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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE
VERDICT IN THE TRIAL OF JAMES
TAYLOR AT PlTTsBURG.
Murderer Was Arrested Here While
Trying to Escape on Baltimore &
Ohio Train.

James Taylor, the white man arrest
ed on Baltimore & Ohio freight train
in the yards in Mar5insburg by OF
ficers Heck and Constable Wild Will
trying to escape, was tried in Pitts
burg a day or two ago on the charge
of numbering a colore1 man named
Isaac Carter at Duquesne, and yer
dict of murder in the second degree
was returned by the jury Taylor claim
cd the killing was done in self-defense.
Readers of The World will remem-
Der the sensational arrest of Taylor
here and how he practically forced
the crew of freight train to carry
him at the point of a huge revolver.
Later City Clerk Letter discovered
Taylors identity and connection with
the crime in Duquesne, and turned him
over to the MAYOR and chief of police
of that city when hey arrived in Mar
tinsburg, The Duquesne officers stated
that the shooting of Carter was caus,
ed by the attentions of Taylor to Car
ter's wife.
The deputy sheriffs WHO had Taylor
in charge say that he Nas the most
careless and Indifferent prisoner they
ever had to handle. He seemed not to
car whether the trial resulted in a
conviction or an acQuittal, and was alb
solutely Indifferent to his fate When
he was being taken over from the Jail
to the court house he was smoking his
pipe and Joking with them, and they
had to make him stop in the corridor
outside the court room and knock out
his pipe, or he would have walked
right into court smoking.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
FINED FOR ASSAULT.
kEPLINoER AND RoDRICK TRIED
IN JUSTICE FELKER's COURT.
Charge of Attempted Highway Rob
berry Against Them Was Dismiss
ed BY the Court.

Duke Keplinger and Boyd Rodrick,
the two young men who were .harged
with having held up and attempted to
rob Thomas Shaw and James Ruark
on the foot bridge, back of The Bal
timore & Ohio shops, were given a
hearing in Justice Felkers court on
Thursday night The state was repre-
scented by Prosecuting Attorney Noll
and the prisoners by Attorney Wade
c. Kilmer.
After a conference with the after
neys it was agreed that the serious
charge of attempted highway robbery
should be dismissed. as it appears
that the men had not demanded money
or attempted TO go through their vic
Tins. The accused stoutly denied this
part of the charge
1t was shown, however that Ruark
had been roughly handled by the men,
being knocked from the bridge into
the icy waters of Tuscarora creek in
the struggle, and that Shaw's clothing
was partly torn from him Justice
Felker imposed a fine of s. and costs,
a total of $12, ON Keplinger, While Rod
rick was given $40 and costs total
SIT. The men arranged to pay.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
PASSED THF 8-HOUR LAW
Lively Discussion Over Bills In
Both Branches.
JAMESTOWN IN CONFERENCE
Eight Hour Law Passed-RaiIrcao
Bills Favorably Acted Upon in
the House.

Charleston, W. Va, Jan. 26.-The
house yesterday passed the bills linn
iting to eight hours in twenty-four the
service Of railroad telegraph operators
and telephone operators, and prohibit
ing the drinking Of Intoxicating liquors
on locomotives, cars or trains.
Mr.. Mitchell offered a joint resolu-
ton to amend the constitution by strik.
ing out the word male" in the sec
ton prescribing the qualification OF
voters, thus establishing female sun.
rage. II went over one day. The
same member offered like resolu.
ton two years ago, but it was killed
in the judicial committee.
The house began holding night SEES
sions, deyoting the time to bills on
first reading.
The senate passed the bills amend
ing the law governing justices of the
peace and the law relating to divorces.
The constitutional amendment to
change the limit of legislative SEES
sions to ninety days, and fixing the
pay of members at $500 per year, fail
ed to receive the required two-thirds
and the announcement of the vote was
suspended. The constitutional amend
ment to prohibit the issuance OF
charters to churches and religious so
cieties was defeated
The senate refused to recede from
it's amendments to the jamestown Elk
position appropriation bill, and agreed
to the request of the house for a con-
ference committee.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02

