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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
STATE SENATE
AGAINST TRUSTS
Senator Montgomery Introduces
Resolution Endorsing Presidents
Fight Against Trusts.

CHARLESTON. Jan. 17-senator
Montgomery introduced the follow
ing in the senate yesterday:
Resolved-That the legislature
of West Virginia hereby sends greet
ings to the President of the United
States upon his determined stand
against the criminal trusts, which
have aspired to own not only the
commerce but the state governments
of the country.
Especially do we approve Of his
courageous position against the
gigantic Standard Oil Company. He
has demonstrated to the American
people that the practical thing to do
is to enforce the law and the pariotic
thing is to make even the powerful
trusts respect the rights of the peo-
pie.
I'VE endorse his vigorous policy
against the trusts and combinations
and pledge to him our cordial sup
port in his efforts to enforce respect
for the law and to curb the exactions
of these monster combinations.
Resolved, further, that a copy OF
these resolutions be transmitted to
our senators In congress with In.
structions to present the same to the
President.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
AGENT
IS PUT IN JAIL
Nice Point in the Lee Masters Case
Is Decided BY Judge
Dayton.


A nice point which was raised in
the case of the government VS.. Lee
Masters, for violation of the revenue
laws. attracted attention to that trial
in. United States Court.
Lee Masers, Wolf Summit, sent
in orders to the Reymann Brewing
Company here for beer for his neigh
bors. They paid him and he paid
the brewery. There was no profit
and Lee Masters merely acted as
agent to accommodate the public.
These were the facts as practically
agreed upon.
This left the case matter large
ly of law, with a very small element
of interfering evidence. Thus the
case was more largely In the hands
of the court than the jury, and
Judge Dayton laid down the law as
he construed 1t.
The court said that the defendant,
under the evidence was carrying on
the business OF retail liquor dealer,
no matter whether he made money or
lost. To elucidate his proposition
he said that many men engaged in a
certain business and lost money at 1t.
He said that the matter of profits
did not establish whether or not a
man was in business.
Mr.. Moroney, chief counsel for the
defendant, said he must dissent from
the court. He said that his client
merely sent in the names Of those
desiring cases of beer and that he
also sent in the money for them
that he was not, under the law, en-
gagged in the retail liquor business.
He showed by evidence that the de-
fendsnt was in reality a car trimmer.
I'VE may disagree. and you may
be as well equipped to venture opin-
ions on this matter as l." said the
court, "but unfortunately for you
and your client, my judgment rules. {"
The court instructed the jury that
If they found that orders had been
sent in to the brewery and that the
money had been paid to Lee Masters
the jury must find him guilty. The
jury decided the case in two minutes.
II went out to its room, turned
around, and came right back again.
The court gave Lee Masters 30
days in the Taylor county Jail and
fined him 800, the minimum penal
ty under the law.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17

Is, from Francis v .Kahle, Buffalo
manager Of the woodward Chemical
Company, who is in Kingston.
The dispatch says 500 are surely
dead while some estimate the loss Of
life at 1000.
One hundred whites we're among
the killed. Three hundred and ten
bodies have been already buried.
sixty-fve thousand are homeless.
The main food is bananas. The loss
viii reach ten million dollars. The
streets are filled with debris and
dead.
Two terrific shocks occurred Tues
day and one Wednesday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
WATERS ARE HIGHER
Than FOR YEARS.
; : +++++4
ARRESTED FOR
STEALING A QUARTER.

: William Brown, colored. for 4.
: merly employed at the Capital I.
: hotel in Glen Elk. was arrested ..
: and taken before Magistrate 4.
7 Gordon Thursday forenoon to :.
: face the charge of stealing :
+ twenty-five cents. E. W. Davis, :.
: proprietor of the hotel, prefer !.
: red the charge, but failed to ap- =
+ pear and prosecute 1t, SO the :
+ warrant was dismissed and !.
: Brown was released from Gus +
= tody. Brown was until recent >
: ly employed at the Capital hotel >
+ and Davis alleged that he took Z
= the quarter while making =
: change at the lunch counter. =
: = = 4. = = = = = = = = , +
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
Conflicting Reports Indicate Fatali
ties Are Any Where From One
Hundred To a Thousand.
TBy Associated Press.I

