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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
JOHN ". CARPENTER
A PRISONER IN JAIL
Charged With Obtaining Goods I'm.
der False Pretenses He is Held
for the Grand Jury.

John w. Carpenter is a prisoner In
the county jail awaiting the action
of the next grand jury on the charge
of obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses preferred against him by Mrs.
Annie Crummit. OF the East End. He
is a young man employed on the B.
& o. railroad aud Mrs. Crummit al
leges that he obtained groceries from
her store on the representation that
he had not drawn his salary from the
railroad company aud would pay her
when. he did. when he had already
drawn the salary. She swore out a
warrant against him in Magistrate
Gordon's court and he was arrested
by Constable Waldo and taken there
Thursday evening. At the conclus-
ion of his hearing the magistrate
held him for the next grand jury
under bond of $500 which he could
not furnish and he was sent to Jail.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
MRS. GOULD IS HURT
AT TROLLEY TERMINAL
stnmbles and Falls When Flash
Light Blinds Her and is Pain
fully Injured.

Mrs. A. S. Gould was numbered
among the accident victims of the
makeshift terminal OF the Fairmont
& Clarksburg Traction company's In
terurban line at the Glen Elk bridge
Thursday night. While walking
across the platform the rays from
the searchlight ON the top of the
opera house were flashed into her
face and she stumbled down an on
set, sustaining some very painful
bruises. A number of persons In
Guiding women have met with acct
dents at this very dangerous place
which the trolley company ought to
speedily place in proper shape.
Miraculous 1t is that some one has
not fallen from the platform and
been seriously injured or killed.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
SENATOR THORN IS
HIGHLY COMPuMENTED
by rpslmr Republican and Says Our
People should Feel
Proud of Him.

The upshur Republican at Buck
harmon pays Senator Thorn the fol-
lowing compliments:
Senator Thorn, OF Harrison county,
and now member of state senate who
was one of the escorts OF the dead
BODY of senator w. D. Talbot, from
Charleston. to Buckhannon, arriving
here Saturday morning, made this
office a brief but very pleasant visit.
II was the first time the writer ever
had the pleasure of meeting this
learned and affable gentleman, and
now feeel proud that We have met
him. He is quite a power in the
state senate, and has offered many
good measures to that body which
failed TO materialize, not from any
lack Of energy on his part, however.
His course has been straightforward
and commendable, and the people
who sent him there should feel
proud Of him.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
KILLING WAS
AN ACCIDENT
Station Agent Mt fleetwood Lost His
Life by Accidental Dis
charge of Pistol.

Warren H. Sparks. a Baltimore s.
Ohio station agent at Fleetwood. was
not murdered, as reported. but was
accidentally killed. The investiga-
tion by the coroner's jury led to the
conclusion that the killing was the
result of an accident.
Cecil Richards, telegraph. operat-
or there, had the pistol from which,
the fatal bullet was discharged He
was in the room at the station With
Mr.. Sparks, and had a heavy Colts
revolver In leather case. After
buckling his belt ON. be picked up
his coat and was In the act of put
ting 1t on when the pistol fell. the
manner striking. The weapon was
discharged, and the bullet passed 20
tirely through the body OF Sparks.
killing him instantly The bulle-
was steel cased
A coroner's Jury held 81 Inqua est
and in accordance with the facts as
already related. returned a yerdic.
of accidental killing.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
WOMAN
DIES At HR: CLARE
Mrs. Hester a. Cork. WIFE Of w. "
Cork, snccumbs At iler Home
After Illness.

Mrs. Hester A. Cork. wife of VI.
W. Cork. OF Mount Clarke. an es-
Unable and highly honored woman.
died at her home Friday evening
at 1890 o'clock, after an illness OF
complication of diseases.
Mrs. Cork was "a years old aud is
survived by her husband and two
children, the latter being ID. N Cork
and Mrs. +. Maxwell. both OF Mt.
Glare. Her maiden name was Miss
Hester Sullivan. She was born aud
reared in Harrison county and re-
sided in it all her life. For more
than fifty years she has been a faith
full member of the Methodist church
being affiliated with the Methodist
Protestant church at Mount Glare
at the time of her death and for sew
eral years preceding. Mrs. Cork's
husband WAS superintendent of the
county infirmary of Harrison county
for ten years.
The funeral will take place SUN
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Ser
vices will he held at the Methodist
Protestant church at Mount Clare.
led by the Rev. Mr.. Snyder. the pas
tor, and the burial will be in the
l. o. o. F. cemetery at Mount
Glare.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
HOUSE BURNS
At LUMBERPORT
Hotel sicCarty is Saved Only by Great
Effort-Aged Lady Has
Narrow Escape.