Architect whitson, who drew the
plans for the building a number OF
years ago, and who found that the
structure is sadly in need of repairs.
The front wall is out of line in one or
two places, there are several assures
in the walls, the floors on the second
story are weak, and the condition OF
the ground floor is such that the cor
ridors cannot be properly heated
The whole building is in such physi
cal condition as to create the greatest
apprehension among both the teach
ers and pupils during g storm, and
while Mr.. Whitson expressed the opin
ion that there Is probably no DANCE
Of a collapse Of the building, he also
stated that it would be wise
strengthen the structure with strong
steel rods, TO rebuild the floors in the
second stroy and replace the doors on
the first floor with new and heavier
ones.
II is believed that the necessary re
pairs can be made for about 5000, an l
committee, consisting of Messrs.
Snowden Whetzel aud Russler, was
appointed TO act In the matter.
Miss Catherine Nihion filed an ap.
pication for position as teacher
in the schools, and the application was
received and filed The applicant has
passed a creditable examination and
his q M 1 certificate.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
ELECTED OFFICERS.
Hose Co. No. Held Its; Annual Meet.
ing Thursday Might.

The members of Hose Co. No. held
their annual election in the firemen' g
hall Thursday night, at which time the
following officers were elected:
President Charles T. McBee.
Captain-D Park Chapman.
Assistant Captain-Charles W. Kill
mer.
cretary-Charles A. McBee, jr.
Treasurer-Charles NJ. Seibert.
Delegates to Convention to Elect
Marshall. Park Chapman, A. S.
Poisal, C. NJ. Seibert.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
WILL NOT INVITE FIREMEN.
COMMITTEE DECIDES NOT TO
HAVE DEMONSTRATION.
Believe That Condition of the Fire De-
partment Would Not Warrant
Expenditure of Money.

A meeting of the committee of fire.
men appointed by the presidents of the
several fire companies ol the city to
act upon the question of demonsua-
tion in May was held in the firemen's
han Friday highland after thorough
discussion of the mater it was unani-
mOusly voted to abandon the project
of organizing a demonstration here.
1t was agreed that it would prove
an almost impossible task to secure
an amount of money sufficient to
equip the companies with the neces-
sary uniforms and defr;y the eXpenss
of the concvention and the demonstra-
tion and it was the sense of the meet
ing that the valley association could
not be asked to come here unless a
suitable demonstration could be organ
lied AS the total cost of the project
would be about So 500 or $4,000. it was
deemed advisable to abandon the mat
ter this year, and go after the eonven-
tom next year. when the fire, depart
meRt would be in much better shape
to entertain large crowd.
1t is understood that Shippensburg,
Pa, has offered to entertain the con-
vention without a demonstration, and
1t is believed that the delegates will
hold their regular meeting in that
place in May Owing to the size of
the town a demonstration would not
be expected. and the firemen there
could entertain the convention under
the circumstances with much better
grace than could Martinsdurg
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
NEW PHASE Or THAW CASE.
EIGHT WITNESSES FROM plrrs.
BURG TO TESTIFY. =
Defense viii Show That Thaw Had
No Recollection Of Tragedy or
Events of That Niqht.

New York, Jan. 26.-It was revealed
here today that eight Witnesses have
come from Pittsburg 10 testify in the
trial of Harry K. Thaw for the killing
OF Stanford White. and the nature of
their testimony is sensational in the
extreme.
II IS declared that these witnesses
will prove that Thaw met White the
night before the tragedy and forced
him TO promise to never again attempt
TO communicate with Thaws wife.
Thaw afterward intercepted note 70
his wife from White. and this erazed
him and the shooting of White follow
ed. 1t is also stated that the defense
win prove that Thaw had no recollec-
ton of eating his dinner the evening
of the tragedy or the sensational oc-
currences of that night until the next
day.
One hundred and one talesmen have
SO far been examined for the Jury.
with the result that seven have been
selected. The work of examining
prospective jurors will be taken up on
Monday morning. when the case will
be resumed.
That there is increasing difficulty
in finding men who are willing or COM
petent TO serve was evidenced by the
fact that on the first dav of the trial
three jurors were sworn from 10 tales
men, one of them being excused SUBJ
sequently by the court On the sec
ond day three jurors were secured
from among 81 talesmel, while on the
third day it required the winnowing of
more than one-fourth Of the entire
special panel of 200 men to secure two
members of the necessary twelve.
Excuses framed by the talesmen to
avoid jury duty in the case are grow
ing more varied each day. Man after
man has declared that his opinion as
to the guilt or innocence of the ac-
cused was so firmly fixed as to admit
of no change by reason of any testi-
mony that might be adIuced District
Attorney Jerome tried to convince the
talesmen that newspaper stories were
not thesame as sworn testimony be-
fore a court, but his efforts were gen.
cause were sustained by the court.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
DANCE AT MT. CLIFTON.
Enjoyable Affair at the Hotel at
Hedgesvstte.

