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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12
w oman Set Free
MRS. CHARLOTTE PHILLIPS DIS.
CHARGED FROM CUSTODY
FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE,

CLEVELAND. o. Noy. -. = Mrs
Charlotte Phillips. charged with tn,
murder of her husband. ]. J. Phillips
the coal man. was discharged from
custody to-day, the justice holding
that there was not enough evidence
against the woman to warrant holding
her for the grand jury.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 1e.-That !. ]
Phillips. the millionaire coal man, was
Killed by burglar Or prowfer about
the house September 9. will be the line
OF defense. MS indicated Mt the pre-
liminnry hearing Of his widow, who is
charged with causing his death. Tes
tfmony was given. to show that Phil.
lips was afraid of his wife and on OH
occasion slept in his auto because lie
said he was afraid to enter the house
Ethel Phillips. II years old. n nlees
of the couple. told of seeing Il man
In the yard after her uncle was shot
Ethel Phillips told of events in the
house on the night Of the killing. She
said the slamming OF the door awak
cncd her. She opened the door OF her
bedroom and saw her uncle on the
stairway. He came to the second flool
and fell In front OF her room. Mrs
Phillips, the child said; was outsid.
calling for help. There was noist
downstairs and when Mrs. Phillips
| came upstairs her husband warned heI
not to go down again, as there was
I burglar downstairs. The child said she
looked from the bathroom window and
saw n short man in the yard who look
cd like a chauffeur formerly employed
by Phillips. She said her uncle goi
Into bed "RassIstel and after several
hours DR.. Richardson was called DR.
Richardson said when he arrived Mrs
Phillips was hysterical and cried:
"Oh. Dr. Richardson! Such an aw.
full thing has happened! Mr.. Phillips
has been shot by burglars!"
Richardson testified that Phillips
said burglar shot him when he want
downstairs TO get a drink. The doc
tor said he e"an'incd the tining.room
and noticed that It was in disorder
He found several empty beer bottles
In the kitchen.
The sensational came when Clyde
Phillips. brother Of ]. ]. Phillips. tes'
titled. lie said that he found his
brother one night sleeping in his auto
He awakened him and wanted him to
20 to bed. Clyde declared his brother
said he was afraid to so into the house
as Mrs. Phillips had threatened to
brain him with beer bottle.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12
New Books
For Library
SENATOR ELkiNS MAKES DoNA
TON OF 400 VOLUMES TO
DE. COLLEGE.

ElKiNS, Nov. 10 DR.. Converse,
the Davis.Elkins College librarian. an
nounces the gift,-a few days ago, of
four hundred volumes donated by
Senator Stephen B. Elkins. This col.
lection" said DR.. Converse to an In
ter-Mountain reporter, deserves moro
than passing mention, for 1t is unique
and unpurchasable. 1t Is unique in
that 1t contains complete files in bound
volumes of n number Of standard Am.
erican. English and French illustrat.
ed journals. covering a period OF, in
some cases, forty years. To give some
idea of the value OF the collection, It
contains twentyseven volumes of the
Weekly Graphic, from 1SG9.1SS5. These
journals are rich in the history OF our
country as told by contemporaries.
AS an Illustration the Harper's Week.
~ OF the next week gives a graphic
account of the battle OF Rich Mount.
tain with drawing made especially
for Harper's Weekly"
ut is impossible to describe the
collection in detail. but there are two
other series which deserve special
mention. Eighty volumes Of ILLUS.
tration, French journal Of promi-
nence from 1S43-1SS5, and eighty-six
volumes Of the London Illustrated
News from 1S42 to 1885. :
1t Is impossible to estimate the his.
torical value of these works when they
are properly catalogued. and 1t Is our
plan to catalogue them Immediately.
"Their money value Is equally as
hard to determine. doubt IL they
could be bought. at any, price to-day.
Such collections when found in llbrar-
les are as rule not purchased out
right but are gathered by saving the
files and having them bound from
year to year. In obtaining this collec.
tlon then Davis & Elkins College will
stand ahead OF many colleges very
many times as old. Such complete
files are very rarely on sale and II
they could be bought | should say two
or three thousand dollars would be a
very low estimate Of the price they
would bring"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12
PERSONALS.


