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The sun., 1907-08-12
win ne io4 Years 0id Tomorrow.

Mrs. Sally Hull Doremus. the oldest
person in Newark, will celebrate her I04th
birthday tomorrow at the home OF her
dau ghter. MIRA J. A Broadwen OF 70 os-
borne terrace that city. The celebration
viii be simple owing TO the recent death Of
her son-in-law, J. A. Broadwell It had
been the custom to hold the family reunion
on that day but this year she will only
receive relatives and friends who wish to
pay their respects 90 her. Mrs. Dorernus
was born In Spr' 'ng Valley Bergen county.
In 1903 Until two years ago she was able
10 sew. She takes her meals regularly
with the family.
The sun., 1907-08-12
4 MOB, FRENzIED OF COURSE.
Manhandied the Pescemaker VINO Tried to
Break ID a Fight.

Manhandled the Pescemaker VINO Tried to
Break Up a Fight.
Albert Matson Of sss East i2Sth street.
while trying TO act a. peaoemaker between
two boys who got into q fight yestSrday
afternoon In Mount Morris Park Wa as
saulted by persons who got an idsa he was
the aggressor. The reserves from the East
Iseth street station saved Mstson from
serious results.
The usual Sunday afternoon crowd which
gathers for the band concert was In the
park Matson was near ono Of the oausiy
stands when he saw the bows He caught
them each by the collar and reminded them
that IL was Sunday and that IL was not a
day for fighting. The BOYS turned on him
and then the crowd attacked Matsop. who
tried to explain.
The boys ran away whom Ma,son vas
taken TO the East 17dth street station. there
his injuries were dressed BY DR.. Ross Of
the Harlem Hospital He vas then sent
home
The sun., 1907-08-12
BLACkHANDFNG At FIFTEEN.
Two Boys Demand stO0 W o Woman,
Threatening to kllI Her Little son.

Peter Boyle and Palmer Murtha, fifteen
year-old boys living in East Twenty-frst
street. were arrested at midnight last night
on a charge Of attempted larceny in sending
a threatening letter. demanding money. TO
Mrs. A. c. Schutt Of ?04 East Twenty-first
street. The letter was postmarked at Sta
tion r at 1890 p. NJ. yesterday. II was tpye-
written and read as follows.
DEAR MADAME: II you do not give SIoO
10 the man with the green necktie and white
cap who will pass your stoop st 10 O'Clock
tonight. your son will he taken and killed.
BRwAnR
Mrs. SchWt has an eight-year-oid son.
Henry. She reported the case and the
arrest followed. The detectives found
that Boyle owned a typewriter. In the
patrol wagon. they ssid. Boyle admitted
that he had written the letter on the type
writer and that Murtha had mailed il
The detectives say the boys were hooking
for pocket money.
The sun., 1907-08-12
BRAVES BLAZING DYNAMITE CAR
Coiorades Hebder er Rhsdes Scholarship
HcrsicalIy Prevents Threatened Explosion

BOULDER, Col. Aug. ii.-I.ast Friday
an explosion in the railway freight yards
broke every pane Of glass in town and set
Are to the wreckage Of buildings and cars
in the yards. George Whteley. who holds
the Colorado Rhodes scholarship at Ok
ford. remembered that his father had a
carload OF dynamite at the depot. He
hurried TO the yard and found the car on a
spur track with It's roof ablaze. Getting
a pinchbar and calling two friends to his aid.
he started the car and while his companions
moved it away from the flames. which
almost surrounded 1t. he climbed on top.
smothered the flames on the roof with his
coat and when the car was well out OF the
danger zone set the brake and returned
to work with the fremen until the other
property endangered was safe from fire.
The sun., 1907-08-12
MIR. JAEGER CONDEMNED A RUG
And 400 Carpetmakers Quit Work az
Rifton Wills.

