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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

PROMISES
TO HELP WHEELING in HAVING
Mr.. BRYAN THERE IN
SEPTEMBER.

WHEELING, Aug. 20.-William
Welch and Michael Mahoney. com
mittee Of the Trades Assembly, re
turned late last evening from Deer
Park, where they waited upon the
Hon. John T. McGraw, who is rest
ing up there, and asked him to use
his influence in bringing William Jen'
nfngs Bryan here next September
The committee were assured by Mr.
McGraw that he would use all bis In
fluence to have Mr.. Bryan here. The
latter will be the guest of Col. Nc
Graw on the 1st and I'd of September
and was to leave on the Cd for Chi
cago. The plan, which has been en-
;lorsed by Mr.. McGraw. is to have
Bryan stop over in wheeling till the
Sd. making an address at the Labor
Day picnic at the Fair Grounds, and
then continue on Monday night in 9
special to Chicago where he will ar
rive few hours delayed.
An effort is being made to have Mr.
Bryan sidetracked and taken VI
around through New York State, but
as he has promised to visit Mr.. Nc
Graw and his Chicago engagement
does not permit Of much delay, the
New York towns ylll not receive much
consideration.
Local labor people are much elatet
over their success thus far in endeay
oring to secure Mr.. Bryan and Mr.
McGraw win lay the matter before hi:
prospective visitor at the first oppor
tunity.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
MONEY | RAISED
FOR LEPE!R:.. {.
WHEELING sYRlANs MAKE UP
PURSE FOR CARE OF GEORGE
RAsc1lp.

X 4
WHEELING Aug, 20. Last night
Charles Amien. one Of the leaders in
the local Syrian colony who he'd been
lin Pittsburg in an effort to raise mon
ey. among the sytians of that city to
assist in having George Raschtd, the
leper now in the tent near Ptckens, W.
va, better takenscar of, returned to
the city last night and reported that
during the time he had been in Pitts
burg. he had been able to raise $50
and that the sum now in hands of the
local committee amounted to 1925,
Si00 OF which amount was received by
Al. Peterson, the treasurer from the
daily Syrian paper All. Hoda, Of New
York.
Every effort is being made by the
members of the local colony to relieve
the distress of RaschId, Mr.. Amien
received letter dictated by the leper,
on Saturday in which he said ne was
very lonesome where he was and that
he hoped those who have interested
themselves in the case will. be able to
do something for him very shortly.
From the tone of the letter It would
appear that the leper is getting very
tired OF being confined to a lonely hut
out in the woods and would welcome
most anything else but that.
A1r. Amfen and the others of this
city who have Interested themselves
in the ,leper have written the health
officers of the State. Governor Daw-
son. and also to some of the federal
authorities in an eadeayor to find out
just what can be done with Raschid
after money has been raised for his
relief. They desire to send him to his
home if possible, but II this cannot be
done would like to send him to the
leper colony at Brothers Island, N.
Y, or the one located in Louisiana.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
Wire Bridge
ped Into Water

Je,tis sToWNs Pa, Aug. 20 Late
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Robinson with their two children,
aged ighteea months and four years,
we're returning home from visiting
friends Their path lay across the
Juniata river which Is spanned by a
wire bridge nsar williamsburg. The
liver 81 high and the combined
weight caused the slight wire foot
bfidee to dip into the water. The
current was swift ana tore from ita
roots the tree 10 which the bridge
Was tastenedl The tniig were
thrown into Gle river ana AIrs. ttols17
inson ana he youngaat child were
drowned
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
MOTHER and CHILD THROWN
into RIVER. AND DROWNED
POWDER ELECTS DOG.
As syFfdo Doesn't Like the Smell His
Mistress Tries Il.

CHAMBERsBuRG, Pa, Aug. 90
Knowing her dog did not like the
smell Of gunpowder and thinking to
drive him out Of her clean kitchen,
Mrs. David Wlles poured some from q
bottle at her home near Waynesboro.
There was an explosion from q
spark in the stove. Mrs. Wlles was
hurt, and but for neighbors, who rush
ed in, her house would have burned
down.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
Badly Hurt
WAS DALTON SIMON BY BEING
THoWN FROM a BICYCLE 5
YESTERDAY.

