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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-25
e1EfzEk EAy l0Ls M slSY RAKNElHs
What Clarksburg needs is
land that will appeal to
the Home Builder.
THIS is WHAT THE
INDUSTRIAL COMPANY
is NOW DOING.

In a recent announcement .
/ this Company stated that
Z they would sell lots for
$4,000 each and upwards.
y This announcement has
brought many purchasers
and already many houses
are being started as a re-
suit of this very liberal
offer. Many of the lots
have been sold but the
Company viii continue the
liberal policy for a short
time and until the follow
ing SPECIAL BAR
GAINS have been taken.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-25

An immense crowd VIII See the
Sunday game between the locals
and Lafayette. Both teams ara i'm I'M
proving stealing as the season adj
yanees. As this is the deciding
game of the present series every
man will do his individual utmost
town.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-25

+. Probably no man on the Clarks.
burg teamris showing more rapid
Improvement than Catcher Stealey,
Theyopngster is doing better every
game until he is at present. one 81
the best amateur catchers in this
section.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
BANDIT KILLS FOUR.
Russian Bank 'Robber is Captured At
ter Desperate Fighting.

Russian Bank 'Robber is Captured At
ter Desperate Fighting.
Helsingfors, Finland. The pursuit OF
the bandits who the ether night en-
tered the Russian State Bank here,
killed the guardian and stole S37,5OO,
cost four more lives at Tammersfors,
where two Of the fugitives were caught.
One of the bandits got possession OF
the Town Hall and held it for hours.
While Commissary of Police Balush-
In was examining the two captives one
Of them grabbed a revolver from the
belt Of the Chief Of Police and with 1t
killed BaIushin. The bandit then
dashed up stairs, where he barricaded
himself in a room commanding the
stairs and lobby and the street outside.
Two policemen, who tried to pick or
the desperate from a house opposite,
were killed by the bandit, who was an
excellent marksman. After all other
had been exhausted the fire
men were called out and poured a
food. of water into the window. ST.
simultaneously a picked band of police
and fremen stormed the stairs. One
of the assailing party was killed n
nine were wounded before the bandit,
who fought desperately with a big
knife, could be overpowered.
The robber, who is a Dorpat black
smith, boosted of membership in the
Baltic revolutionary committee.
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Where Life Ia Long.

Senator Tillman and a colleague
were discussing the question of the
salubriousness of various sections OF
the country. WELL" sail Mr.. Till
man. IF the healthfulness Of a re-
gion is indicated by the mere longevity
of its inhabitants, then, I think that
Asheville, n. c., must have the plum.
AS an illustration of how long lived
the people are whereabouts, we Caro-
linians are fond Of telling this story:
"A visitor from the North asked an
old gentleman where he was born and
how old he was. The old chap replied:
I was born here in Asheville and am
seventy years Old %" exclaimed the
Yankee, as you appear to be as hale
and hearty as q man Of forty, I've no
doubt you'll live to a ripe old age.
How old was your father when he
died?'
FEATHER dead' said the old man,
looking surprised. Father isn't dead!
He's upstairs putting grandfather to
bed"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Hand in hand.
Chinese Harvests.

While hundreds of men are harvest
ing the big crops Of Oklahoma or the
Dakotas, a different sort of harvesting
is going on in Southern China Wher
Wong Poy gathers in his wheat. Jack
Smith. of Oklahoma, is a great land
holder, with. is 10000 or $4,000 acres.
Wong Poy, too, says a writer in Every
body's Magazine, is a great land mag
nate. He owns and farms four acres.
His enyious neighbors hold compe-
fences Of one acre or bare p%ittanceS OF
an eighth of an acre; but Wong Poy
is lucky. His father before him was
a frugal man, as was his fathers
father. and he himself is an only son.
He has even been able to afford a wife.
Two hands work for him in these
harvest days, at the panic wages OF
twenty cents a day. The men squat,
Oriental fashion, at their work, chop
ping down the stalks with swift staDs
of their little sickles. Mrs. Wong Poy
and her eldest, a daughter, follow be-
hind, and tie up the sheaves with wisps
of straw. The two cherished men chill
dren, sole hope Of heaven for Wong
Poy, play through the stubble and
steal grains of wheat to chew. 1t is
a matter for corporal punishment If
they are caught at this, for in China
every grain is numbered.
When the wheat is all in, and has
been beaten ont on the hrashing-foors
and stored in the well-guarded granary
under Wong Poy's house, the family
makes rejoicing. There Is a little mess
of fish for the pot. A punk stick and
a cup of rice are offered up to the
gods Of grain, and before them Wong
Poy. his hands tucked in his sleeves,
bows to the ground while he recites
prayers.
In their harvesting China and the
Dakotas have this, at least, i'll COM
mon, that when the crop is in every
one makes holiday. While the Chinese
is making sacrifices to his gods, the
American farmland amuses! himself
with more materialistic pleasures. The
holiday Of harvest-home is observed
alike by the peasant of Tyrol and the
farmer of Kansas. The red Indian,
when his corn was husked and shelled
and packed into baskets, danced under
the harvest-moon in gratitude to Man
itou, the Giver. Under that same moon
Chinese peasants sacrificed long before
the Aryans came out of their mountain
Businesses.
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DOMESTIC.