KINGSTON. N. ", Aug. 1i.-About 400
men employed at the carpet mills Of the
j. W. Dimick Company at Rifton quit work
on Saturday when rug was thrown out by
Supt. Jaeger because OF an alleged i'm
perfection in IL. A sympathetic strike in
all departments is possible.
The different departments are strongly
organized. but there is some question
whether they could stand q long strike
Supt. Jaeger intimates that II there is not
a quick adjustment OF the trouble the COM
pany will shut down the mill indefinitely.
II was closed for several months because
OF strike two years ago.
The sun., 1907-08-12
LUNATIC BATH's VACATION.
spent $50. Sent Souvenir Cards. Returned
TO Asylum.

MIDpLErowN. N. Y. Aug. 1i.-Louis G.
Bath, an insane patient who escaped from
the Middletown State Hospital on July 81.
and brought back Shortly after his
departure it was reported that the oficiaIs
and attendants at the hospital began to
receive souvenir post cards from him
from various places. but he always left
Immediately after mailing q Gard and
could not be located until Friday.
Bath had about $50 when he left the in
stitution. He says he had fne time.
The sun., 1907-08-12
H4FWOOD SPEAKS ~ CHICAGO.
Socialists Turn Out 20 Greet Efm--says He
cot Fair Trial.

CHICAGO. Aug. H.-William d. Haywood.
recently acquitted Of conspiracy IN murder
former Governor Stuenenberg of Idaho
was received with enthusiasm by the Social
lists this afternoon when he spoke at mas
meeting here.
Thousands overran each other in an
attempt 10 get near the man ss he pro-
ceeded to the platform from which he was
TO speak. Haywood told briefly Of his trial
and the issues of IT,, and Of tho Miners
Federation and its fights. Closing. he said
Il got fair trial. but IL was not the inten-
tion Of the government OF Idaho or the gov
ernment Of Colorado or the Federal Govern
rnent that should when they kidnapped us
in Colorado"
The sun., 1907-08-12
HOLDUP on SMALL SCALE.
Charles Malone, N Years Old. Loses lx
Cents Spending Money.

Charles Malone. II years old. got perrnis-
sion yesterday to 60 to the pier at the foot
Of East Forty-eighth street. and before he
left home at 33l East Forty-eighth street
his father gave him is cents to spend.
When Malone reached the waterfront a
oSy nave vo o, sos sna anr
NO" said Malone.
-Aw. you're lying" the accoster said.
and proceeded % search him.
Malone says the boy took his money and
ran away. Policeman Fitzgerald OF the
East Fifty-frst street station heard Ma
lone's cries and overlook the youth accused
of the theft. who said he was John Mcguire
OF 35S East Forty-seventh street. Tho
prisoner had So cents In nickels and dimes.
The sun., 1907-08-12
Iriremen IN Batter.

Firemen who worked on a smouldering
Are on the barge Mapleton OF the Phoenix
Ship Company, loaded with -four and lum-
Der, lying In the North River at the foot
Of Charles street, yesterday, came awav
looking like q crowd Of -hitewashc-s.
They were spattered with batter.
The sun., 1907-08-12
HE'S STILL FOR ROOSEVELT.
Gov. Cummins Of Iowa stin Boosting the
Third Term idea,

Third Term ldes.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1i.--Gov. Cummins OF
Iowa. who passed through here yesterday
on his way home. said:
Theodore Roosevelt is the only logical
candid to succeed himself at the White
House. While know the President is sin
cere in his declaration that he will not run
again, industrial conditions call for his
reelection.
His candidacy. TO my mind. will be the
inevitable result Of popular demand. No
man whose services are imperatively solic-
tied by the whole American people can
ignore the call"
The sun., 1907-08-12
ANOTHER ARMENIAN PRISONER.
Police stin After the Murder aud Black.
mall Gang.

Shortly after midnight this morning
Lieut.. Ticho Of the Central Once. who has
been working on the Armenian cases.
brought prisoner to Headquarters and
locked him up. The prisoner 10 an Armen-
ian and lie wanted in connection with the case
against Martoogessian, the degraded priest.
now in the Tombe.
Deputy Police Commissioner Woods. who
has had charge of the police work in the
Armenian cases. was at his Office for some
time last night and 1t was learned that he
was working on the Armenian cases.
The sun., 1907-08-12
~. Lousss Omccrs Meet President Psrdo.