NEW YORK. Jan. 1.-THE shores
OF the harbor Of Kingston are sink
ing and there is terror lest the city
slip into the sea, according to pri-
vate dispatches received by q large
mercantile house here today from
Point Au Prince, Hayti. The bed Of
the harbor is said to be sinking. the
water In many places now being q
hundred feet deep. Every wharf
not destroyed by fire Is said to have
sunk into the sea dr rendered worth
less.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
HEARING OF ALLEGED
R0BBER IS CONTINUED

Ed. Maphis. who has been a pris-
oner in the Harrison county Jail for
some time awaiting trial on the
charge Of having robbed E. E. Posten
of $40 in money at the railroad sta
ton In Glen Elk last April, was TAX
en- before Magistrate Gordon Thurs
day afternoon late for a hearing. He
was not prepared for trial and the
hearing was continued until next
week.
Maphis was arrested in Grafton
BY Constable Holden a short time ago
on Information that he was wanted
and brough here and placed in the
county jail.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
MRS. JOSEPH LOWTHER
DIES AT NORTHVEW

Death ended the mortal life of
Mrs. Joseph Lowther at her home in
Northview Thursday morning at s
O'Clock after lingering illness with
heart trouble and the diseases incl
dent to old age.
Mrs. Lowther was "a years old
and is survived by her husband, who
is veteran of the Civil war.
Thee funeral viii take place Fri
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Ser
vices will be held at the late home
and burial will be in the /. o. o. F.
cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
AUGUSTA COUNTY
BILL BOBS UP
But VIII BE Bitterly Fought Though
Several Are For Its
Passage.
Special to Telegram.

Special to Telegram.
CHARLESTON. Jan. 17-Mason,
of Warrington, introduced today a
bill by whichAugus ia county is to
be formed Of part of Marion, Monon-
gala and Wetzel counties. 1t will
precipitate big fight. The bill is
similar to the one introduced two
years ago.
In the senate a resolution by
Montgomery, of Preston. which en-
dorses Roosevelt for his courageous
stand against the Standard Oil and
other trusts, was amended by For
Continued on page four.)
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
Cincinnati Flooded.

CINCINNATI, o., Jan, 1.-THE
Ohio river continued to rise all night
and today there is no sign of relief
The Grand Central station was put
out OF business last night and trains
started from the Eighth street via
duct
At 9 O'Clock today the river was
56 feet inches and rising. The
river is rising at all points up as far
as Point Pleasant and its tributaries
continue to pour more water into the
Ohio. The present stage in this city
prevents passing under bridges any
steamboats,, and cellars in the bot
toms are flooded. Business in many
factories has stopped.
Danger at Parkersburg.
At Parkersburg the river reached
the danger line, SO feet, at 4 O'Clock
this morning and is still rising. Peo-
pie of the low sections of the city
are seeking shelter.
High Waters General.
In q bulletin Local Weather Fore
caster Bassler says:
''The Ohio continues rising from
Parkersburg down and the rainfall
Is general, with more rains indicae.
ed. At all points in the Cincinnati
district water is now on the food
lines and the end of the rise is not
in sight. Preparations should be
made for one of our occasional great
hoods"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17

NEY YORK. Jan. 1T-Deanite ad-
vices as to the extent Of tie eatas-
trophe at Kingston, Jamaica, are sHu
lacking today.
Conflicting reports recieFed indI-
cate that the death list must be any
where from one hundred 70 one
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
Kingston Sinking
Conditions Awful

thousand.
One dispatch reported $40 bodies
having already been recovered and
buried.
From advices received IT is indi-
Gated that there is no immediate fear
of a food famine. Doctors and med
ical supplies are urgently needed.
Dispatched from London say that
up till noon no further oficial ad-
vices had been received at the colon
ial once. This is causing great
anxiety there.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
YOUNG PEOPLES MEETING.

As a part OF the revival meetings
in progress at Coz Methodist church,
a young peoples meeting VIII be held
in the church tomorrow afternoon at
4 o'clock. An young people are m
vited g atseaa.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
Rivers, Greeks and Streams Are All
On Big Rampage in
County.
sIG BLOOD AT BUoKHANNoN.
Lower Sections Are Submerged and
Great Damage is Done on
River Frontage.