Dalton simon, son of Mr.. A. D.
Simon. of this city, was badly hurt
last evening by falling from his bicy-
Gle while it was going at a rapid rate.
he was coasting down Quincy street
when he in some way became tangled
in the machine, causing nim to fall
heavily on the ground. He was tax
en- to Or. r. w. HIPS office where his
wounds were dressed. His face and
head were badly cut in several places
and Ms rms skinned and bruised He
snatrowiy ped q fra actured skull
NsN beita, sIea and lla1s tiss n ID
NV. Yorls 4 Tha nop ron.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
ROBINSON CRUSOES {. ISLAND
is WIPED OUT OF TENcE
w as SIM by
tlaquake

LIMA, Peru Aus. se Robinson
Crusoe's Island vi np more. Tho fa-
nous island IS Tsported wiped out Of
existence BY the Y seismic disturb
ances OF last haf aay and Friday.
The island 81 5nan ernandez, tour
hundred miles az the Chilean coast,
was desolate and eighteen
miles long ana 81 miles wide inhnh-
tied by d small German colony and
3a few Chiieans Nhose fate rs yet '-
unknown
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
civil s.ruloa Examination.

The local board viii hold o civil
service ezamlnat lion at the postohice
sy4eanesday "a Angus 22d, fot eteriSs
I7tsna1i,a service and one refson has
Seen q - appe betofe die
b6ard toE this ex xaInination
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
..5s5i5QUAK g T!5llR'7 5Il5E
;REaus I'M sMo oRNlNe TIMES CALLS
FORTH "A. NUMBER OF
SOLUTIONS.

+Na 80 - b y y
Below are found number OF an,
swers to d rebus on the front page OF
this mornings Times We really don't
know whether ahySof them are cor
rect or notas we never saw anything
like it.
Editor West Virgil tnian:
have given the prize rebus on the.
hrsti page Of this mornings Times q
careful analysts and while 1t ls one
81 the most idtftaults puzzles y have.
ever ATTEMPTED to solve 4 think j .i have
the answer. MY solution Is: Because
the chicken crossed the street
PUBL1Us.
Editor West virginian
NY answer to the prize rebus pub
ligned in this mornings Times is:
Next wednesday, . do not know
whether the answer has any reference
to the congressional convention at
Clarksburg or not.
FIRST WARD.
Editor West virginian:
The puzzle editor Of the Times is
doing some splendid work. ] have
sent in solutions Of many Of their
editorial sayings but never yet have
been awarded a prize. MY answer to
the puzzle sprung this morning is:
because he is shaking in his shoes. J"
ANXIOUS.
Editor West vtrginian:
am little boy ten years old. Ny
mamma says that If get the prize
she will get me a wagon. ] want a
red wagon very badly. | think the
answer is that the 1000 quakes are
dead. Please send the prize to me or
let me know and will call for II.
WILLIE.
Editor West Virgintan:
MY answer to the rebus in the Times
is: "Unknown parties have killed 3d.
800 snakes since Thursday" II I am
right send prize by mail.
. y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
MINOR SHOCKS
STIL CONTINUE !
TO FELT