The dance given at Mt Clifton, at
Hedgesville, Friday night, was one OF
the most enjoyable of The many given
in recent years at that popular resort
and about 200 persons from all sec
tions of the county were present An
orchestra furnished a program of rs
numbers, and a fine supper was served
About a score of persons from Mar
tinsburg were present, including two
young ladies' and two young gentle
men, whose carriage broke down a
short distance from Hedgesville, and
who were thereby compelled TO com
plete the journey ON horseback,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
FEW FIRES IN 1906.
Average Number of Alarms Only One
in 10 DAYS.

The record of fires, kept at the
Ryneal chemical house, shows that
but 81 fire alarms were turned in dur
ing the year 1906, an average of one
every 10 days. The greater number of
the fires were of no consequence, the
damage being very slight. The most
important fires were at the Crawford
mills, where considerable damage was
done Outside of these the total
amount of insurance paid as a result
of fires was about $4,000.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
.ELKINS LOSES A POINT
Court Says Parties In Suit Had
Understanding,
COMPENSATION is PROMISED
Judge Wright Decides Testimony in
Damage Case-Shows Senator
Held Out Hope of Reward

! Washington, Jan. 25.- Robert Bur
ton and George A. Dubriel scored an
important point in their suit against
Senator Elkins for 100000 for alleged
services in connection with the sale
Of the Western Maryland railroad
Attorney A. S. Worthington, couu-
sci for Senator Elkins, made motion
that the court instruct the jury to re
turn a verdict for his client, claiming
no evidence had been shown which
would justify a different course. The
court overruled the motion, saying
that It had been shown that some sort
of contract existed between the par
ties to the suit that it seemed that
Senator Elkins had promised the men
compensation Of some kind. and that
the question of crediblitiv of the Wit
/ nesses was one for the jury to deter
mine
| Dubrel continued his testimony and
stated that Ekins was not so much in
: terested in the exact legal details of
the proposition advanced by Mr.. Bur
ton to freeze out Baltimore city. but
that the senator seemed more impress
ed with his, Dubriels idea, that if
they could get control of a majority
of the stock the situation would work
itself out.
I Townsend Scott was called to the
, witness stand by the attorneys for the
| plaintiffs. He corroborated the state
ments made by the two plaintiffs as to
financing the bond issue Of $20,o00,000
, He testified that both Burton and Du-
briel came to him in reference to
, placing the proposed bonds of the
| Western Maryland and acquiring l.
, 500 shares of stock in the open mar
ket. He said that he had a number of
conferences with them, one lasting for
several hours; that the whole arrange
ment~was contingent on the bonds be-
ing guaranteed by the West Virginia
Central all of Senator Elkins' stock
and all other stock acquired to be de
posted with the International Trust
company.
Douglass H. Gordon, of Baltimore
testified practically to the same effec
as Scott in reference to the arrange
ment to issue $4,000, 600 of bonds to
be guaranteed by sthe West Virginia
Central He testified that there were
several interviews when both the
plaintiffs, himself and Scott were
present.
The attorneys for the plaintiffs then
called Mr.. Landstreet, vice president
of the Western Maryland railroad, as
a witness, ne being the last witness on
their side. He said that Senator El
kins and he were members of the Full
er syndicate, which purchased the
Western Maryland railroad
Mr. Worthington stated that it
would be necessary to call Mr.. Z. l.
Fuller as a witness in the case. but
as be was about to start on trip to-
Egypt on Saturday, where his wife
was i'll, he requested to file Mr.. Full
er's evidence in the form of a deposit
ton. The attorneys for the plaintiffs
did not object, and the request was
granted.
The case went over until Monday
morning At that time the defense
will begin the presentation of the tes-
timony of their witnesses and 1t is
probable that Senator Elkins will be
the first witness.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
BILL IS NOW READY.
COUNCIL PUTS THE FINISHING
TOUCHES TO EXTENSION BILL
Understood That Proposition to Ex
tend the City Limits Will Meet
With Some Opposition.