Flood conditions are the worst in
this section of the State in years
At some points the waters are high
er than ever known before. All
the creeks of the county are much
swollen and some are far out of bank.
This is true in the lowlands, such as
Salem, Bristol, sardis and other
points.
The, West Fork river and Elk
creek are higher than in several
years and are rising rapidly as the
result of the constant downpour Of
rain. Simpson creek is on ram
page as are also Big and Little Ten
mile, and damage is being done to
fences, bridges and the like.
Bad at Buckhannon.
* AT Buckhannon the food is the
worst in the history Of the town. The
Buckhanon river has gone beyond It's
banks and the lower part of Buck
shRnnon is Inundated. Several build
sings have foated from their founda-
lions and some small ones have been
carried away by the onrushing waters
The river gradually rose the past
several days and very rapidly We'd
neSday night. until Thursday morn
ing the situation became alarming
and many had to move from their
nor Is.
Trains Are Stopped.
Passenger traflc was not inter
zsered with until train No. IS. mixed.
running from Weston, came to a
sstandstill as 1t neared the site of the
railroad station, but there was no
station in sight there. 1t had been
submerged away. The Buckhannon
tannery with a large number of
hides was also damaged and at first
1T was reported the opera house had
gone. too.
The damage along the river 'front.'
age is very great.
Trains are running between Wes-
ton and this city, but rising waters
at Weston may stop them at any
hour.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
SPECIAL SERVICES
An uaurwcr rsurnru

Beginning tonight and continuing
every night except Saturday. there
wiz be special evangeiissic services
at the First Baptist church. conduct
ed By The pastor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
TBy ARoociated Preag,I

PORTSMOUTH, o.. Jan. 17-sev-
-eral hundred families were forced
from their houses BY the river, which
exceens 81 feet. Mayor Hutchins
has ordered the public schools dis
missed tomorrow. the building to be
given up to Hood sufferers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
rRr AasocIa.ed prana.1

HOLLAND BAY, jamaica, Jan. II
from various parts Of the
island show that Kingston was the
only place damaged by the recent
No further earthquake
shocks have been felt in Jamaica.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17

LOUISVILLE, KY. Jan. I7-Riv-
ers and creeks IN Kentucky are rag
ing and much damage Is being done.
Many small towns on small rivers
Continued on page 81
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17

Theo. T. sansbury, formerly Of
this city, was here from Parkersbufg
and Thursday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17
BuRaIo AEna wires News.

BUFFALO. n. r. Jan. 1.-THE
Exprsas publishes this morning q
cable dispatch dated Kingston. Jan.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-17

Rain Or snow tonight and Friday.
Colder Friday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-05-16

great consequence. This young man
(Wah-we-yay-cum-ig) has today pro-
claimed his rights as the head chief of
this tribe. He has said that he wished
to accept of the proposition. He
wished to call the honorable commits
sioners to the test, and that the three
commissioners should all declare to
the Master of Life that they will
solemnly carry out what you have
promulgated to them.''
Wah-we-yay-cum-ig: "The honor
able commissioners will please put
down their names before we sign. AS
soonras your signatures are written,
we will sign.''
The commissioners signed their
names.
Wah-we-yay-cum-ig: "Let US raise
our hands as token of sincere friend
ship.' It was an oath that the In
dams were not being deceived, and it
has been reported with at least pos
sibility of truth, that Wah-we-yay-
cum-ig stated at the time, that he
wanted the commissioners to agree
under oath to the truthfulness of their
presentations to the Indians.) The
commissioners and Wah-we-yay-cum-
ig stood up and raised their hands
while the Indians shouted s'Hou'
Wah-we-yay-cum-ig then signed the
agreement, followed by the other
chiefs, headmen, braves, and young
men l(pagel74).
The signing of the treaty, under the
Nelson bill, on October 5, 1889, closed
the book. The last light of the Ojib-
ways at Kathio was wiped out, but the
poor duped Indians departed happy
in the thought that they had finally
succeeded in having the government
recognize their rights to a part at
least of the lands which they thought
they were entitled to as a reward for
their valor and courage at the battle
OF Kathio. They waited in vain, and
the settlers took possession of all the
remaining lands except few fractions
located on sections % and 80, town 43.
range q. Congress then, on May 9th,
1898, under the Morris act, set aside
lots l, 2 and on the shores of Mile
Laos as perpetual burying sground
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-05-16