Mrs. q. AZ. Deyeney or Grafton a;sa
Miss Sara Deyeney. of FarmtrstSn
we're visitors In ths yesterday
Miss Deyeney was en- rontes home from
an extended visit in Baltimore AM
Philadelphia Z
Miss Kate Clinton. Of Beaver Falls
Pa. IS the guest Of her brother, Rev
JIG. Bloomfield, and wife.
Mrs. ]. L. Sands and Mrs. w. T
Hartman went to Terra Alta this
morning to attend the funeral services
of DR.. ]. P. shafer. DR.. shafer was
the father Of Mrs. c. spriggs Sands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Robinson and son
of Winchester, Va, are the guests o.
relatives in the city.
Miss Wayne Charlton. OF Manning
ton. was a visitor in the city yester
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Smith. OF Nor
gantown, were visitors in the city Sun
day.
Miss Grace Kelley has recovered
from a recent Illness Of grippe.
Miss Florence Roster went to Sa
lem this morning to spend week viii
relatives.
Miss Mayme Hall has gone to Ba!
timore to visit her sister, Mrs. Rollt
Conley, for a few weeks.
Mrs. Stark Baker. OF Beverly and
Mrs. Boyd Wees. OF Elkins. are the
guests of their sisters. Mrs. l.aura
Staggers and Mrs. Della shinn, or
Pierpont avenue.
Mrs. C. NJ. shinn, of Washington, D
c., is in the city the guest Of her moth
or, Mrs. Martha Fleming, on MAR
street.
Mrs: N. Kendall and son are regis
tered at the Mcclure House in Wheel
ing, ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12
Affinity a Failure
WOMAN WHO WENT TO OLD Low
Err RETURNS TO FoRGiv.
ING HUSBAND.

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.--When Wal
lace Miller, Of Newburg. N. Y, in re.
Spouse to the urgent pleas of his wife,
sold out his household furniture to
provide money with which she could
so to Salt Lake City, where Charles
Smith,. an old sweetheart, is living.
It was thought the height of self.re.
nunciation had been reached. Miller
did not want her to go. but at length
convinced that she could no longer be
happy ut home. he consented.
Now Mrs. Miller, falling to find
with Smith the happiness she expect
ed, has asked for forgiveness and her
husband In response to the pleadlngs
of their little daughter, has sent wor,l
for her to come home.
Miller expressed confidence in his
wife. fIe says they will go to a new
place and begin life all over.
Right prices in brass goods at Fish
nY'p 900 Main ctrnnS !
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'VlABAsH SEEKS
/ The SEhBOARD
sANksylLLE BRANCH is SAID TO
BE FIRST r. OUT or
+ PiTTsBURGs IS

PITTsBuRG, Pa. Nov. 12.-what is
probably the first move to be made
by the Wabash railroad in construct
Ing its Pittsburg outlet to the South
and East has been made ID most
quiet and transformations manner back
OF the Southside hills, where the
Banksvllle branch, an old and aban.
doned spur Of the Westside belt line.
has been undergoing a complete re.
construction and, after having been
out OF use for several years. is again
to become a busy transportation line.
The branch originally ran from a
point just back of Duquesne Heights
through small run to BanksyIlle,
where It supplied shipping facilities
for a coal mine. Gradually this mine
was worked out. The rails used were
light and they had remained untouch.
ed. The ties which held them had
rotted. Residents say that It has been
years since locomotive or car has
been seen on the branch. tx
Now the Pittsburg Coal Company
has prepared to resume mining at the
old mine near Banksvllle and in add.
ton to this tonnage there has been
assured the railroad considerable traf.
flc from brick yards and flre.clay works
along the branch. But In reconstruc.
ton the heaviest rails and bridges
have been laid. Indicating plans Of n
permanent and important character.
Officials Of the company admitted
yesterday that for the handling Of the
present traffic did not necessarily re.
quire equipment SO heavy and perma.
nent, but there is in view further
extension TO the south and into Wash.
inston county, tapping rich coal
field owned by the Wabash railroad
through Its purchase of the Pittsburg
Terminal Railroad and Coal Compa.
ny's holdings some years ago. A right
of way to this Washington county
property has been held ever since the
former corporation operated the line.
The Banltsvile branch runs almost
due south from Pittsburg and accord.
Ing to engineers forms \an excellent
outlet from the Pittsburg terminals of
the Gould line to the east and to a
point where It will Join the Western
Maryland, when the time arrives for
that greater extension to be made. The
seaboard extension is that much near.
err accomplishment.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12