Navigation between Detroit, Mich.
and Cleveland, Ohio, was resumed the
other day, the earliest with n ex-
ception in twenty-six years.
Despondent over his ill-health.
Frank B. Barr, a real estate man Of
Pittsburg. Pa, killed himself at Kan
sas City, Nc.
Andrew Carnegie has promised S25,-
coo to the Baptist College at Rio
Grande, Ohio.
The American Window Glass Com
papy has decided on another increase
Of five per cent. in the price Of win
dow glass.
Twin babies were found deserted in
two east side Railways in New York
City.
Henry II. Rogers. by his counsel,
agreed to answer the questions put
to him by Acknowledgement Hadley,
Of Missouri.
James T. Mack, Third Deputy Po-
lice Commissioner Of New York City,
resigned and bitterly criticised Com
missioner Bingham and Mayor Nc
Clellan.
A telegram was received at the Har-
ward Observatory, at Cambridge,
Mass, from Professor Kreutz, at Kiel,
Germany, announcing the discovery
by Professor Kopf, at Heidelberg, Of
q faint comet.
A freight engine at smithfeld, W.
Va. on the short. line, division Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, turned
over and the engineer, fireman and
brakeman were burned to death under
the engine.
Accusing G.. E. Tucker, at Holly
Springs, Miss, of revealing jury room
secrets, Judge Boothe ordered his dis
missal from the jury.
Because Of recent exposure of graft
and municipal scandals a hundred
women met in the First Presbyterian
Church, at Peoria, to pray for the
publication Of the city.
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THE DOING.

To try is better than the thing You try for.
To hope IS higher than the height at
tanned. =,
To love is greater than the love you sigh
for,
To seek is nobler than the object gained.
To ''wrestle with the angel'-tnis avails,
Although the motive for the wrestling
fails.
To learn is more essential than the know
ing,
To know is deeper than the wisdom
found:
To live is grander than all life's bestowing,
To advance, more fraitful than the van
tage ground.
To give is far more blessed than receiving,
To tell the truth needs not to force believ-
ing.
To speak is voice eternal in vibration,
To blaze a trail is safer than hewn road;
TO think is power Of infinite creation,
To trust is finer than to see your God;
TO think-to act-these bridge the world
abysses;
To die! No soul has told a soul what
this is.
The Metropolitan.
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Great Singer Careless of Wealth.

Caruso, the great tenor, Says stage
kisses are like kissing cold cream,
cold starch or vanilla beans. He earns
a great deal of money. Recently he
sang three songs and got for his work
$4,000 in bills. He made c%aricatures
of the portraits of them and left the
originals on the table to go out and
drive, forgetting entirely that the orig
mails were money. His secretary says
that it was not fOrgetfulness but habit
ual negligence-scarf pins, rings,
%watch-he leaves anything anywhere,
to be picked up by the servants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
ARMY APPRoPR1ATToN PASSED
Also Bill For Marking Northern Graves
Of -Confederates.

Washington, D. lC.-The House
passed the Army Appropriation bill
and also, amid applause from both
sides, the Foraker bill, providing for
the marking of the graves OF Confederl
ates buried in the North.
Points Of order made to the provis.
ions for a cable ship for the Atlantic
Coast and to a ship for mine planting
on the Pacific Coast eliminated these
provisions from the Army Appropria-
ton bill. The alleged powder trust
came in for sharp criticism I'm debate
and Democratic endeavor to have the
Government begin the manufacture of
its own powder met defeat both on
points of order and finally by direct
vote.
The Army bill, as passed, carries
something more than $69,000.0O0.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
NO TREASURY DEFICIT NOW.
The Month of February Ends With a
Surplus.