own good, and that the present in
stance was one Of them. then re-
turned home but visited the comis-
sioners again when the final treaty
was made to see if it was possible that
they would make such promises to the
Indians, and if the interpreter, Paul
Beaulieu, one of their own race,
would stand up and so mislead them.
He was the interpreter who first duped
them into signing the treaty which
made it possible for the white man to
acquire their lands. The final council
was held in the woods on the bank of
the lake (Mille Lacs).
Taken from the report of the Chip
pewa Commission, October, 5, 1889.
MIR. Rice. addressing the Mile Laos
band of Ojibway Indians, said: ''You
have not forfeited your right to &C.
cupy the reservation (page 164). **
You are entitled to select for your
allotments the lands called farming
lands, all that can be used as such:
we do not ask you to dispose of foot
of that, and there will be nothing done
with the lands until you have your
allotments. *''
Muh-eng-aunce: "We want to know
at what time we will receive from the
government our conditional patent?''
Mr.. Rice: "You will receive it just
as soon as it can be made out after
the allotments are taken. That you
may understand it, I will tell you that
we are appointed to make the allot.
ments, and when we have done it that
is the end of it (page 1857.
Muh-eng-aunce: Zone word more.
There is question these people don't
understand, and that is why I ask it.
When these lands are allotted the
numbers in accordance with the gov
eminent survey shall be placed op.
posite the Indians name; that is his
allotment, and then the conditional
patent is given. Is this right?''
Mr.. Rice: "It is (page l7O."
Muh-eng-aunce: my friend, the
time has arrived when we must ask
you something. This is another OF
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-05-16

said he would read me what he was
instructed to tell these Indians. His
instructions were to tell the Indians
that they would be given all the agri-
cultural land and enough of the pine
would be reserved to build them
houses and barns, blacksmith shops,
school houses, and sawmills to manu-
facture the lumber, and they would
also be furnished teams and wagons
and all necessary cattle. The balance
of the pine timber land would be sold
to pay the government for the monies
expended. simply laughed at him
and said: "You are not going to tell
the Indians such foolish stuff as that
knowing you cannot carry it out?"
He said he knew nothing about this
affair except what had told him. I
demonstrated with him, claiming it
was strange that the government,
knowing the facts in regard to this
matter, should still insist in carrying
out system of deceit. He claimed
that if what stated was a fact those
Mile Laos Indians were practically
paupers and it became doubly neces-
sary that they sign this treaty, which,
if it became law, would entitle them
to come in and share alike with all
the other Indians on other reserva-
tions north in the proceeds derived
from the vast body of pine which was
to be sold. He also claimed that in
dealing with Indians it was extremely
~ :
necessary to deceive them for their.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-05-16

article were taken.
j. V. Brewer was a forceful writer
and an elaborate accumulation of lost
and forgotten facts. He was a man
whose name should be honored, as he
has saved to our history a vast fund
OF information which would otherwise
have been lost.
In future years some scion of the
Mile Laos may succeed in searching
out and compiling tie history of the
rise and fall OF his race, and although
he will find an unbroken series of
broken promises and treaties by the
white man, he will also find that it
was only made possible to deprive
his race of their birthright by the
treachery of one Of their own kith
and kin. He will see that the finger
points with unerring accuracy to the
record which shows the damning fact
that the Mile Laos Chippewas as
band had been Beaulieu-ed~out of ex-
istence.
: At this writing the woodsman's ak
is sounding the death knell of the
red man as it clears the right of
way for the white mans iron horse
along the shores of his beloved M'de
Wakan Esprit Water), and the Chip
pewa will soon be obliged to steal
away into the dark woods to the
north, for the white mans steam
whistle will sing the last requiem to
his hopes as the cars rattle over the
bones of his ancestors.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-06-14
JUDGE SWAYNE SAYS
I. 1. BFead Mast Pay l.. n. \. \. A
Pile Of Money.