The Ladies' Aid Society OF Christ
Church Parish through the kindness
Of Mr.. Frank Murphy. the manager,
will conduct the entertainment at the
"Bijou" on Thursday afternoon and
evening. They are endeavoring to
provide very pleasing entertainment
and hope that their efforts will profit
by a large and generous patronage
from their friends and the public In
general. u
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12
5000 PEOPLE HOMELESS.
Mother OF Two Children Who Perish
ed Dies Of Grief. is

1QU1QUE. Chile. Nov. 1.-TWO lives
were lost in the fire that visited this
port and destroyed large section Of
the poorest residential quarter. They
were two little girls, and when the
bodies were discovered by the dis.
tracted mother, she died OF grief.
Three thousand people are homeless.
They are being cared for by the au.
thorlties and citizens. s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12
state: NURSES
wheeling
sTATE q ON ENTio IN N,sIN5s Es:
BIO M MT rs WELL
REF RESENTED.

WHEELING 9. Nov. Il .-This morn.
ing nj "a b O'clock the second conyell.
stion et / the West Virginia Graduate
Naftrs association will convene in
the psriors Of theMcEure. 1t is antcI.
t,atel there Will represent at least
fnfy Representatives OF the body, the
grpatef number OF whom arrived last
eFeriHgSand were guests at an infor.
rnal reeeetion held IN The parlors Of
thn Nurses home, adjoining the City
Hospital The convention will con.
ttinee Tor two days and during that
3sriod papers and addresses will be
presented TO the nurses Of an idea In
I iipe3with theirwo and OF an object
& & 40 keep them in touch with all that
IL new In their profession. while AT
tiis Eames time the nurses Of the State
VIII pc drawn into closer. relations.
The reception last evening was I'M,
der the auspices OF the lady board OF
4 managers ;of, the City Hospital and the
local committee on arrangements.
ea,nposed Of Miss Ruth Garry Pierce,
~ The nurses OF the City. Hospital;
s9iss lula Mcmahon, Of the nurses
II the North Wheeling Hospital. and
Miss Rae D. Desseii, Of the nurses
i ot Haskins Hospital. The evening was
devoted socially, while at an oppor-
tune hour dainty refreshments were
{ served. v
The programme today includes two
ssssiansS at the Mcclure. the first Of
which VIM be called to order by the
State president, Mrs. Harriet Louns.
d berry. Of Charleston. and an address
! ot welcome will be made by Charles
q Schmidt, mayor Of Wheeling. Tea
WI be served the delegates Mt the
4 Haskins Hospital, while in tile evening
the defegates will be entertained with
dinner ut the Mcclure.
Il Among those to register last even.
Ing nj the reception at the Nurses
home were the president, Mrs. Har-
.rist Camp Loiinsberry. Of Charleston;
Miss Rae u. Dessell, vice president,
ofsWheeling; Il Mrs. Maude H. Kendall
\ of Fafrmont; Miss Mary G. Carpenter
Wheeling: Mrs. Addie Ruth Holland.
Eai,zaoass Miss Jessie F. Taylor.
Glaftoa; Mrs. ,Almeda Deigan. Wheel.
Misses Vera Thompson, Martins
Ferry Alice Fowler. Martins Ferry;
Cstheriha f. Morarlty, Wellsburg;
Katharine r. Costello, Carrie Ruth
PfieS ,Inella "A. Mcmahon. Wheeling:
Beatrice Barrett, Benwood; Elizabeth
I G. Rtake. McMechen; Margaret j.
Palmer: Myrtle. S. Smullens. Emma
sMeNash. Mary A. Clark, Clara Ross.
harriet Barry, Elizabeth Adams,
Wheeling " Emma Vernon. Fairmont;
~. Rose Magyar, Lillian Fadeley.
Wheeling X Lilly w. Duty. Elm Grove:
Elizabeth Palmer, Wheeling; Frances
M. Patton Columbus, o.: Mary +.
Holman. Elsie L. Henry, Luella L.
Ross. Edith l.. Dennison, Alice NJ.
Young. and Gertrude Seahright.
Wheeling,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12
Next Friends"
COME IN FOR CONSIDERABLE
SHARE OF COSTS IN MARY IA.
kER EDDY LlTiGATIoN.

CONCoRN. N. H., Nov. 12.-"Next
friends" in the Mary Baker Eddy lit.
igation were to-day ordered to pay tho
costs in the suit and three thousand
dollars Of masters fees who examined
Mrs. Eddy's mental condition. The
remainder Of the fees amounting to
over Alive thousand dollars must be
paid BY trustees Of Mrs. Eddy's es.:
tate. ss5is Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12
SNOW OVER MANY STATES.

