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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-02
No pI,e. to Move stock

Now is your opportunity to save
big money. We have no place to
move stock and positively no reason.
able offer will be refused. We have
but a few days and must move every
YEAeER's.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-02
aRlaDlNa MILL ExpLoDEs.

WILMINGTON, Del, Feb, 2.-Thc
Grinding mill Of the 3. /. Dupont Pow
der Company exploded this morning
killing Henry Buchanan and injurins
number o. other employees.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-02
coLp IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-The tempera-
ture has fallen thirty degrees since
yesterday This morning the mercury
stood seventeen degrees above zero.
At Rahaloi at 8 o'clock this morning,
degreesbelow was recorded. Same
temperature recorded at Rochester,
bat ii surrounding towns, fou: to sew
entbelow Is reported. saratogs report,
edszeroS Sat 8 this morning md falling.
t6 below Is reported in lower Ad.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-02
lIEeIsLATIoN AT HARRISBURG.

HARRISBURG, Feb. 2.-f'he House
this morning passed the thtrd class
city personal registration bill on first
reading and Philadelphia ripper re-
Psaier on second. The Senate again
hedged on a confirmation, appointment.
Quay statue commission and other ap.
pointmefts q governor were confirm
a. but the question Of statute com
mission appointments goes over.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-02

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-02

PUBLISHED THE DAY
ON WHICH 10 HAPPENS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
STILL TALKING ABOUT JOIN D.

From the Newark Advertiser.
Doubtless Mr.. Rockefeller has always
believed in obeying the law. Lots of 'em
have gone that far.
From the Boston Advertiser
John d. Rockefeller has now appeared in
date he has never been done in oil.
From the Waco CrexsO Times Herald.
Mr.. Rockefeller says he wants to get in
touch with the people. If all reports be
true he has been touching them right
along.
From the Providence Evg. Journal and Telegram
Mr.. Rockefeller. who is growing strangely
soon come, 1 hope. when all of us in this
great country will be better acquainted
with one another" And yet, unfortunately,
some of US do not seem to improve on &C
quaintance.
From the Topeka State Journal.
So far no information has been given out
that John D. came home from Europe
broke" as most people do.
From the Los Angeles Express
John D. Is reported as being in penitent
mood. When that happens the millennium
must be just around the corner.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The attention of Mr.. H. H. Rogers,
''cured of enterprise is called to the opti-
mistic language of his chief.
From the wilkesbarre Leader.
Rockefeller piaintiyely says he wants peo-
pie to understand him. However. one thing
they may never understand is bow a man
with a retiring chin got away with SO
much.
PROM the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Mr.. Rockefeller persists In singing the
praises of his native land as the greatest
the sun shines upon. 1t is certain that Mr..
Rockefeller could not have grown a. rich
as he IL in any other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

reactionary and have succeeded In pre-
venting any move toward granting the
demands Of the people. The incumbent
of that office, Mushir-ed-Dowleh, Is
progressive man. with a more accurate
conception of the drift Of affairs than his
predecessors.
Last January it was announced thai tho
shah would shortly grant the people a
share in the government Of Persia by
proclaiming the formation OF repre-
sentative assembly elected by the null
labs. or priests. merchants and landown-
ers. The influence of Ain-ed-Dowleh. then
grand vizier however, sufflced to check
this generous purpose on the part OF the
shah, and the promise was not fulfilled.
The disappointment of the people was
bitterly expressed, and uprisings in vari-
Gus parts of the realm have been noted
by western observers from time to time
as signs that Persia was seething with
revolutionary spirit. Recently there has
been serious strain between the shah
and his subjects and the situation had
become acute when the announcement
came that the demands had been granted.
1t Is believed that the course of affairs
in Russia, Persias next-door nefghbor on
the north. has seriously Influenced the
SHah anu HIS du'iSefs III 1heii eouiS0 A"o
revolutionary tendency was becoming un-
mistakable even among the believers OF
the Koran, which is practically the funda-
mental law of Persia as it is of Turkey.
Although implicit obedience to the shah
is commanded in the name of the prophet,
whose living representative he claims to
be, there was no doubling the backslid-
ing of large section of the population.
and it may not be now doubted that If
there had been no concession Persia
would shortly have been the scene of
violent outbreak.
Meanwhile the Car of Russia can look
across his borders and study the spectacle
of a representative government in Mos
lem country. 1t will be especially In
structive to a ruler whose subjects in
clude some 14,OO0, 900 Mohammedans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

music The ambassador Of the United
States at Berlin had ordered accommoda-
lions for them. but when they reached
the wagnerian realm they found that the
ambassadors orders had been ignored.
evidently at the tyrant's behest, and they
were in danger of being homeless during
the festival. But at imminent risk of his
official life the chairman of the festival
committee found them accommodations.
They were. however. frankly and fatty
snubbed by Frau Cosima, who refused to
receive them and contrived that the
daughter Of the President Of the United
States should not be presented to the
great artists who were engaged to render
the weeks music
Meanwhile Frau Cosima was raking in
the good American dollars. Perhaps a
few such experiences at the home of the
high priestess Of Magnetism will per-
suade the tourists of this country that
they can manage to get along with the
domestic rendering of the music wizards
compositions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
BRYAN and Taggart,