Washington, D. C.-The month of
February ends with a surplus in the
United States Treasury for the first
time in the current fiscal year which
began on July !, 1905. At the close of
business the excess Of Government re-
ceipts over expenditures for the fiscal
year was 1 ,102, 0O2. There had been
a deficit in the Treasury for eight
months until now.
The improved condition Of the Gov
eminent finances has exceeded the pre-
dictions Of Secretary Shaw and some
Of the Republican leaders in Congress,
and it is now believed that there will
be a substantial surplus by the end Of
the fiscal year On June So next. The
improved condition is due entirely to
increased receipts from several
sources, for the total disbursements
have been larger than they were last
year.
The state Of the Treasury at this
time is in sharp contrast to the condi-
ton which existed q year ago, when
there was a deficit Of $25 ,405,533
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| ging with great apparent earnestnesS
at the refractory fastening. II am do.
ing the best I can. Suppose you see II
you can't help me-
A moment later their hands touched
beneath the protecting flaps.
With 4 furious blush she drew hers
away-with considerable effort, for Or
lando had q muscular ~grasp-and she
was about to become distant again.
when she remembered the necessity
| for caution.
"Miss Gloriana-Goovius," he gasped,
as she hastily moved closer, and her
fluffy hair blew across his face. 81
think I can-get this thing loose
pretty soon-if you will just sit as you
are, and be perfectly calm! "'
I'm afraid you will have to help me
again.
81 won't"
"Well, my hands are $3.50 numb
| from this cold breeze that I shall have
to give it up. 1 suggest that we go into
the cabin, seat ourselves in some Sc
! cluded corner, and
eyes! Yes! Let us go at once"
"But we shall have to move with
| caution. and you will have to walk eX-
ceedingiy close to me, in order not
To-"
Il see"
Is there anybody so densely ignorant
as not to understand that it was abso-
lutely necessary for Orlando to put his
arm protectingly around her lovely
form as they proceeded cautiously to-
ward the cabin? Think how the boat
was pitching!
An hour passed away.
They were still occupying 4 double
seat in a corner of the cabin. BY a
Joint effort, which took considerable
time. they had succeeded in extracting
the stickpin. but they seemed to have
forgotten it, and were sitting close to-
gether-
Hand in hand.
A jar shook the boat.
"Here we are, s~weetheart!' whls-
pered the young man, "at old st. Joe"
"But. Orlando, how dreadfully uncon-
veptional it would be for us to go and
be married now on such short ac-
ouaintance. The idea is absurd!'
"Not at all, Gloriana." he said. tri-
umphantly. "It's eminently proper.
That's the way all these stories enu!'
C. W. r., in Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
DOINGs # CONGRESS-
NO MORE FREE. SEED GRAFT.
House Committee Eliminates Big Itcnt
From Agricultural Appropriation.

aOuSE OUluDulltCC GllAdIuotCo LA
From Agricultural Appropriation.
Washington, D. C.-Eight members
of the House Committee on Agriculture
struck from the Agriculture A~ppropria5,
ton bill an item of S242, coo designed to-
continue for another year the free
seed graft" which has grown to sucn,
enormous proportions during the adj
ministration of Secretary Wilson,
Seven members voted against this re-
form. It Is expected that the Agrlcul-,
tural Departments influence vii, be-
exerted to get this item back into the
bill when it reaches the floor.
Appropriations carried by the bib
aggregate between $6,000.000 and ST.
100000. The estimates Of the depart
ment would have been cut more if III
had been possible to get satisfactory
information as to expenditures from
the department officials.
When the paragraph providing $242~
600 for the free distribution of seeds
was reached Representative Cocks, OF
New York, moved that it be stricken
out. He was supported by Messrsa5
Wadsworth, Of New York; Henry, OF
Connecticut; Haugen, of Iowa; BrookSi
Of Colorado; Adams, of Wisconsin; Lori
inner. of Illinois, and Haskins, ,of Ver-
mont. Against the reform were
Messrs.. Davis, of Minnesota; Bowie, Of
Alabama; Lamb, Of Virginia; IYer, Oh
South Carolina; Trimble, Of Kentucky
Field, Of Texas, and Gambler, OF Mis-
sissippi.
The Secretary Of Agriculture buys
seeds by contract wherever he desires
to do SO, without competition. The
requisition of any Senator or member
of Congress is quite enough to have
the, department send to any Of his con-
~stituents large or small quantities OF
vegetable or flower: seeds.
!. Originally the practice was designed
simply to introduce into the United
States vegetables and flower products
heretofore not grown here with sue
cess. But as time went on the scope OF
the seed stock was widened until 1t me
cluded seeds for almost every variety
Of flowers and vegetables, shoots f0H
apple, peach and orange trees and rare
bulbs. In fact a fine assortment ct
nursery supplies raised In the United
States and purchasable at any nursery
could be. obtained free from a member
Of Congress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Capital BreyitieS.