Fleecy Fall Extends as Far South as
sub.TropicaI Texas. 4.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 12,-Nearly two
inches Of heavy wet snow fell here
yesterday morning between 6 and s
o'clock. Street car traffic was delay.
ed in some sections. IA
Snow covered Northern Ohio. North.
ern Indiana. Southern Michigan. parts
Of Wisconsin, Kansas, Colorado and
even Texas. v NH
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12
Will Go Out
Of Business
BRANCH OF STANDARD OIL COM.
PANY IN TEXAS DON'T WANT
TO BE PROSECUTED.

GALVESTON, Tex, Nov. ~ The
Security OIL Co., operating the larg.
est refinery in Texas and against
which the Attorney General has enter.
ed proceedings on the charge that the
Security Co. is owned by the Standard
Oil Company, has announced that It
will go out of business. The manage.
ment declares 1t is an independent
concern. A memorial OF ten thousand
citizens asking the governor to have
the suit against the Security with
drawn has been completed. N,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12
Not dite d BY
tn ould Family
REP oRT8 RON Z oNootl or assfs.i
x RAGE OF; ,ApANass h ANNA
ouLD TO PRINCE De

4.
NEW YORK; Nov. 1 Reports from
London that Madam Anna Gould who
was recently divorced from q count Bonl
de. Castellane. had been married 10
Prince Hello de sagan, In that ely d
week ago, are not credited by Madam
Gould's relatives In this city.
When George Gould was told OF the
report, he said that Il was All news
TO him. and announced that DO boz.
lieyed the. report to be mere rumor
and entirely false. He said that he
would investigate the matter hi once
To-day Mr.. Could could mot b seen.
bnt friend at his apartment ii the
Hotel Plaza. said that Mr.. Gould was
still Of the opinion that the story was
false. II " u
The secretary to Miss Helen Gouls.
who, with George Gould, has charge 90
the former Countess property, said
last night that Miss Helen Gould who
is at her home In iTarrytown, did NOT
believe the report OF Anna Gonld.ss
marriage to Prince De sagan
PARIS, Nov. 12.-There Is every
reason to believe that the report y.
the effect that Nine. Anna Gould !, who
recently was divorced from Count
Boni de Castellane. has been married.
to Prince de saganfi Is untrue. srer,.i
resentative OF the Associated Press
went to St. Cheron, where the Chateau
du Marias, Nine. Could 70 country
house, Is situated. He was told that
she was Ill and could see no one. Nine:
Gould has ben entertaining at the
chateau for some weeks past, and ON
last Friday she gave a hunt to- large
party. The Prince De sagan has been
constant visitor at the chateau,
usually calling there about every 20
days. gss 4
n go Esnigs y, M
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12

Z PHOENIX, Ariz.. Nov. 1.-THE six
teenth annual meeting Of the Arizona
Teachers association began in Phoe.
nix to-day and will last four days.
Leading educators from all cities and
towns Sof the territory are in attend.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12
Notice..

All members Of West Virginia Re-
bekah Lodge No. Ga are requested to
meet at the lodge room Wednesday at
/ p. IN. to attend the funeral Of Sister
Ella Jones.
NORA KING, Sec.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12

Fishers brass goods. finest line In
the city and lowest prices. 2s2 Main
street. d !. n Us
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-12

William B. Patton has completed a
new play which he viii Use next sea.
son-"The Blockhead."
The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-12-23
POLICE RAID
CAFE, OWNER
FLEES
Makoski, Of rs Joseph
Street Got Away by Back
DOOr--4 Witnesses Held.

The police are looking for John Ma
koski, a saloonkeeper, of 70 Joseph
street. whose place PatroImen Brex,
Saslow and Teschl1i, of the Third Pre-
cinct station. entered last night. The
saloonkeeper departed by way of the
back door shortly after the arrival of
the policemen, and has not been seen
since.
Four material witnesses were taken,
however, and arraigned before Judge
Howell. in the Third Precinct Court,
this morning. None of them were able
to give the $500 bail required for their
appearance before the Grand Jury.
Tho three patrolmen who were de-
tailed to the task of making the arrest
entered the place and found the four
men drinking bottled beer, they claim.
They said they were boarders at the
house. and it was afterwards found
that two of them were.
Makoski and the policemen were talk
ing in the hall when the proprietor
dashed through the back door, Brex
close behind. The saloonkeeper, who
was familiar with the yard. reached
the gate just as the policeman was
thrown on his back by a clothesline,
invisible in the dark The line caught
him under the chin as he ran.
Mrs. Makosld was In the station
house this morning, but denied that she
knew the whereabouts of her husband.
The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-12-23
OF
WATER BY
GAS
Trial This Afternoon Of
Suit Against Public Serv.
ice by Brewery.