Special Cable Despatch 70 rnR SUN.
LIMA. Peru. Aug. 1i.-Leslie Combs, the
American Minister. with Richard r. NsilI.
Secretary OF Legation. to-day presented
the commander and officers of the cruiser
st. Louis 70 President Pardo.
The sun., 1907-08-12
WOODRUFF DUE Ar OYSTER BAY,
state Chairman Going Down To-day TO See
the President.

State Chairman Woodruff is to make
trip to Oyster Bay to-day to see the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Woodruff left his Adirondack
camp yesterday and Is due at Oyster Bay
before luncheon
State Committeeman William Barnes.
Jr will accompany Chairman Woodruff.
The sun., 1907-08-12

Unsurpassed Day Line Outings from Deeb. st.
SEQ. eco OF i.tk. See sthnb,. and cois. Music
-Asr.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
IMPROVEMENTS
/ IN STORE ROOM
NICE TRADE ENJOYED eY FA.
NOUS STORE ENCOURAGES
MANAGER TO ADD NEW
LINE.

Mr.. F. Klaw, proprietor of the Fa-
nous store. has made some decided
changes and improvements in his
store room giving him additional space
to display his goods. The stairway
formerly going up from the front of
the room has been removed to the
rear of the store where access is gain
ed to the second floor. On the second
floor Mr.. Klaw carries full line of
shoes, ladies' and chIldren's ready to
wear goods of all kinds. This season
he has added to this line ladies' suits
which he is now showing in large as.
sortments. The Famous store is en-
joying nice trade and to-day the pro.
prietor makes some strong bids for
Easter trade which will be found in
another column of this paper.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
HUNTING AT
THE POLE
COMMANDER PEARY TELLS OF
REINDEER, Musk-ox AND RAE.
BIT IN THE lcE.eouNp REGION
OF THE NoRTH-HoW DO THE
ANIMALS OBTAIN Foop2


One of the most serious features Of
Peary's -'Neapest the North Pole"
to the uninitiated Is his finding herds
of musk-ox and reindeer in localities
where I'VE. inches of ice forms in the
straits by September 10. 1t seems
IA pity he did not have Mr.. Thomp.
son.seton along to report on the hab-
its Of these creatures and tell us now
they find living through polar
winter In the land CT apparently i'm
penetrable ice. Possibly he will have
something to say about this for 1t Is
evident that hunting was an impor-
tant feature of his expedition: A
Musk.ox hunt in the ice region ought
to be rs interesting material as wolf
hunt on the plains. and even rabbi.
shooting ought to be some sport on
polar ice. "on May 12," he says, 1--WE
dragged ourselves upon the ice.foot
of the Greenland coast. In an hour
we had four hares. And how delicious
they werei" We can easily understand
that, hut from present accounts we
cannot feel great respect for the taste
of the hares in choosing place Of res.
idenee. We should like to hear about
them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
1000 KILLED IN
8 DAYS BATTLE
THl Week
State Department
Gets Full Report

WASHINGTON March 22.-Presl.
dent Roosevelt has signed the execu-
tive orders providing for the wholesale
charges in the local government OF
the canal zone. The fve municipal
governments which now exists in the
canal zone will be replaced by four
administrative districts, under direct
control OF the canal commissioners.
The municipal governments were
found to be wholly unsatisfactory.
The state department to-day receiv.
ed confrmatory details of the three
days battle between Salyadorians and
Hondurans against Nicaraguans, near
Namaziquo, Honduras. The attacking
forces were routed with the loss of a
thousand killed. The Nicaraguans are
in pursuit.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
Engine
Jumped Track
This MORNING
MANY PASSENGERS
BADLY SHAKEN UP