The Democrats seek to amend the
Hepburn bill.
There is a grave QUESTION whether
the Philippine Tariff bill can pass the
Senate.
The President has issued rs a general
order Admiral n..'ogo's address to the
Japanese Navy.
The reconstructed Dominican treaty
was reported to the Senate and it wild
be pushed to a vote.
Secretary Taft appeared before the
Committee ON the Philippines and tes@
titled at length on the conditions in the
lGJan6a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
OPENS CORPORATION FIGHT.
La Toilette Seeks to Bar Railroads
From Getting Coal Lands.

, Washington, D. C.-Senator La Fol-
lette, of Wisconsin, fred the first gum.
in. the battle he lis expected to wage
against the corporations. 1t was aimed
at railroad ownership Of coal lands.
The bill to wind up the affairs Of the
Five Civilized Tribes Of Indians was
under consideration. 1t, contains a pro-
vision for the sale Of a large quantity
of coal and asphalt lands in Indian
Territory. Senator La Toilette SUBJ
mitted an amendment providing that
n o railroad which Is a common carrier
should, directly or through its officers
or stockholders, be permitted to pur-.
chase any Of these coal or asphalt
lands, ~. Hy r
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Snorting BreyitieS.

Columbia defeated Annapolis at fenc-
ing five bouts to four.
Leon Martell, the Georgetown catch
er, who has been debarred from ath-
letics in the university, is likely to
join Collins.
1t looks now as if Jeffries could re-
main in retirement without further
annoyance.
G. NJ. Daniels broke one worlds rec
ord, equalled two others and shattered
several American standards for sew
eral distances in the national cham
pionship swimming races at the New
York A. G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Women of the Hour.

Queen Louise of Denmark is said to
be the richest princess in Europe.
Princess Henry of P!ess is one of the
most beautiful women in England.
Mrs. Margaret Curtin, fifty-ive years
old. a noted Stun worker Of Chicago,
is dead.
Mrs. G. T. Latham, of Grant, Fla,
has the unique occupation of collect
ing birds and animals for geological
gardens.
It is said that Princess Ena, who is
betrothed to the King Of Spain, writes
daily to her ruler sweetheart.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
NeWsy GleaningS.

Wild dogs are becoming a nuisance
and danger in the jungles of India.
A special military commission is now
sitting in Berlin, Germany, considering
the best means Of making cavalry as
invisible as possible in warfare.
Sweden is planning to use for cleo.
tricity every ounce of water now going
to waste over her falls and in her
rivers.
Columbia University and the Ma
tional Academy of Design have come
to an understanding whereby they will
cooperate in the establishment of a
faculty Of fine arts in connection witt
the big New York University.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
BILL INCREASING SALARIES.
Makes Presidents $4,000 and Vicsa
Presidents $4,000.

Washington, D. CA bill readjust4
ing official salaries was introduced BY
Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshirei
The readjustments are to become eff
fective on March 4, 1909. The salaries
proposed by the bill are as follows,
President, $4,000; Vice-President, S1b.-
900; members of the Cabinet, $4,000:
Speaker Of the House of Represents
tives, $4,000; Senators and Represen-
tatiYes in Congress, $500.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Pennsyivania's Capitol.

A little over four years ago Penn
%sylvania's State Capitol building at
Harrisburg was burned. The new
Capitol is nearly completed at a total
cost of 81, $780, OO, which is within the
original estimates. The City Hall in
Philadelphia was twenty-five years in
building and cost the city S24, 100000
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Lake Swallows Village.

