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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
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AT CONFERENCE cE LAST NIGHT
MATTERS WE'RE yEaY sATIs
FAcToRtlY RANeEp.

4 T. ) : 2 t. o. 70
PARRERsBuRG July After .
conference Of several hours last night
with President Q. b Power, Of the
Yest Penn base ball league and Tom
Raymond; manager Of the Fairmont
team, Manager Herman Krutl, Of the
Parkersburg Professionals. said he
could not announce that the deal to
| get Parkefsburg into the league had
been closed, but he would say that
the plans are likely to be consum-
mated within a week,
President Power thinks Parkersburg
should be d winner, and says he would
rather have 1t in the league than a
dozen towns like Somerset, Pa, which
Is to be dropped. He and Raymond
arrived from Fairmont early last even.
ing and departed after midnight They
were met at the Chancellor by Man.
ager Krull, Captain Poland and sew
eral others. President Power was
very enthusiastic over the proposition.
The president said he would be
greatly pleased to have Parkersburg
Join the league, and that he won d
give this city a franchise free Of
charge. Thee other cities in the league
have paid considerable for their fran;
chtse, but this is the second season of
This summer f0t the West Penn and
the teams are willing to let Parkers.
burg try It without cost. The only
drawback now is to find a suitable
place to: play the games. Manager
Kfuit has taken that question up with
the proper party, however, and expects
a definite answer tonight.
at meeting of the members Of the
local ball team the members agreed
to go into the league on percentage
basis. If the team makes any money
they will get an equal share. If it loses
they are out the same as the manager
nd others to be connected with the
team.
II the team joins the league 1t Will
play as many games away from home
as at home and will play here every
Sunday. sundy ball it not permitted
in Pennsylvania, bat 1t goes in this
State, and as result President Power
will fix the schedule SO that Parkers-
burg will play at home every Sunday.
Visiting teams are assured of $40, or.
they can take 40 per cent. of the gate
receipts. They pay their own expens.
es at all times. To make any money it
is absolutely necessary that team
get good support at home, and It is
thought the Parkersburg team would
likely have the biggest crowds in the
league. On Sunday the crowds should
not be less than a couple Of thousand,
and If SO the local team could afford
to play to some small crowds away
from home.
Only two games have been played
by each team in the league, and ~
Parkersburg can get started in week
it WILDE able to fll the schedule which
is for almost Sc games and will insure
local base ball until late in septem-
Der.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
UNCONSCIOUS AT HIS POST.

CLEVELAND. July H. Hundreds
Of lives were imperlled yesterday when
Floyd E. webber, engineer on a fast
westbound Lake Shore passenger
train, was stricken unconscious by
heat at his throttle, and the train speu
almost into Cleveland without a guild
ing hand. AS the engine rocked into
the Cleveland yard over the switch
points the motion threw the engine
driver from his seat to the floor Of
the cab.
Then the fireman learned what had
happened. He jumped to the engI--
neer's seat leaving his companion
helpless on the footboards, while he
brought the speed of the train down
within the yard limits.
webber's condition was found to be
critical.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
RIOT CAUSE
OF A WRECK
FIFTY PEOPLE INJURED LAST
NIGHT BECAUSE MoToRMAN
COULDN'T PERFORM HIS
DUTIES.

NEW YORK, July 17.-Followifg
the investigation of the az" wreck
last night in which fifty people were
injured, the precinct police report that
the disaster was caused by a riot at
the forward end Of the rear train, the
combatants crowding into the motor
mans box and making it Impossible TO
control either the brakes or lever. Two
persons have had both legs amputat'
ed as a result of the wreck and 1t is
feared six or seven others will not
live through the day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
gLOUDBURST
AINENBURG
ss: AND o. TRACKS WASHED OUT
in THREE PLACES BY THE
RUSH OF WATER.

The heaviest storm for several
years swept over Newburg this morn.
ing about eight o'clock washing out
the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad in three different places The
trains from the east were unable to
set through and will not be able to
move until about four o'clock this aft
ernoon. Near Grafton the Thornton
and Evansville bridges were swept
away Property owners in South Graf
ton are experiencing great incon-
yenience on account of the high wa.
Ter. 10 add to this discomfort one
81 tile gas lines Is broken.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
VERY CRITICAL
is CONDITION OF MIpsHIPMAN
MAN cRusE-REAR ADMIRAL
WIRES NAVY DEPART.
MENT.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July IL
Rear Admiral Snow, commandant of
the Boston Navy YARD, telegraphed the
Navy Department to-day that the con-
dltlon OF Midshipman Cruise remains
serious. AS to the other victims of
the explosion aboard the battleship
Georgia, several are in an extremely
critical condition, with hope almost
abandoned in the case of Meese. The
others are Welt on the way toward
recovery,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
BADLY BURNED
WERE MEN AT MEsTAo MACHINE
WORKS TODAY BY ExPLo-
SION OF STEEL INeoT
MOLD.