A special meeting of the city coun-
ell was held Friday evening for the
purpose Of putting the finishing
touch to the plan for the extension of
the city limits. as detailed in The
World, and the council very speedily
acted upon the bill as prepared by City
Attorney Lemen, and the whole mat
ter is now ready for the action Of the
Legislature. The necessary survey and
map were made by Civil Engineer
Hammond Hunter. and shows that a
considerable strip Of contiguous terri
tory west and south Of the city will be-
come part Of the corporation if the
bill is acted upon fayordbly by the leg.
islature. The bin will be forwarded
to Mr. Ryneal. and letter will also
be sent to each memb II Of the com
mittee on municipal corporations, ask
ing that immediate and favorable &C,
ton be taken.
It Is stated here that some opposi-
ton will meet the bill when 1t reaches
the state capital 1t is understood that
petition against the proposed extern
sion of the city limits has already been
sent to Charleston, and that members
Of the legislature have been urged to
defeat the measure Some profess to
believe that the opposition to the eX
tension of the city limits is based upon
two points, the first being that the in
corporation would strengthen the dem
ocratic vote in the city, and the othe
being that many residents of the ten
ritory affected would be subjected t'
taxes for privileges that they now en-
joy without paying for. II is also stat
ed that the political objection would
have been held up if Frankenberry-
town had been included in the plan, as
there is a large republican vote in
that thriving suburb.
However this may be, the fate of
the bill will soon be known. as the
legislature will probably not remain
in session much longer
Will Fight Janney Case.
The council decided to proceed with
the suit to condemn that portion of
the lot of Henry Janney that is re-
quired for widening West stephen
street, and Instructed City Attorney
Lemen to take the necessary legal
steps to bring the suit to trial before
a jury in the circuit court The com
mittee of five that appraised the dam
age to Mr.. Janney's property by the
proposed change fixed the amount at
$1,000, and the members Of the coun-
ell believe this excessive
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
VIOLATING GAME LAW.
Hunters Still Killing Rabbits in 6erke-
ley County.

1t is stated that hunters are still kill
ing rabbits in this county, despite tht
fact that the law against taking the
Dummies became operative January l
Sportsmen who obey the law say tina
others have been hunting rabbits con
tinuoasly since the law went INTO eff
feet and that many of the little ami
mails have been killed.
II you would nave all the news, &c
The World.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
Will Build a Home.

Mr. David Anderson has awarded
the contract for a handsome two-storc
frame residence house on South Queen
street to Contractor Burns. Work will
be commenced Immediately,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
THE THAW CASE DRAGS ON
SLOW PROGRESS MADE IN sEcUR-
ING THE JURY.
Mrs. Holman, Mother of Thaws Wife,
Says She viii Not Appear
Against the Prisoner.

New York, Jan 25-Tne proceed
ings of the third day of the sensa-
tional Thaw case were much the same
as on the two preceding days, the
time being spent in an effort to secure
eligible men for the jury.
About three out of every five sum-
moned either exhibited to the court
physicians certificate or privately as
sured the Judge of some malady or
personal aff1iction or responsibility
which would make it highly inexpedi-
ent for him to be subjected to such
restraint at the present time.
Many others averred that they en-
tertained insuperable objections to cap
ital punishment, or else that they had
already formed such stubborn opinions
as to the guilt or innocence of the de-
PENDANT that they could hardly hope to
have those views modified by evil
dence
appeared to spectators and also to
the court no less eligible failed fer
one cause or another 10 please either
the prosecution or the defense. Hhese
were disposed of by peremptory chal-
lenges, of which each side is allowed
total OF 80
Vengeance is Not Mine"
Pittsburg, Jan 25.-Mrs. Chasles j.
Holman, mother of Mrs. Evelyn Nessit
Thaw. who has been very bfssse
against the husband of her daughter,
and who, it has been stated, would go
voluntarily to New York to testify
against her soR-in-law, said positively
in an interview today that she would
not appear at the trial, declaring
Vengeance is not mine
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
Mr.. Holiida BROUGHT Home.

Mr. George w Hollida, OF this coun
ty. mail clerk on the Western Mary
land railroad, who was injured in the
wreck near Elkins recently, has so far
recovered as to be able to return to
mis- home near Dam No s. His in
juries. while painful, are not danger.
Gus.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
Making improvements.

The rtar room at the mayors Office
is being repapered and reprinted. The
colors will be green and red.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-02
4Igh School Building Unsafe.