The house at Lumberport occupied
by Miss Mary Cole. an aged lady
who has lived alone for many years,
caught fire from papers with which
she was working. In a short time
the building was a mass of flames.
1t was only by great effort that
the Mccarty hotel was saved, as
there is only narrow alley separat-
ing the two houses. The entire con-
tents of the house were burned and
Miss Cole barely escaped herself,
having been carried out by one of
the members of the Guy Bros. min
strel troupe. who were stopping at
the hotel.
The Mccarty hotel was slightly
damaged, but the loss was covered
by insurance.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
AGREE TO talk
BILL TO DEATH
isznocrats Enter Compact to Defeat
Ship Subsidy Bill by Talk
ing 1t to Death.

WASHINGTON, d. C.. March q
chat practically amounts to an
-eement to talk the ship subsidy
III to death was reached by the
Democratic senators today. This
understanding was reached at con-
secence on the floor of the senate
isnkween the leaders OF the minority
IN he senate, and Representatives
Williams and Sherley, leaders of the
minority in the house, who are op-
2nasd to the passage OF the measure
ia the house yesterday. Senator
tAEmack will be the leader OF the
exposition to the bill. He expressed
Rhanself confident the senate will not
cszncur in the amendments to the bill
made by the house.
The chairman of the Democratic
zsnatorial caucus, Blackburn, gave
s1kice 10 the Republican leaders thai
she Democrats will not permit the
7tnp subsidy bill to pass the senate
1efore adjournment. He said If
rnnessary Democratic senators would
tnLK until the gavel falls at /.
csaIock Monday.
The ship subsidy bill as passed b!
1ae house was laid before the sen
me- Carmack moved that the bill
IL taken up tomorrow morning bu
csha- motion was defeated. Other mo
1fsns by Democrats to postpone con
x6eratfon We're also defeated. 1t /
cxident the Democratic senators ar
sisaged in determind filibuster t
make good the statement of Black
enrns that the bill shall not he vote,
GR before adjournment.
After the defeat of other dilator
Eesions a general agreement wa
imported that the bill be taken u
Ar consideration at O'Clock toda,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
LEMONS HANDED
OUT QUITE FAST
All the Federal Offices at Parkers.
burg Except Postofiice Com.
ing This Way.

PARKERsBURG. Feb. 2s-The
news OF the appointment of Samuel
r. Harrison to succeed L. B. Del
ticker as federal court clerk was in
deed surprise to the Parkersburg
applicants and their friends.
The applicants for the position
we're H. NJ. o'Bleness. of U. s.
Marshal Elliott's office, and L. v. G.
Morris who for years was deputy
under Col. L. B. Dellicker.
1t was generally supposed hero
that Mr.. Offences would receive the
appointment, and ne and his friends
say that the surprise is even greater
from the fact that Mr.. Harrison was
not an applicant for the position. The
friends of Mr.. o'Bleness say he had
the solid endorsement of the bar Of
the county irrespective of politics, as
well as the officials of the financial
institutions. Mr.. o'Bleness SAYS ne
is glad 10 know that he has friends
in Parkersburg. even If he has no..~
in Clarksburg.
Mr.. Morris says the appointment
was not much Of u surprise to him.
He believed he was entitled to the
appointment on account of his years
of service in the Office and is OF the
opinion that IL he had received the
endorsement of the bar that he
would have been appointed and that
the Office would have remained here
1t is the opinion generally around
the U. S. building that even If the
Office is removed. a deputy will he
maintained here.
There is also rumor current
around the Government building
that the U. S. Marshals office may
he removed from this city to Clarks.
burg, and no surprise is expressed al
anything that is liable to happen, as
it is also generally believed that the
effort to remove the internal revenue
offices to Morsantown will be &C,
complished.
Verify the lemons are being
handed out thick and fast in the 10.
caliJy of the government building
! big. sour lemons. that are unpalata
I BILE.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
Heart Strength