LONDON e Aug 90 Not g building
la Va1pafaisds escaped undamag aged by
The ithaaake which shook Chile
WITH nchs llsasf fotis results on Thurs
DAY mgh NE con ttniiance OF minor.
shocks M the present time mas
entad hing being done to-
more than temporarily alleviate the.
ptsthe tcken inhabitants.
This Is gist of news received IN a
teiesat from alparatso to the Tar
apae entina bank today Mar
tiaf has been proclaimed In the
city aud. order is being preserved.
work. ana business of all characters
nave ceaaed and Will not be resumed
unti the cessation Of earth tremors.
Grac Brothers have q cablegram stat
ing that no damage was caused. north.
of Nalparaisc. This IS talSs tqE tndiE lI
cate That the nittate gtonnas have not
been iafaaged Is \. 4
PfFTsBIJRC, Aug. 90. There con-
tines confusion Of statements as to.
the ma agnttude Of the disaster to Val
paraiso caused by the earthquake
shocks which began on Thprsd lay Aug.
ID. and continued at frequent inter
vais hrpug ghoat that and the next two
I1ispat tehss from Valparaiso re-
ceived last evening state moderate
estimate OF the fatalities is 1000
and che property loss may be as high
$3.50. 0.010, 1000, which latter Is as.
Great the loss sustained by San,
anci 500 ih e1uence Of the earth
ulke and fire which devastated that
last ApFll.
dgices which arrive at Santiago
place the dead at 100 and other mes.
indicate the first reports Of
damage and casualties were greatly
exaggerated. Dispatches to the State
Depa tment at Washington place the
fatalities ct about 500.
THESE conflicting statements cannot
1T this time be adjusted. It Is evil
dent even vet combustion and panic
prevail at Valparaiso, and IN.
order is restored Il, win be impos-
sIble to ascertain with accuracy the
loss to ltfe and property.
The dwellings in the city have been
ically abandoned by the inhabi-
who are existing as best they
can in the plazas and streets Of the
al and the hills adjacent to it with
cut sheltet from storm or sun and
with anime confronting them. Food
is already scarce. water for drinking
purposes Is lacking and disease is
feared: The government is doing all
IL can to bring in relief.
The Gripping Of the railroads lead
ing into Valparaiso constitutes a Sc.
riolls factor in the situation, as for
indefinite period relief supplies
cn only be obtained through other
means pf transportation. the seaboard
atfordtng the best of these.
AZ Santiago many of the best pub
ia ana private buildings were wreck
sd. The loss OF life there was aug
rented by the panic which seized the
+ people many Of whom threw thom-
selves from the balconies Of their
homes The destructive force Of tho
earthdualse was experienced over a
S5S777- =fE577 n ~ - - 7F
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

Mrs. @. B. Wilson left yesterday for
a months visit to Pittsburg, Erie and
Bradford, Pa.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
.AuseAND KlLLED. TwlNs BORN.

.NorrIsown Widow Now Has II Chill
dren TO Look After.
.NoRRIsToWN. Pap Aug, 20. -
Three weeks ago James o'Donnall a
conductor on the pennsylvania rqtl-
road, was killed by falling under his
train. Yesterday his wife gave birth
TO twins. She now has II children to
support
R.a,I the Daily west yirginian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

CASTOR and family. OF clarts-
gbtir we're visiting A.. L. B Dudley
oset snnday
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

Editor West virgintan:
MY answer to the rebus in the Times
is: "Unknown parties have killed S3.s
800 snakes since Thursday. II I am m
right send prize by mail.
n READER,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

You. should zee tlie pretty muslin
gowns, which rs sIia lssly aolied. but
the price iss cut 5iss. So ncwno for
81, at The Bon Isl,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
NOT 4 BUILDING CAPED Damage
m THE llPI'AAIRI A.lS0 GAIAS TR0P'IIE
large extent of the country, man;
towns sustaining serious damage.

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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-27
The Fatigue of Metals.

It has been demonstrated by ex-
pertinent that metals are subject to
fatigue and need regular rest. A
steel rail or link in a chain will do
more work and last longer If it is
given periodical rest than II 1t is sub
ject to constant strain. A persistent
Jar upon bar of metal shakes the
molecules into crystals, presenting
lines of easy cleavage, and then 1t
breaks; whereas If the bar has peri
ods of rest the molecules regain their
normal position and the bar RECEIVERS
its strength. The engineer knows
that his locomotive is the better for
rest, and all engines and tools get
tired without 1t and are the better for
IL.
What Is true. of iron and steel is
equally true OF muscle and nerve and
mind and heart. Continual activity
produces in them a state of chronic
fatigue that is fatal to their best
work. Rest renews and refreshes
them and sep4s them back more vital
and vigorous to their service. A va
cation is no idle whim or unneces-
sary and unfaithful escape from duty,
/ but n universal need, Presbyterian
Barner.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-27
willing to Compromise,

The mother had been having q
strenuous day with her offspring, as
Mrs. Anna Garlin Spencer calls the
story of little cousin of hers. The
,all boy had eTen more than usually
be en- peripatetic Interrogation point.
There were few things concerning
the construction of the world and all
things in it, with asides upon various
theological, philosophical, and scien-
tlfic questions, which the mother had
not tried to answer. She was eX-
haused and welcomed the night as
she undressed her little son and pre-
pared him for bed. But he had not
finished his questions.
Mamma, he asked, where is my
soul?"
Now, dear" replied the weary
mamma, Il am very tired, and ! can't
answer another question tonight"
Wen, then, you needn't answer ii
tonight" said the child. "but please
put your finger on the very spot! -
New York Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-27
FATE OF THE OLD ST. LOUIS.
The Second Oldest Ship in Our Navy
May Be Broken Up.