Was that the c0nsumation Of what
was thought 10 be the Governors COM
promise during the last drainage cam
paign with the l.. & N. R.Rl Did not the
governor see IL was inevitable than?
Should Il not now appear TO him that
the counts will declare other claime
good and also require him, and bis board
" waltz up with some more Of these
lands or some Of the cash from the
sale OF them2
In the United States court Judge
gwayne has issued a final decree in the
case Of the Louisville q Nashville Rail-
road company vs.. the trustees Of the
internal Improvement fund Of the state
Of Florida, In which The latter are re-
quired 10 pay within thirty days 70 the
plaintiffs the sum Of 1851 ", Sc, being
the amount received from the sale OF
Florida lands which had been granted
the railroad, and restraining them from
using, disposing or encumbering by any
means any Of the above amount Of
money which Ii In the hands Of the
said board
This suit was brought by the railroad
company In February, 1902, and Is one
Of four similar actions. IL was TO
compel the trustees 10 return money
for lands sold after the institution of q
suit FOR the recovery Of land held by
the state, but which the company
alleges had been previously granted to
the road.
One Of these suits now pending by
the l.. Il N. Is on /, 300, 900 acres, while
others are by the Atlantic Lumber com
paEy and Southern States Land and
Timber company for large tracts Of
land purchased from the Louisville 4
Nashville road.
The style of the case that was de-
cided yesterday Is the Louisville Rail-
road Company vs.. M. h. Broward, A.
G.. Groom, w. II. Ellis, W. V. Knott
and b. r, McLin, az trustees Of the
Internal Improvement Fund of the
state Of Florida.
The frat portion of the decree states
that, it appears that after the institu-
ton Of suit the defendants, the trus-
tees, or their successors in office, sold
10 one Neil q. Wade for the sum Of
s228, 1924, on July 3, 1902, land embraced
IN the grant 10 the company and that
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-06-14


since said sale the trustees have had
this money in their possession, and In
vested at the rate Of "a per cent per
annum. The order then reads:
''Now, therefore, it IL ordered, adj
Judged and decreed, that the said de.
PENDANTS, N. b. Broward, A. C. Groom,
w. H Ellis, w. " Knott and B. r.
McLin. trustees ~ BE internal improve
ment fund 81 FlDfIda. and their success
Borg IN Office, b. and are hereby requir-
ea 10 pay TO the complainant, within
thirty days from date, the said sum of
S223, B24, with interest thereon from
July 3, 1902, 10 this date at the rate OF
n per cent per annum, towit: the in
terest amounting TO S27, 276s 66, the said
principal and interest agRregating
1851, ZOE. So, with interest from the date
at the rate Of per cent per annum
and that In default Of payment within
said time, the complainant do have the
execution against the said defendants,
their lands and tenements, goods and
chattels, for the said sums 80 decreed,
as aforesaid, and that until the said de-
PENDANTS TO the said payment shall be
made by the said defend plainants, as
herein decreed the said defendants are
enjoined and restrained from using,
dispOsing Of or encumbering In any
wise, the said money, or from paying
II, or any part thereof, to any person
other than the complainant.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-06-14

Much disappointment was felt among
the young people here upon hearing
that neither Miss Hattie nor Mr.. Shan
non Perkins would return home for the
summer Misa Perkins is the charm
ing and talented daughter Of Mr.. Thos.
j. Perkins Of this city, and has just
graduated at Grants University In
Chattanooga Tenn After q short
vacation spent among relatives in
South C0rahna. Miss Hattie will go to
Johns Hopkins University in Balti-
more 10 prepare herself for the work
Of trained nurse. shannon, q fine
accepted position In Chattanooga for
the Summer, but will re- enter college
IN the fall. May all success attend
them.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-06-14
A Real Won6erland.

South Dakota, with its rich silver
mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges and
strange natural formations, is o verita-
BILE wonderland. AZ Mound City, in the
home Of Mrs. h. d. Clapp. a wonder
ful case of healing has lately occurred
Her son seemed near death with lung
and throat trouble. "Exhausting cough
ing spells occurred every Ave minutes, I"
writes Mrs. Clapp, when / began Civ
ing DR.. Kings New Discovery, the
great medicine, that saved his life and
completely cured him. Guaranteed
for coughs and colds, throat and lung
troubles, by all druagists. SOC. and
81 90. Trial bottle free.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-06-14
a Cap Of white HOuss Or BIus Labs
Moca anA lava CoMae

every man at breakfast time, and every
one knows that only good grocers keep
good coffee. We take special pride b
our brands, as they have made our
store famous. Just as good as the COT.
fee we sell are teas, which principle
holds good throughout our entire stack
We sell nothing but the best Of food
products those we have tested our
selves, and 90 can stand by them.
J.w. COLLINS, Grocer.