Trial of an action over water supply
for ?. Ballantine & Sons. brewers, was
begun before Judge Heisley and a jury
this afternoon in the Supreme Court
Circuit with the Public Service Cor
poration as the defendant.
The damages are laid at 100000, and
it is claimed by the brewers that some
of the wells from which they had for
merly secured part of their water sup
ply had been polluted by the gas works
in Front street near the ale brewerles
of the plaintiff at the foot of Fulton
street. The defendant is lessee of the
works
An action in the Court of Chancery
to secure an injunction in connection
with the case has been brought also.
The plaintiff is represented by Pitney,
Hardin & Skinner, while Frank Bergen
and other counsel are looking after the
interests of the defense.
Much of the testimony will be Of a
technical nature in endeavors on the
one hand to show that the proximity
of the works had nothing to do with
the alleged pollution, and on the other
hand that IL there was any pollution 1t
was not caused by the gas.
A large map of the premises was used
to illustrate the respective premises
The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-12-23
FUNERAL. FOR
MURDERED
MAN
Youth Who Killed Saloon
Proprietor Acknowledges
Motive Was Robbery.

The funeral of Michael Miszkunas,
the barkeeper of st. Georges Hall, 1S2
New York avenue, who was shot and
killed on Saturday morning by John
Lukaczeviczius, was held this MORN
ing in the Holy Trinity r. G. Church,
at the corner of New York avenue and
Adams street. Solemn high mass was
celebrated by the Rev. William Stake
wich. Two members from each of the
three church societies, st. Joseph's,
st. Michaers and the Holy Trinity, at
tended. There was a big attendance
of Lithuanians at the services.
In his statement, made before Cap
tain Christie, of the Third Precinct,
the boy said that he had been drinking
previous to the shooting, but the police
can find no witnesses to bear him out.
He appeared perfectly sober when
taken to the station house.
His object, according to the statement
was robbery, not only of the $S6S in the
till. but Of $50 which he knew TO be in the
pocket Of Anthony Bugis. the assistant,
whom he also shot but injured only slight
ly. His intention, 1t is alleged, was to Kill
both the proprietor and Bugis.
Another portion of the statement which
is not corroborated by the witnesses Is the
disagreement. which Lukaczevlczius de-
clares occurred between himself and Misz-
kunas.
He states that about a month ago the
proprietor put him out Of the place, strik-
ing him on the back of the neck as he
did so. The slayer did not offer that as an
explanation of his deed. however
1t is said that the 22-calibre revolver
with which the killing was done was
stolen frotr Miszkunas some time ago.
The boy is being held without bail in
the county Jail for the action of the
Grand Jury.
The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-12-23
PENNSYLVANIA
ASKS BIG TAX
REDUCTION
Wants ASseSsmen on
Market Street Depot
Pot to $40, 900.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has filed with the County Board Of
Taxation appeals from the additional
assessments levied OH its property as
seeond-class railroad property by the
city tax board. The additional assess
ments were placed on the Market
street depot on the recent ruling of
Judge Pitney in the Court of Errors
and Appeals, defining second-class and
main-stem railroad property The
buildings were rated at $10s,000, in
cluding the portions of the buildings
which were within the 100-foot limit Of
main stem. 1t is contended that this
should be reduced to 900 The addi-
tional assessments were based on the
decision that that main stem consisted
of the roadbed of thoroughfare tracks,
and that all other property within 'he
100-foot limit was second-class prop
erty and subject to local taxation as
such.
William A. Baker appealed to the
county board to have the assessment
on Waldmann's Opera House. in Mar
ket street. reduced from S199,700 TO $780,
600. This does not include the entire
assessment on the property in question.
but the entrance and the saloon and
store adjoining. Mr.. Baker claims that
the reduction should be made to con-
form with the assessments Of adjoin-
ing property, and alleges discrimina-
ton.