After years of buneting by the
waters of many seas the one time re-
ceiving ship st. Louis lies in the Del
aware River at the foot of Catherine
street, Philadelphia, awaiting final
orders
These may be to hand her battered
timbers over TO unsentimental junk
dealers, or to preserve her as the old
est vessel, outside OF the famous
Constitution, in Uncle Sans navy.
According to the Philadelphia Rec
ord, it is seventy-eight years since
the then proud frlgate was launched
at Washington, where she had been
built for service in the Far East. At
that time she was regarded as one of
the best vessels in the young navy.
During the first ten years of her
service pirates were tho pest of the
West Indies and the Pacific. The st.
Louis, then one of the swlf:cst YES
sells in the navy, was sent after the
men who sailed under the skull and
crossbones. and TO her efforts ia part
ly due the determination OF the
looters.
On one occasion one of the rakish
crafts, closely pursued by the coming
Union Jack, ran aground on one OF
the large islands and her crew cs-
capped to the wooded interior Lieu
tenant Horton, gallant young officer
of that day, led a cheering company
of his men, armed with cutlasses and
pistols, to rout out the desperadoes.
Over hills and copse the chase con
tinued, for a mile, when the fleeing
buccaneers ambushed the pursuers
and pitched battle resulted. After
fierce hand-to-hand combat the pi-
rates were all killed or captured and
the latter were hanged the following
day from the yardarm of the st.
Louis
AT the time of the naming of the
st. Louis there was much opposition
to thus honoring a city of such small
Importance and size as that place was
then. Much discussion finally ended
in victory for the ST. Louis partisans,
and 1t was only recently the Govern
ment changed her name to the Key
stone State, on account of there being
another vessel in the navy called the
ST. Louis. However, the new name
was hardly ever applied except in
oliiciai ways.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-27
"DOCTORED" BASEBALLS.
Silk O'Loughlin Says There's n
Rochester Man Who Makes Them.

We'll. WELL" remarked Silk
OLoughlin, as he read the stories
about the row in the Southern League
because Atlanta charges New Or
leans with ringing in 'phony" ball
in a recent game.
THAT is like old times" the UNI
pire is quoted in the Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal, "and reminds me of the
seasons l spent as the arbitrator in
minor leagues. Among the minors
some years ago it was not such an
uncommon thing as you might sup
pose to try 20 put over ball that had
too --ch rubber in II, and the jumps
had to be o.. the lookout for that
little game all the tine. We not only
looked out for it, but occasionally
were pretty sure that we had caught
them with tue goods and made them
keep pitching out new balls until we
got one that bounced right. l re-
jected twenty balls in succession in
one game 1 umpired, and they finally
got good and gave me what the rules
called for.
1T is not generally known that the
making of illegal balls, which even
the jokiest of joke hitters can bang
into the middle of next week and
when they hit the ground bounce
over the Chinese wall, is a regular
and thriving business.
"The enterprising individual who
has the largest and bounciest stock
| ic nlA CT at H.
quarters are in Rochester. Give him
the quiet tip that you want an as
sortment of nice lively balls, and send
the coin along in advance, and he'll
send you back a bunch that tiny
tot can knock so far that Larry La
joie's longest drives would look like
beanbag tos".
This enthusiasticsu supporter of the
win at any price theory also makes
legitimate baseballs, SO unless you
know him and give him the sign to
show that you belong to the same
lodge of baseball crooks, he'll ship
you the usual line of goods, which
necessitates a heap of hard work to
keep your average up around 800.
Nowadays in the big leagues they
don't work the old lively ball gag
often, If at all, but the various man.
ayers know all about it, and when
they see a ball travelling far, far
afield after being slapped at by some
] pitcher who hasn't put one out OF
the diamond for a couple of months
they begin to do heap of thinking
and suggest that the umpire take a
peep and bounce it few times as a
test. If it goes too high it goes or'
OF the game.
"Keepin~ an >ye on the ball is one
of the big duties OF an umpire. He
doesn't have to lock out for phonies
so much as he docs for those with
loose covers or that have been cut
accidentally or by design, and he
orders them out, as soon as de
tected."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-27