And now it is proposed to bring the Tag
CART matter before Mr. Bryan upon his re-
turn. The anti-Taggart democrats, encour-
aged by Mr.. Bryan's attitude in the Sui
Ivan case, will ask him to take ground in
favor of purifying the national committee
at the top, while the Taggart men will up
hold their friend. Mr.. Taggart himself may
be present at the New York reception, and
If he Is, and takes Mr.. Bryan aside for a
little chat, it may tell on the result. The
chairman is a winning man where story
Is In order to illustrate "A point.
AS The Star has said before. the case
against MIR. Taggart would be stronger If
he had obtained his office under a disguise.
But he did not. He was the same man and
kept the same company in 1904 as today.
Those who bestowed the honor of the chair
manship upon him knew him very we'll. He
was hustler, and they wanted hustler.
He knew Indiana, and they wanted to carry
that state for Parker. What did they care
about his being a bit of a sport? If they
had been recruiting sailors would they have
rejected men with taste for grog? Or
soldiers would they have rejected men a
little addicted to profanity?
As for those watering places in which Mr..
Taggart is financially interested, their
sporting departments seem 10 nave Deefl
conducted on a liberal scale. There was no
discrimination against the poor; no catering
particularly to the rich. The dollar was
not everything. The man with only a dol
lar had his chance. Everything went
from craps, the game for the lowly and
despised. to draw poker. the game for the
gods. for the whole Olympian shooting
match. So that Mr.. Taggart may. il he
peases, plead that, even in this matter, he
observed the shibboleth of his party-equal
opportunities for all, special privileges to
none.
And then he might put this question to
Mr.. Bryan: Why should democrats show
such constituencies as to receiving money
from Hoosier "ktties' when the republi-
cans are making their present campaign on
a famous card table cry? If the opposition
can stand pat and boast of it. and derive
benefit in certain sections from the shb
boleth. what Is the harm of a little game
or two of draw on the banks OF the Wabash
with the winnings going into democratic
pockets and the party not forgotten?
Mr. Taggart has some nice points IL he
cares to use them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
The TYrant Of RairAuth.

When Director Conreid of the Metro
politan Opera Company of New York
undertook to produce Parsifal in this
country he encountered the bitter oppo-
sition of Frau Cosima Wagner, relict of
the composer. Frau Cosima vowed in
high German that 1t was a sacrilege, an
outrage. dissertation. for the opera to
be produced anywhere outside of Bal
reuth, where It's rendition served as a
memorial to her late husband and where
alone it could be given the reverentiaI
setting which its religious character de-
manded. Her protest evoked some SYM
pathy in this country. There were a few
ultra Wagnerites who espoused her cause
heartily, and although she was beaten in
the courts and the opera was triumpha mt
ly produced, somewhat to the weary Won
derment of the musical faddists of the
metropolis. she retained the good will
and in some cases the active partisanship
of her admirers
But Frau Cosima has since then gone
far toward wasting this sympathy She
has borne herself since that episode like
a termagant old woman without forgive
ness and bent upon revenge. When a
young singer who had understudied the
role of Kundry went to Baireuth she was
publicly insuted and subjected to
serious embarrassments. The Baireuth
public, of course, takes its cue from Frau
Cosima. She is the tyrant of the place.
for upon her favor depends the prosperity
of some thousands of individuals, through
her management of the principal industry
of the place. Consequently any one upon
whom Frau Cosima frowns is likely to
have a better time in the midst of the
Sahara desert in summer than in Bal
reuth.
The latest eruption of Mount Cosima is
more amazing than the other. In the
course OF their honeymoon travels Mr.. and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth reached Bal
reuth - attend the festival Of Wagnerian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

Henry M. Whitney will run for governor
of Massachusetts If drafted, but he hopes
his party won't draft him. He Is very
rich man. and could afford the race. He is
a tariff reformer to the extent of wanting
something done for the New England man.
ufacturers With him therefore the tariff is
a local question. Give him few raw mate
rails free Of duty and he will be satisfied.
He would not be a strong candidate. He
lacks the intellectual attractions of William
E. Russell. and he has not risen from the
ranks Of wage earners like w. L. Douglas.
Moreover he has long been leading corpo-
ration figure in Boston, and just now known
corporationists are not dear to the popular
heart. This is hardly a Whitney year any
where.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
RUSSIA'S STRIKE, GEAR AND DUMA.