PrTTsBuRG. March 2e.--The Chi
cago limited train No. 20, west bound
met with an accident at Stewart Sta
ton, miles east Of Pittsburg at .:
o'clock this morning. The engine sud
denly left the track. dragging with it
the baggage, library cars and three
pullman sleepers. The three puilmans
remained on the tracks. IS passengers
and trainmen sustained severe bruises
and not a soul escaped shock from the
severe shaking up. It was a narrow
escape from a horrible calamity. Tho
cause, It Is said. was a broken rail. The
PENNSYLVANIA ofiicials claim the tracks
had been tanpered with just before
the train arrived. After three hours
delay the passengers were brought to
Pittsburg. A new train was made up
and they were sent to their dsstlna.
tion. One of the deraiIed cars Ignited,
but the flames were soon extingaished.
Engineer Gettmy. his fireman and
brakeman, names not learned. were
most seriously hurt. They were sent to
Altoona. Mayor Tom L. johnson. of
Cleveland. was among those suffering
from the shock.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
THAW JURY EXCUSED TILL WEDNESDAY,
Skull Crushed
With a Poker
oEckHANo MuRoERousLY AS.
sAutTEo, AND MAY DIE AS
RESULT OF ATTACK.

PARKERsBURG, March 22.-Mur.
derously assaulted. his skull being
crushed by a poker. Joe Fitzslmmons
a deckhand on the towboat, Tom
Wadsworth, is in critical condition
and HIS physician, DR.. Dan johnson
said last night that the injuries may
prove fatal.
Fitzsimmons was attacked by an.
other deckhand on the boat at about
II o'clock last night. He was uncon.
scious when picked up by brother
deckhands and carried to the office OF
Dr. Johnson. The physician washed
the blood from the wounds and discov.
cred taat one blow dealt on the fore.
head had made a terrible cash, one
which may cause death.
The man who struck Fltzslmmons
was taken in charge by the mate of
the boat and was locked up In state
room. 1t is said he struck Fltzsim.
mons by mistake thinking he was the
party who had thrown a lump Of
coal at him earlier in the night. An
of the deckhands were drinking heav.
lily and Fitzsimmons was very badly
intoxicated when assaulted.
Local police had full knowledge OF
the affair, but no arrest was made.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
MUCH ENJOYED.
WAS THE "rHoRNs AND ORANGE
BLOSSOMS PERFORMANCE
AT THE GRAND LAST
NIGHT.

"Thorns and Orange Blossoms" a
very pleasing drama, was played at
the Grand last night to fair audi.
ence by a strong company of capa.
BILE people. All who witnessed the
performance were highly pleased with
the show. Frank Jones, as Tommy
Swift" the American drummer, was
fitted admirably to his part and most
of the humor of the play was from his
acting. Edna Earle Lindon, the lead.
ing lady. touched the sympathIes OF
the audience by her strong depletion
of the most pathetic role of the play
with the Thorn" considerably over,
balancing the Orange Blossoms. .
The plot is finely delineated and full
of stirring events and will make good
any place in the hands of the com,
pany now playing 1t.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
INVESTIGATING
UNCLE SANS SECRET SERVICE
BUREAU PROBING CASES OF
ALLEGED PEoNAeE.

CHARLESTON, March 22.-The al.
legged peonage cases in certain lumber
camps in adjoining counties have not
yet been fully settled. Some time ago
Governor Dawson had an investigation
made and representative of the Ital.
ian government was here looking in.
to the matter. Not satisfied with the
conditions the matter has been placed
in the hands of Charles Wright, one
of the best of Uncle Sans secret ser.
vice men, who in conjunction with 9th.
ers. among them Deputy Marshall Dan
Cunningham, is making another and
more thorough investigation. 1t is
said some cases will be made out in
time for the federal court here at the
June term.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
MAYOR tom [. JOHNSON in A WRECK
Resume On the
o. r. Road Today
A TRAIN WAS STARTED EACH
WAY THIS MORNING
ON TIME.

