tables for ladies are,
indeed, a felicitous innovation for
women accustomed to do all their en-
broidery on the solid surface of an
adobe floor.
But Uncle Sam, taxpayer, wants to
please not SO much the women Of Pa
mama rs to get diggers for his canal.
He has already paid s61, 900, 600 on the
canal account and will soon begin to
think, unless some people get q gait
on, that there is altogether too much
tanned shoe, silk handkerchief and 5
o'clock tea set about the whole bust.
ness. Spades, shovels, pickaxes,
hammers, drills and crowbars would
please Uncle Sam much better as inn
Elements of canal excavation than
dessert, table and silver spoons of
the best quality"
This canal business appears to call
for a Charles +. Hughes investigation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10

Constipation and piles are twins.
They kill people inch by inch, sap life
away every day. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea will positively cure.you.
No cure 40 pay. IS cents, Tea or
Tablets. d. G. Lockwood, druggist.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10

Fine Book and Job Printing q spe'
cialty at the RIVER PRESS office
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10

Local Securities . Speciality.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
Novel Moving Pictures.

Cincinnati May I-Moving pictures,
giving the views between Cincinnati and
Chattanooga, distance of $50 miles, are
to be taken this week by the Queen
and Crescent officials on a SPECIAL train
moving at high speed. The train will
have a complete equipment of moving pic
ture machinery to take continuous Sc
ries of pictures of scenes along the line of
the railroad through Kentucky and Ten
nessee. The Knobs made famous by
Prof. John Uri Lloyd in his books, the
blue grass country. the high bridge just
below Lexington, Somerset, Kings noun
tain tunnel and the wooded hills of Ten
nesse will be among the scenes photo
graphed while the train is whirlng at
high speed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22

FOX TERRIERS FOR SALE-Puppies
carrying the blood of Sh. Sabine Result,
Baritone and Adam Bede. At stud Bir-
mingham King, A. X. c. S. b. Sc, 66S Fee,
$40 Birmingham Kennels Two blocks
north of Arthur station, Gate City car
line. 5-22-ot
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
IN THE BIRMINGHAM
REAL ESTATE MARKET

Local real estate circles were report
ed lively and firm yesterday, with
steady prices on all grades of favorable
located property.
Papers were filed in the probate clerks
office yesterday for twelve transactions in
real estate In which amounts of $1,000
gregately sS3,5O0, an average of about
$500. The list is as follows:
Mae G. Wilkins and John d. Wilkins to
Joseph NJ. Baker, executor. lot IL, in
block 754, Birmingham, fronting so feet
on the north side of Highland avenue
and extending back of uniform width
along the west side of an alley 147 feet
to an alley in the rear the consideration
involved in the transaction being 5000.
D. w. Houston and C. B. Houston to
C. NJ. Houston, lot 3, in block 16 accord
ing to the map of Birmingham Ensley
the consideration being unmentioned.
The Alabama Trust and Savings COM
pany to Sarah Z. Gaudin, part of block
500, Birmingham, fronting so feet on the
east side of Twelfth street and extending
back along the north side of Tenth ave-
nue., south, 40 feet the consideration for
which was $3.50.
Mary f. Byrne and Patrick Byrne to
W. j. Rushton. the south 100 feet of the
east quarter of lot T. in block /. Avondale
fronting 100 feet on the south side of
First avenue, near Spring street, and ex-
tending back 100 feet; the consideration
for which was $1,000.
Fred Lykes and Tura Lylxes to Thesa
Johns, the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of the northwest quar-
ter and the north half of the southwest
quarter of the northwest quarter, all in
section TO- township II, range 2 west; the
consideration for which was $500.
s. NJ Kennedy and s. J. Kennedy to N.
S. Crocker. lot in block 2S. according
to the map of the Ensley Land company's
addition to Pratt City; mineral rights re-
served; the consideration for which was
$3.50.
Eula V. Norris and NJ c. Morris to e.
G.. Lawey the south half of a piece of
property fronting so feet on Phillips
street and extending back 210 feet; the
consideration for which was 1920
Tack Cross and wife to George Knoll,
the southeast quarter of section 2 town
ship n, south of range west; the con-
sideration for which was 1920.
Henry Sturcher to the Ensley Land
company, lots 10, II and Il and part of lot
Q, in block "a IT, Ensley; the consider
alton for which was s1100
T. F. West to the Ensey Land com
pany lots 10 and 20, in block q, Ensley;
the consideration being $4,000.
j. B. Simpson to the Ensley Land COM
pany lots and s. in block u, Ensley;
the consideration for which was $1,000.
Jabez +. Brown to the Ensley Land
company, lots 1 and 2, in block 5, Ensley;
the consideration being $500.
Bernice f. Broda to the Ensley Land
company, lots Is, 16, II and is, in block
%, Ensley the consideration involved in
the transaction being 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22

Rental $9S0-a corner 100x140, Ave
nue. C and 18th St., moderate cash pay
ment, balance $1,000 year--seven 6.
room brick houses.
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MONEY TO LEND,

MONEY to loan on pianos. household
goods or any other kind of personal
property. City Loan and Banking COM
pany. LOG North 21st st. Bell phone 24O
4-14-tf
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$780,.


Today only-a corner 100x190, rent
ing at $4,000 that can easily be made
to pay S1,38000. Easy terms and a
good thing. See it today.
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$3.50.

Rental $4,000, 50x140, Avenue c,
near 18th St, where the selling is go
ing on. This has good 4-room houses
and should rent for $40 month.