From the New York Evening Sun.
The car wants duma that won't talk.
Unfortunately the millennium is as far off
in Russia as In any other country.
From the Salt Lake Desert News.
"Vive la duma! says Campbeii-Banner
man. Revive la duma!' should be the cry.
From the Wilmington News
Russia's last great strike is to be declared
off. 1t was a dismal failure, and back to
the shops the men go. 1t must be fright
fully discouraging for the Russian employ
ers not to know from hour to hour If their
men are to keep working. Making contracts
under such conditions is like fishing in the
dark without bait.
From the Jacksonville Tfmes-Union
We have been often told that the army
was absolutely loyal. but when the czar
finds 1t necessary to shoot soldiers in
squads to preserve the loyalty, it's only a
question of time to when the 10y atty will
be exterminated. Tradition is the best safe
guard of loyalty, and when men begin to
think absolutism is near it's death. The
blood Of a martyr is good seed In politics as
well as in the church.
From the Syracuse Herald.
If the Russian proletariat had a few
walking delegates from the mining districts
1t might learn how to make a strike effec-
tive.
From the Memphis News Scimitar.
The dunn was put out of business be-
fore it got the pork barrel in working or
der.
From the Birmingham Age Herald.
The czar is not indulging In sham bat
ties and maneuvers. He can give his army
enough of the real thing to keep it warmed
up.
From the Albany Evening Journal.
The Russian revolutionists need to train
their strikes to come when they're caded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Paterson, N. j., Wins.

The school board has voted. 1t has
chosen a superintendent He does not come
from Ypsilanti, Mich; he does not come
from Waco, Texas; he does not come even
from indianapolis: he comes from Paterson
N j. population 105,1ID, and his pane is
Chancellor. Paterson. N. j., has been IA
nous in the past as the American home or
the anarchists. Evidently it has been mis-
judged. 1t is an educational center. MI
Chancellor has been superintendent of the
schools at Paterson for two years; before
that he was superintendent of the schools
at Bloomfield. n. j. population 1869. He
is thrty-eight years of age He Is writer
a republican and a Presbyterian. All this
detail is given because. of course, after
reading Il everybody will know right away
just why he was appointed.
Mr.. Chancellor is probably man of abil-
fly and energy. and The Star, with all
others who have the good of the public
schools at heart. trusts sincerely that the
experiment of bringing him here will be
successful. Outside of the welfare OF the
schools the serious part of this whole affair
is the fact that the homerule principle
has been betrayed in the house of its
friends The growing tendency of national
officials to fill our local offices with outside
men has been constant humiliation TO
citizens who love this place as Washington
the city as well as Washington the capital
People here with a remnant of city pride
have fought this tendency year in and year
out The Board of Trade, of which Mr.
Cox is an ex-president, and the Business
Mems Association, of which Mr.. Oyster Is
now president, have again and again placed
themselves squarely on the home-rule plat
form.
1t is a shock therefore. and a deep dis
appointment to find that the school board
composed of Washington citizens, when the
time came to fill the local office of superin-
tendent of public schools, should have al
most contemptuouSly turned its back on
the local field should have tossed the office
to at least three out-of-town men, only to
have it tossed back with a NO. thanks"
and should finally have pressed it into the
willing or unwilling hands of Mr.. Chancellor
of Paterson. N. ]. This board. by this ac-
ton. has approved of the whole insulting
policy of treating the people of Washington
as unfit to I'LL purely local offices belonging
to the CITY. There can be no great civic
strength here. no marked advance along
purely CITY lines until home pride has been
so awakened that such appointments
this will be utterly and absolutely impos-
sible.
In the meantime the present condition of
the schools is the important question. The
board having decided that Mr.. Chancellor
is the ideal man, IL should stand by him
and say goodbye forever to the policy of
indecison and delay that has been
marked feature of recent school admin
stration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Progress in Persia.

One of the few remaining absolute mon
archs of the world has yielded a portion
OF his autocratic power. Persia is to have
representative assembly. to participate
in the framing and execution of the laws
Verify, civilization marches along the
path OF partnership between the rulers
and the ruled.
Muzaffar- ed-Din, fifth of his dynasty,
has now occupied the Persian throne
since May l. 1896. His father had ruled
for forty-eight years, and sternly checked
all tendencies toward liberalism in his
country. The new shah, although a man
of forty three when he assembled the
throne. proved susceptible to the infiu-
ences of those who pointed abroad to
other lands and sought to indicate that
the world was moving forward. His grand
viziers. however, OF whom there have
been no less than five since his accession
have with one exception been extremely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
An August Prejudice.