The village, of Tavenola, built on per-
pendicular cliffs above Lake Iseo, Bres-
cha Province, Italy, was almost entirely
destroyed by rocks suddenly giving
way, apparently because the lake had
eaten into the base Of the cliffs. For
tunately the disaster was preceded by
a loud roaring, which alarmed the 1000
inhabitants in time to make their es-
cape. One fisherman was killed.
About 200 feet of rock and the houses
on it were swallowed up by the lake.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
DIR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The transport ingalls,. carrying 4
battalion Of the Twentieth Infantry.
Major James S. Rogers commanding.
ran on a reef, 40 miles south of
Manila and is badly damaged. The
troops were transferred to a coast
guard steamer and brought to Manila.
Tacloban. capital of the island of
Leyte, has been destroyed by fire. Ta-
cloban was the fifth city of the island.
and was situated in an important
hemp district. A number of ware
houses were destroyed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
BITS .! NEWS
WASHINGTON

The Secretary of the American Ma
tional Red Cross has received infor-
nation from Japan that the unpre-
cedented cold in Northern Japan has
greatly increased the suffering in the
famine stricken provinces. Millet is
,being bought with some of the relief
funds, as it is cheaper than rice.
President Roosevelt sent to Congress
elaborate coast defense plans prepared
by the joint Army and Navy Board.
and urged the necessity Of their adop-
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Two New Hague Delegates.

Washington, D. C.-The President
has appointed B%rigadier-G General Geo.
B. Davis, Judge Advocate General, and
Captain Charles s. Sperry, u. S. M
President of the Naval War College,
as the military and naval delegates. re-
spectively, from the Washington Cow
eminent to The Hague Conference.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Against 50 Coins.

Washington, D. C.-When Secretary
Shaw Of the Treasury Department app
peared before the House Committee ON
Industrial Arts and EXpositions he ex-
pressed his emphatic disapproyal OF
the bill for the coinage of 1000, 600 two
dollar silver pieces, upon which the
Jamestown Exposition Company de-
sires to realize 100000 profit. He
said this means of raising money is de4
ception, that it would be the sowing
of dragons teeth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Anti-Eight-Hour Law in Effect.

Washington, D. C.-The President
having signed the act making appro-
priations for the needs of the Isthmian
Canal Commission and exempting the
cagal workers from the operations of
the e%fght-hour law, President Shonts
sent a c%ablegram to Chief Engineer
Stevens, who is now at Panama, noti-
flying him of the approval Of the act.
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LIEUT.-GEN. SCHOFIELD DIES.
Noted Army Officer Passes Away at
st. Augustine, Fla.

st. Augustine, Fla.-Lieutenant-Gen"
eraI John NJ. Schofeld, retired, died at
$50 o'clock at night. He was seventy
five years old. Cerebral hemorrhage.
which caused an apoplectlc stroke. was
the cause Of death.
With the death Of Northumberland
SchofeId the last Of the great army
commanders of the Civil War is
stricken from the rolls. Generals Will.
lam NJ. Wherry and William P. Ennis
were here with him. They were at
tached to his staff at the time he was
in command OF the Army.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
More Money CabIed to Japan.

Washington, D. C.-The American
National Red Cross, through the State
Department, cabled to the japanese
Red Cross $4,000. making a total Of
$50, 900 so FIR contributed by the Amer
lean people and transmitted to japan
through the Red Cross for the relief
of the sufferers in the famine-stricker
provinces.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Loneworths at Home.

Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth are
established in the Longworth house,
at Eighteenth and I streets, Washing
ton, D. c., and the Congressman has re-
sumed his duties at the House.
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Revolution in UrueuaV.

Reports have reached Buenos Ayres
that a revolutionary movement has
broken out in Uruguay, and the Presi-
dent Uf that Republic has taken the
severest precautionary measures.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

Abolishes Lieutenant-G Generally.
Washington, D. C.-The House Conn
mittee on Military Affairs made a
unanimous report on the Prince bill
abolishing the grade Of Lieutenant
General.
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Increase in Internal Revenue.
Washington, D. C.-The monthly
statement of the collections Of internal
revenue shows an increase as COM
pared with January, 1905, of $2,370,738.