PARKERsBURG, March 2s.-rraf.
iic each way on the o. R. division was
resumed today. A train was started
each way this morning, and an effort
will be made to get them through. Fur.
ther than this nothing was promised at
division headquarters last night.
The track is In bad condition, al
though ever since the waters left the
tracks a big crew. or rather. a mum.
Der of crews, have been at work. Sew.
eral work and construction trains have
worked almost ceaselessly.
The trains out will run very slow.
and will not attempt to make sched.
ule. 1t is not expected that schedule
time can be made for several days
after traffic is completely re-opened.
1t lad been expected that service
between Wheeling and New Martins.
Vile could be inaugurated yesterday,
but that idea had 10 be given up. (
Trains this morning will also be
started this way from other terminals
of the division.
Five Hundred at Work.
Five hundred men have been EN-.
pl6yed at making repairs on the B. and
o s-w. as the result of the appeal
made for workers, and the work of re.
pair is now going ca rapidly. Because
of the washing out of the big bridge
at Stewart, Ohio, and the exceedingly
bad condition of the tracks it will be
some days set before through service
can be inaugurated, and 1T may be that
1t will take so long that 1T will be con.
sidered feasible to detour through
trains over other lines. rather than to
make connections by way of Pitts.
burg.
The plan of detourlng. however,
could not be put Into operation until
the o. R. division is open to tranc
south.
The biggest job on the Southwestern
will be the reconstruction of the bridge
which has already begun. Much Of
the track, however, both on this side
of Athens and between Athens and
chlllicothe Is in exceedingly bad
shape.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
ThdW's S L,dW'UI6fS
JuDHdnt Over
The HIHddVIts
SAY JEROME OVER
STATED HIS CASE

NEW YORK, March 22.-Justiee
Fitzgerald arrived at the Criminal
Court at eieyen.thirty and excused the
rhaw Jury until tentbirty next
Wednesday morning. Thaw's lawyers
are jub.iant today after the complete
examination OF Jerome's afidavits on
which he bases his demands for a lun.
acy commission, presented to court
yesterday. In these afildayits, the de-
fendant's attorneys find none of the
facts which jerome, in his speech Of
Wednesday declared would shock the
court and community, so that the trial
would be stopped instantly. Thaw's
attorneys are engaged in preparing
affidayits and statements to Offset
those offered by Jerome yesterday.
They viii present a formidable array
of affidayits from alienists, lawyers,
relatives of Thaw, and also such docu.
mentary evidence presumed to be let.
tiers written by Tnaw, which show that
he is sane. II a commission is named,
1t will consist of one lawyer. one
scientist, and a layman. There is no
limit to its scope OF examination and
the Justice Is bound by the findings of
the coiamission. All or Thaw's rela.
tiyes were In the court room by spe.
cial privilege of Justice Fitzgerald.
rIshats, 40 ~ a ~ ~ q. ,,.a,ya ,.t,...
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
West VIRGINIA
BOY H0NORED
CADET HUGO ERANKENBEReER,
OF CHARLESTON WINS
DISTINCTION.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-west
Virginia carried away the first honors
at the United States naval academy
for the class Of 1905. the standing OF
the various members of which class
has just been announced. the examI-
nations having been held in the ships
at sea upon which the ciassmen hal
been assigned for tnsir sea tours. The
young man who secured this distinc-
ton for the Little Mountain State Is
Hugo Frankenberger. of Charleston.
Not only did he graduate with first
honors in class Of 1o5. but his gem
eral record az the academy. ranks
high among those who have won FIRST
honors in the past He led his class
during each Of the four years In addI-
tion to the final honors He has been
appointed as an ensign In the navy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
new MACHINERY
HAS BEEN INSTALLED BY ICE
CREAM MANUFACTURES WHO
rs GETTING READY FOR
BIG TRADE.