I must confess don't much like the news
my paper prints.
OF course, it's purity good fur crop reports
an garden hints.
But faint the literature that they was
sendin' round of yore.
I can't help wonderin' why 1 didn't 'preci-
ate 1t more.
run across copy that is five or six
months old;
1 tell you. twas with while to know the
things that paper told.
A cold waves comm" was the piece that
first dawned on my gaze.
l tell you what, they don't git out sech
papers nowadays.
1t did me good to read bout how Bill Jones'
pump got friz,
An how red f1annels often purity good fur
rheumatic;
An how the sleighin'. taken on an average
through the year,
Will very likely be the best we've ever had
round here.
Zeb Taylor's got his ice house nearly filled
from Stubs pool.
The Jenkins boys had chilblains so they
couldn't go to school.
read 1t till mosquitoes made me put the
lamp away.
tell you what. yon don't git psners sech
Is them todayh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Get Together

1t will be extremely unfortunate if gen
eral strike of the building trades is pre-
cipitated in this city in consequence of the
failure of the plumbers and their employers
to get together. A walk-out OF the car
penters and bricklayers on all building on
which non-union plumbers are engaged will
tie up the greater part II not all of the pri-
vate construction now in progress in the
District and some of the public building
erection. There was never a time when
so many artisans were employed in the
construction of public and private build
ings. Washington was, in fact. never more
prosperous, with so large a sum dispensed
weekly in wages and with such, bright
prospects, save for this menace, for long
continuance Of good times. 1t Will be a
serious blow to the community If by
failure of adjustments this era Of good
times is closed with disastrous strike
Both sides are certain to suffer severely
In the event of a prolonged suspension OF
work. Contracts which should be quickly
closed will be held up for weeks or months
Capitalists will lose their profits on sus.
pended investments and artisans will lose
their wages. No community can afford
such an Indulgence in obstinacy.
Ways and means Of adjustment are surely
within reach. There must be broad
middle ground which both the employers
and the workers can occupy. If there is
any vitality in the Greater Washington
boom, any serious purpose on the part of
the men who are engaged in it, here lies
ready to their hands a chance to save
Washington from disaster and to put it in
the way to continue in prosperity. OF far
more consequence than reaching out for
trade in the future is the cure of the ills
Of the present, especially as those Ills men,
ace the commercial constitution of the
District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
The Salisbury Mob.

There should be no captiousness in COM
menting on the situation at Salisbury. N. Z.
1t might be said that If the man Hall was
guilty of anything it was of murder, and
that he should have been condemned to
death. But long term in the penitent1ary
is something-what may be termed a step
in the right direction-and it should be well
coined. 1t is stigma upon 1ynching. ana
1t may work for better results next time.
Every little helps, and there is so little on
the side of law and order as against lynch
ers that even this little is notable.
1t might also be regretted that an ex-
convict was put forward to receive the
laws first blow. The effect would have
been greater had some representative citi-
zen received the sentence. If we may be-
leve reports. there were many such in the
mob Several are under arrest. and the
investigation is still under way. 1t may be
that Hall may have company in the peni-
Tertiary, and in this way men of standing
be taught that nobody is above the law.
But If Hall should prove the only fruit Of
the awakened sense of indignation Of the
people of Salisbury at the outrage that has
been inflicted upon the community we
should still applaud his conviction.
Gov Glenn and Judge Long are officials Of
whom the state should be proud. They
are doing their duty in this business in a
way which displays character and courage
of high order. That the troops would
have been on the scene in time to save
the prisoners had fear of a mob prevailed
we may not doubt. But fear had been al
layed by the fact that court was in session
and the trial in progress The outbreak
revealed the governors spirit and he em-
ployed at once the force necessary to pre-
vent further crime.
Judge Long. sitting in the presence prob
ably of some of those who outraged the
law. has in his official deliverances spoken
with the utmost frankness, and called for
the swift punishment of all offenders. He
has characterized the lynchers as murder
ers, and demanded that they be apprehend-
ed and put on trial for their lives. In
doubtedly, so far as he is concerned, the
law has a servant altogether worthy of his
commission. He is evidently not Of the
stuff to be overawed by mobs or their abet-
tors and excusers.
Unqualified praise. too, Is due to the
newspapers of North Carolina, which have,
with practical unanimity condemned the
the mobs leaders The press comments on
the case. indeed. have sounded a new and
wholesome note In the chorus Of southern
discussion of this serious problem.
The people of Salisbury have 1t In their
power to redeem the reputation Of their
town. and they have started we'll about
the business let US all wish them the fullest
measure of success