Society takes its pleasure serious
ly enough, as we in England are all
wont to do. In the east end of Lon
don there is far more genuine enjoy
ment, hilarity, spirits--and spirit
than in Hyde Park on Sunday even
ing, at Ascot or at Henley. Fashion
Is not the world which amuses it.
self, 1t amuses others far more. And
as for the deeper side OF the ques-
tion. W we are no worse than other
peoples Look az Ascot on the gold
cup day, 1t is sight unique in all
the world--such frocks, such beauty
such wealth, such property! Would
England be the better for the absence
of IL? Go ask Pretty Polly. that
strange, sleek. fast" mare. herself
symbolic Of the race who race with
her. London Observer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-27
A Fisi, Story.

There lives in Franklin, Pa, GER
tain Mr.. Allen, who short time ago
caught trout a foot long. He was
unwilling to eat such fine fish, and
so he took 1t home and placed it in
large tank of water. Every day he
went to look at 1t and fed it with flies,
which 1t swallowed greedily. and
grew so tame that whenever he ap-
preached, it came to the side and
asked for food. AS the trout seemed
so domesticated, Mr.. Allen put it in
strear' which runs closely by his
house, but the fish refused to take
advantage of its liberty, and when
ever he went to the river it came up
and wagged its tail with the pleasure
of seeing him. But whenever Mr..
Allen takes friend with him. the
fish refuses to come to the surface,
and hides himself until the friend
has departed. Mr.. Allen Is usually
| considered very truthful man.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-27
Business as Usual.

Lady Curzon made a point OF coll
lecting any amusing attempts made
by Hindus to write English that came
under her notice and had many Curl
Gus specimens in her scrap book.
Once she got from Bombay letter
that two brothers sent out to their
patrons on the death of their father,
who had heen the head of the firm
1t ran:
Gentlemen; We have the pleasure
to inform you that our respected IA
ther departed this life on the 10th
inst. His business will be conducted
by his beloved sons, whose names
are given below. The opium market
is quiet and NAL 1900 rupees pei
chest. o death. where Is thy sting
o grave. where is thy victory? W.
remain, &c. london Evening
| Standard.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-27

was made by the Britis,. warship
Comus on Possession island, where
she landed provisions enough to last
fifty people Fifty days. Another
French warsbip established similar
depots at the islands of Amsterdam,
st. Paul and Kerguelen. Nearer New
Zealand there are AIS depots of a
like nature on several of the islands,
and a Government steamer visits the
islands once or twice a year to re-
place such stores as may have become
unfit for use and take off any casta-
ways that may have arrived, ire
spective of nationality. At Cape
Beale and at Carmanah lighthouse,
Vancouver Island, there are similar
satisfactory stores for castaways.
Needless to say, perhaps, the direc-
tion of the caches are clearly indi-
Gated on shore, so that the famishing
arrivals may reach the provisions and
clothing in the shortest possible in
tervals of time after landing, and no
tices with respect to them appear reg
ularly in the Government publica-
tions issued to mariners by the sever
al maritime nations.
If the report of the Chilean con-
temporary be true the unfortunate
castaways escaped drowning only to
die on shore. Very seldom indeed
of recent years has such sad find
been recorded as that just made pub
lie in the lonely islet of the Pacific
for steam and telegraphy are utterly
opposed to any casualty to shipping
remaining hidden from the world fol
a long interval.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-27
The Butcheries of reace.

Mr.. Frederick L. Hoffman, of the
Prudential Insurance Company, has
declared that the annual rate of fatal
accidents in American cities is be-
tween eighty and eighty-five in each
100000. On basis of $4,000, 900
people in this country, that would
mean that 65 900 people in America
lose their lives every year through
accidents. According to the same
authority, some 100000 persons
are more or less seriously injured
every year, while 100000 more re-
ceive wounds of a less serious char.
acter. Now, the two great armies of
the North and South with all their
implements of destruction were able
to kill only 62,112 men year,
which is lesser number than perish
in time OF peace through accidents. -
Denver Republican.