Heanstrens.h. or Heart Weakness. means Nerv.
Strength. or Nerve Misunderstanding more. Pos
itycly not one weak heart ia hundred u. In IL
self. actually diseased. II Is alnios. always 3
hidden tiny iittle nerve that really sail at fault
This obscure ncrye-.he Cardiac. or Heart Serv'
simply necd2 and must have. mor.s power. NOR
stability. mon, controlling. more governing
strength. without that the Heart must eontinu'
to fall. and the stomach aud kidneys iiso have
these same controlling nerves.
This clearly explains why. as medicine Dr
Shops Restorative has In the past done 30 much
for weak and ailng Hearts. DR.. shoop ir.t soughl
the cause oi all this painful. palp'tatug suIocat
Ing heart distress. DR.. Shops R,.storitivc-thii
popular prcscriptlon-l, alone directed u thesi
weak and wasting nerve ccnters Is builds
It strengthens. IL offers real genuine heart help.
II you would have strong Hearts. strong d.
Ecstion. strengthen these nerves - re-e,tabliai
them Us needed. with
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
SUSPICION OVER
panama CANAL BID
sgs senator r1llman Who Intro
duces Resolution Calling for
Papers From President.
.Iny AssoeInted pross.l

WASHINGTON, D. C., March .
.isenator Tillman introduced reso-
a1tion in the senate today calling on
ne President for all papers relating
% the recent agitation of having the
Panama canal built by contract and
81 support of the resolution said that
-7', d with all the require
ID there was suspicion
vas rejected because
-, TIA II let in some of his
competitors wao were too greedy or
he first bid"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
FINED FIVE DOLLARS.

John schubar. the Plnnickinnick
miner who was Jailed Wednesday
to await hearing before Magistrate
Gordon on the charge of assaulting
and beating Mrs. Joseph Nohovicka
in her home the other day, was fined
IS and costs for the oifense by Mag
istrate Gordon Wednesday evening.
He paid up and was released.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
LILY Associated presu ]

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March q
The vigo county grand jury today
returned indictments against Henry
Mcdonald and James scanlon It is
charged they blew up the Methods,
CHURCH and two business houses in
;Sandford few nights ago in re-
rsnge for raid on McDonald's liz
,sr shop.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
HARNESS SHOP MOVES.

Wilbur E. Hursey moved his
harness shop from the Hursey build
ing on Pike street today to room In
the Waldo on Fourth street and will
do business at that point hereafter.
The room made vacant by him was
one of the two purchased by w. F.
Griffith a short time ago and the
present building will be replaced
with large brick business building.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
Substitute For Anti Trust
Bill Passes the State Senate
sahase Resolution for Removal of
Bsrs' Reform school From
Pruntytown is Killed.
Max nE A NIGHT SESSION
Al,sropriation Bill Goes Through Its
sreond Reading in House-Dog
Law is Up Again.
fFrom Stan Correspondent)

|
CHARLESTON. March THE
sxnhxtitute for Senator Bailey's anti
Aaunt bill was adopted and passed in
&Ae senate this morning. it being
xraesically The only thing taken up
,nzsside of the resolution from the
atmse providing for the removal of
lthe Boys Reform School from Prun-
ttyrgvn, which was killed.
The morning session of the house
uus devoted mainly to the second
axarding of the appropriation bill
s4ieh was completed.
An attempt to re-pass the dog law
xas killed.
II looks like there may be a
night session of both bodies in an
tEu1 10 complete the work of the
,srtsa session.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
NOMINATIONS saNT IN.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. March q
The President sent to the senate to-
day the following nominations: Col
rector of customs, Charles F. Leach.
District Of cuyahoga. Ohio. Post
master. Indiana. H. P. Hardie.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07

Galley Bragg, two-year-old child
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Bragg. was
operated upon at the Kessler hos
pitai Friday evening for abcess of
the brain. 1t is not known yet what
the outcome of the operation will be.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
SUIT BROUGHT
AGAINST MRS. EDDY.
[Ry Associated press-