Harry Robinson, manufacturer Of
the famous Robinson Ice Cream. has
Just installed new machinery in his
plant including new s horse power
engine, in order to meet the heavy
demands Of the trade. Me has
thoroughly overhauled his plant. Civ
ing all his Containers and the interior
wood work Of his factory a bright
fresh coat Of paint. making everything
perfectly sanitary. Mr.. Robinson
makes a speciality of wholesale or
ders and viii furnish cream in any
quantity from one quart to 500 gal
Ions on short notice Saturday morn
ing he viii be ready for all orders and
from advertisement In to-day's paper
you viii see a special request to place
your orders early for Sunday dinner.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
ITALIANS ARE FOUND GUILTY

Its publicity, the la of the land, the
time, the number of people around, no
Resistance offered. the failure of tie
physicians examination to disclose
anything, the uncorroborated story
OF the prosecuting witness by other
State witness, the absence of bruises,
the recognition of four Italians as the
men, three of whom later she declared
were not guilty: thot three times she
said that Salvatore Bruzzino was not
one Of the man but later declared that
he was, her failure to recognize sava.
tore Bruzzino who is nursing hand
from Which three fingers have been
cut off and is not we'll, are some of the
points that Mr.. Shaw brought out be.
fore tie jury. The abcense of these
contributory facts vas argued against
The stste.
Prosecuting Attorney Lowe present.
ed his case in an able manner bring.
ing out the salient points and making
attacks upon the character of the eyi.
dence adduced by me defense.
Both attorneys made earnest an.
peals q, the Jury iE their arguments.
The argument closed at twelve O'Clock
when die case went to the jury.
Attorney Harry Shaw. counsel for
the defendant, made a motion for d
new trial. The motion will be argued
before lJudge Mason tomorrow
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
Pen Sentence
Recommended

IL q HNa
At 2:so o'clock this afternoon the
isry returned a verdict of guilty as
charged In the Indictment and rec.
Commended that sentence Of imprfs.
onment be given the defendants. The
term Of the sentence cannot be less
than seven years nor more than 20
years.
Evidence in the case of the stata
vs. Paul ollivero, Mike verto and Sal
satore Rruzzino was finished yester
eRg evening In order to get all the
evidence in. court did not adjourn at
the regular hour.
yertoand Rruzzino waived their con
stitutional right aud testified In thetr
Own behalf,
The arguments of the attorneys
were maae this morning. one hou,
andsa half was given to, each side. At
torney Shaw winnowed the states eyt
dence and there was much besides the
chan, He dweIt largely upon the FACT
that there were no circumstances to
ccrrobornte the statements made BY
{he prcsecuting witness. The place
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-22
A FEW WORDS
OF EXPLANATION
MANY QUESTIONS ARE BEING
ASKED RELATIVE TO THE
PEARY LECTURE.

In view OF the fact that seven young
ladies are now In the race for the Jade
Bracelet and box seats offered for the
best work done in selling tickets tc
the Peary lecture and that many peo
pie are asking about when the seats
will be on sale, a few words Of ex
planatinn seem In place at this time.
Seats for the lecture will be placed
on sale next Wednesday morning al
nine o'clock and all holding tickets
purchased from the young ladies' !r
the contest can go to christie,s dru3
store and get seats at that time. From
present indications. there win be q
record breaking audience to hear the
greatest explorer tell his story ..Near,
est the Pole.r
Lieutenant Peary shows a large
number of pictures and tells of his
travels and expeditions in such a man,
ner that 1t will be especially attrac
tive TO children. An interesting an.
nouncement for the boys ana girls will
be made tomorrow.
The following young ladies' have en-,
tered the contest for the prizes offer.
ed and are doing good work:
Bessie Morrow.
Anna Lou vanderyort,
Kelcle Brown,
Pearl Thompson,
Mary Nuzum,
Ruth Merrifeld.
Emma Boggess.
A few more will be allowed to en-.
ter. but the number will probably be
limited to about twelve. The pea-y
lecture is the most important lecture
event ever given in Fairmont. 1t takes
a larger cash guarantee to secure him
than any man who has ever. lecture,l
In the city. 1t is encouraging that Sc
many are buying tickets and thereb,
insuring the management that his com
ing is appreciated. Help the girl,
along and aid the enterprise by BUYING
tickets in advance.