Commissioner Young. of the First
ward, submitted report on the condi
ton Of the high school building that
is of interest to every parent whose
son or daughter is a student there.
Mr. Young was influenced to make an
, examination of the high school build
ing through certain reports concerning
it's condition, and the result of the in
vestigation shows that the investiga-
zion was both wise and timely. The
building was carefully examined by
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-07
LOCAL and GENERAL
Bulletin want advertising SELLS
the no.longer.wanted things.

Indian and Hawn. goods. 1853 Fort.
II your sewing machine needs repair
ing phone Benny 4 Co. Main ass.
The St Katherine has shifted to the
railroad dock and will load with sugar.
The transport Logan leaves for san
Francisco this afternoon at O'Clock.
The ship St Francis. Capt. Murra!
will probably sail for Puget Sound to-
morrow. She viii load there with lum-
Der for the Coast trade.
Notice Is given In today's paper by
Sheriff laukea that persons holding
police badges and commissions and
keys should return the same to him at
once.
New patterns In Flanhelettes are
row open at whitney a. Marsh's. There
are some Of the prettiest designs at
l5c. yard. They are also showing a
handsome line Of white bedspreads for
crib. single and double bed In many
qualities.
The Chiusa Maru case. which was
set for this morning In Judge Dole's
''"''' ""' P'''Po"'' "'''' ".'''"
tomorrow morning on account Oh the
TACT mat the court adjourned out OF
respect 10 me memory oi the la'e
Henry l.. Highton. . ...... ..
Notice Is given today by advertise
ment that the Tax Office will be open
every day this month (Sundays AMI
'o'''',s eN'ep'ep ,,'n, a. III " .
- n,' pa'"''ay' "n'' ""' "''"s
"n,'" "UaS "' p'' "aD', " -
W." 'n"' ~ '','S W 's"' anu ''' ''"''
,,,,' $50 So 1,N'. .,-,.. A..
ot,, $50, ,,I, ",,tnI, ,", ,,o
coming term. About two-thirds uf 4
full attendance were present.
Nova. against whom an indi,t,nert
was returned by the Grand Jury for
,rrjury. today pleaded guilt, and was
sentenced by Judge RobInson 10 six
months I'm prison.
The Hartman Stear, Laundry hps
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-07
SUGAR


Wiilett q Gfay report az follows on
the sugar market under dat' ui u.
cembei 20
NisiBLE aufPLh - Ioial si"ck ~
Europe ana America, 8,li''ll TONS
against 3.2Sl,23l tons last year ~ tbs
same uneven dates. The decrease o'
stock ~ l33,o2O tons. against a de-
crease of li2.3OS tons last week. Total
stocks and afioats together show Wig
ible supply 81 3.23I1ll tons, against
3,35l,23 tons last year, or decrease
Oi ll3,o2o TONS
RAWS.-Tho important feature o'
the week under review mas Oeeh inc
Tree selling oi ne" crop CUBA Centrh'
ngals Tor iuinre delivery on declih'
ing scale, closing win maj business NJ
the lowest prices of the campaign
thus FAR, say 23'l6c. per lb.' cost ana
freight for January shipment, equal
TO 3.5oc landed OASIS W degree tcs''
Sales during the week amount 10
as much as l5oooo bags, nearly all LOT
January ana February shipment.
Buyers ana sellers nave hot ehtere'
upon March and forward deliveries 10
any extent, ana II VIII not surprise US
II before these months are NJ hahd the
present downward tendency Is repiac
ed by a more or less important rising
tone and tendency 10 all sugar mar
fets. Europe this week uecihed rum
IS. 10 l'2d. To ss. Lid ana recovered
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-07

.-"For Sale" cards at Bulletin.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-07

Lands
Sold

\ large sale Of real estate, Covered
T.. titles and leases. aud rice mil
H. Koolaupoko were sold ioda, IT auc-
ton by Jas. =. Morgan. The prnI"rty
vas covered by eight MOI tga%c, by 'he
l'te l.. Ahlo TO II. llacEield 4 Co. ,di,
The sale excited considerable inter
est and there was some l;vry D':Giug.
u iweyer. all eight paI sr's, covering
lHnd and leases at Eva. Waia'ul aud
Koolau. were purchased by Jas. T..
Morgan, trustee. OF this the rice mill
and the lands adjoining Il brought
$4,000. The rest OF the property sold
for various smaller amounts. the total
for the entire eight lost amounting to
s3O15j
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-07

Sales-Betwe Boards: $1,000 Me-
Bryde Gs. 500.
Latest sugar quotation. s. F., Dec.
20, 80 analysis beets, ss 10 1.2d.