TOY HsSVVFiNeU FFesS.
CONCORD. \. H.. March "A bill
in equity to secure an accounting of
the financial affairs of Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy filed here yesterday by
her son is returnable at the April
term of the supreme court when the
date for the hearing will be set.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
= *++*+ +++ - +++ :
+ TRACTION STRIKE Z
+ IS VERY SERIOUS. 4
PoRTsMouTH. O.. March

= PORTSMOUTH. O., March 2 =
+ The street railway situation =
+ here is more serious. Strike +
+ sympathizers burned street +
+ car on Damarin Hill during the =
+ night. No cars are operating. =
= Company officials threaten to z
= ask for the militia in case the =
4. city authorities fail in giving =.
= ample protection. =
= ++++4 = = = +++++ .
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
BUSINESS HOUSES
DESTROYED by FIRE.
LRy Associated prssr.l

BLOOMINGTON. H., March q
Eleven business houses on the north
side of Main street in the town Of
Leroy were destroyed by fire today.
The loss Is $4,000.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07
: = + + + = = , = = ++++ ..
I. ROBBERS CHoKED
= WOMAN TO DEATH.

/" UPPER sANDUsKY. O.. 4
!. March AT the postmortem 4
& examination over the remains I
, of wealthy and aged Mrs. Annie 4
:. Pausch today, it developed that !.
+ the woman was killed Sunday. 1
I. The bones of her neck we're Z
, crushed. 1t is believed robbers 4
: choked her to death. Money Z
l. known to be in the house was !
1. gone. 4
+ j. i. 4. + = + + : 4 = = : I I
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07

CHICAGO. ILL.,. March William
Rapp. editor-in-chief of the Illinois
Stats zeitung. died today.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-03-07

Strictly farmers company. or.
ganized by the farmers and for the
farmers of Vest Virginia. exclusively
Every farmer in the State ID cordial.
iy invited to become a member o,
this Association. Your insurance
will be carried at actual cost.
Write for information.
F. NJ. MEREDITH, President.
L. W. KELLEY. Secretary.
Fairmont, W. Va.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-26
Stocks = Bonds = Cereals
Was Unbrdled and Demand Was
Paralyxed--stock Prices Fell az
Result.

! New York, March 25.-Today's
Surface facts upon which there is no
room for dispute are that there was
an unbridled impulse to sell securi
tiles and an almost sntire paralysis Of
demand. The consequences TO prices
were such as might be imagined That
any urgent necessity was forcing hold
lers Of securities to part with them
Ibid not appear from any facts known
ITO public. Banks wre not calling
loans and withdrawal of credits by
money lenders could not be ascrlbed
as an impelling cause of the slump.
Copper and tin both showed heavy
declines in London and speculative
commitments in the copper mark
We're said to be involved. Large spec.
ulation in copper securities in this
market have been based ON the conf
dent assumption Of sound conditions
In thu metal market. This confidence
was shaken and metal industries PROV
ed extremely vulnerable as conse-
quence, including u. S. Steel stocks.
Large pooled holding of these secnr-
itis $ were believed to be touched by
demoralized declines. Individual oper-
atoms on the short side in at least one
instance were believed to be Of prodi- |
gious proportions. These operations |
s emed to be entirely unopposed on |
behalf of controllers or outsiders in |
any property The striking feature Of |
the situation seemed to be consensus !
among large interests that supporting |
would be futils, to check the |
selling frey. influential men in the |
banking world did not hesitate to /
The selling of stocks as |
by insane fear" Informa- /
ton from commission houses Of terms |
In which CONS selling orders were /
couched gave color to this character
ization. Fears of coming pfostration |
Of business and CT The stripping of |
powers Of management and control
from corporations were alleged as
principal grounds for alarm. 1t was
late in the day before prices reached
The lowest level. but actual closing re-
Hected nervous feeling amongst |
shorts in feveri5h rebounds caused by
4 rush 10 take profits
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-26

For Letting Of Contracts for sewers.

Public notice Is hereby given by
the Board Of Local improvements Of
fhe city OF Cairo. Illinois. that until
ten U0) o'clock a. m. Tuesday, March
rs, 1907, at the city council chamber,
No. llll Commercial avenue, Cairo.
Illinois, sealed bids will be received
for the construction Of virrlfied tile
pipe sewers, house connections and
inlets and brick manhoes In the fol
lowing named streets In the city of
Cairo, namely, Twelfth street, from
Washington avenue to I4ocnst street
Walnut stree, srom Tenth street to
Fifteenth stree, anG Washington
avenue, from Twelfth street to Doug
las street. Copies OF said ordinance
and specifications for the improve
ment will be found at the office Of
the CITY Engineer No. I'LL CONNER
cial avenue. Cairo Bids may be put
In fof the work on each street sep
arately or for any two streets or for
the whole work on all three of the
streets; and the same shall be SO
itemized as to show the bid per foot
for the sewer pipe. house connections
and inlets and Of the brick mAnholcs,
including all work and labor and ma
terials Tor completing the work and
aggregating the amounts bid therefor,
The contractor or contractors are
to be paid in bonds Of the city, bear
ing five CD per cent interest per
annum, which said bonds are to BIO
paid out of the assessments made I'M
der the said ordinance and which are
divided into ten t10) annual install
ments. Each proposal or bid must be
by cash or by check
payable to the order OF George Par
sons as President OF the Board of
Local improvements of the City OF
Cairo, certified by a responsible
bank, for an amount which shall not
be less than ten (t0 per cent Of the
aggregate or whole amount Of the bid
Or proposal, and no BID can be consid-
cred unless accompanied by such |
~HCIh VI IdSip a uC bida oHdll Dt We
lyered to the said Board of Local |
which will, in open |
session, at the time and place above |
specified, examine and publicly de |
ilare the same Contractors viii be |
'equired to enter into contracts with |
he city for tie construction of the
Improvement and into a bond payable
o. the city in the sum of fifty (50) |
ser centum OF the amount bid with |
'ecurity TO be approved by the Board,
for the faithful perior-
nance of the contract and for holding
he city harmless &c. Blank forms
or bids will be furnished on applica-
ion to the city engineer. The Board |
'eserves the right to reject any and
III bids.
Dated at Cairo, Illinois, this 18th |
lay Of March, A. y, 1907.
GEORGE PARSONS,
President Of the Board Or Local I'm |
,royements OF the City 81 Cairo, III
nois.
Attest:
Ernest Nordman, Secretary.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-26
FREDERICK DRlscoLL DEAD.
JOHN HERMAN,
Secretary,

Chicago, March 23. Frederick
Drlscoll, commissioner Of the Amer.
can Newspaper Publishers assocla-
ton. and widely known newspaper
man, died at his home here tonight
after a brief illness Besides being
y writer and publisher Driscoll was
prominent In public affairs Of Mime
sofa for a number of years.
In 1891 he was elected a director
OF the Associated Press and was a
member Of the executive committee
which directed the management Or
the association. Driscoll had lived In
Chicago six years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-26
At the Close on Renewed SELLING by
Pit Traders--corn Closed With
Galn--Oats Unchanged.

! Chicago. March 25.--WHEAT.- -
Prices were easy in the early day be.
cause Of the unexpected size OF the
worlds shipments which were almost
! 2,0O0,00o bushels in excess OF the
same week last year and an increase
'of l.400,000 bushels in the amount Of
breadstuff on ocean passage. Reports
from the winter wheat territory were
conflicting but finally the theory that
the growing crop had been badly
damaged by The "green bug" and hot
weather caused a moderate rally in
prices. Later the market eased off
on renewed selling by pit traders
based chiefly on the forecast of the
weather bureau Of rain and cooler
weather In Missouri Kansas and Ne.
braska. The close was easy with
May off M@Ac.
CORN-The market was easier
early in the day in sympathy with
sharp decline at Liverpool Enying
by commission houses and shorts to-
geiher with moderate decline in
cash grain caused firmer tone. The
close, which was steady, showed May
up &c
CATS Opened easier because of
excess Of local receipts The de
cline was followed by moderate
rally due to covering by shorts. I'M
proved demand for cash oats stimu-
lated thed emand for options. MAJ
closed unchanged.