PETTsBURG, Pa, July 17-Charles
English and Edward Crawford, crane
men, were probably fatally burned and
four laborers badly injured by an ex-
ploslon Of a large steel ingot mold at
the Mesta machine works early to-day.
The cause Is not yet known.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
BIG BREWERY BURNS.
Ammonia Explosion Feature of $780,
600 seottdale Fire.

scoTTDAnE, Pa, July 1.-THE big
brewery of the Plttsburg Brewing
Company was totally destroyed by fire
last night, causing loss Of over $780,.
900, with little insurance,
The blaze was caused by the explo,
sion of a tank Of ammonia In the Ice
plant, and 10 minutes later the entire
structure was In flames Several work
men were in tie Ice plant when the
explosion occurred; but aIl escaped in:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
DOZEN HOUSES
AWAY AT MARTINS FER.
RY BY cLoUpsuRsT LAST
NIGHT.

WHEELING, July IA cloudburst
at Martins Ferry last night demolish-
ed half a dozen houses and carried
away several bridges on the colerain
pike. It wrought much damage in this
vicinity, temporarily stopping all traf-
fic. Fortunately no person was
drowned.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
DRIVING RAIN
WAS NOT GREETED eLIDpEN
TO ouRlsTs WHEN THEY
4 STARTED TODAY.

TNDIANAPoLIs, July 1.-THE Gid.
den tourists got away at minute In
tervals this morning in a driving rain.
The route to-day lies eastward over the
National road which in Indiana and
western ohlois smooth as a billiard
table The tourists are due at colum
bus AZ p p. m. 1t is hardly thought all
win make the time This run Of one
hundred and slyty.seyen miles Is the
longest one day'Ssrun on the tour.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
PRODUCE COMPANY.
Changes Hands in This clty-WiIson
Company sells Out.

The Wilson Produce Company
changed hands Monday afternoon and
will now be known as the Bacon Pro
dace Company Tie Bacon Produce
Company has Wholesale houses In Par
kersburg and cIarksbdrgl j. 3 sparI-
ing, Of cIarkl burg, VIM be the mana.
gef Of the new sarm Mr. sparlin viii
move to fhis city
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
JURY AWARDS
BIG DAMAGES
TWO LONDON PAPERS SOAKED
$2so,oOo BY JURY IN a
Z LIBEL SUIT.

LIVERPOOL, July 17.-Damages to
the enormous sum Of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars were awarded
by a jury today to Liver Brothers, the
largest manufacturers Of soap in the
world, against the London Daily Mail
and the London Evening News, Lord
Northcliff's newspapers, in a libel suit
brought by the millionaire soap mag
mates growing out Of attacks on them
when they attempted to organize the
soap trust
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
lawn 20.

The Pgthian Sisters will hold a
lawn fete on Saturday evening on the
lawn atgDr Rlnnss residence, and In.
case Of rain ~ win be- held u tie
y r HaIl. x:isIx
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17

Ms Glenn Barnes has returned
from a Few days visit with relatives
IN Parkersburg
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17

Mrs q. b. hIanley went To n Lake
|Park I'd this afternoon q spend
'seyeral days
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
ssors session Council

sIiott seseIon Of ColneIl.
Council had short session last
night Only routine matters we're as.
posed pt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17
&c We TAER

Showers lc.night iniitsd
partly cloudy nearly statisnatg
Temperature
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-17

pAiEN WEol NlholNlNN.
Bs Maf Only s. Per Yetr
Twice 4 Weak For ST.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
INDIAN GRAMMAR.

The Scientific American calls atten- Professor Kroeber, of the University of California, in which he affirms that his Investigations have shown him that Indian languages have a very elaborate grammar, although the In dians themselves are not aware of it. The American says:
 The two languages which Professor absolutely no similar words. They are not even in territorial contact and show no signs of common origin. The located in. the intel r Of South Gen. tral California. in tl.y southern end of lessor Kroeber found that the gram matical structure of their languages was identical at nearly, every point. two two Languages are like houses on the same plan, but of different material
 the two languages is full of interest. Oughly. In Yukuts the adjective pre- cedes the noun, in Yuki it follows. Yukuts tend to place the verb at the The numerical systems of the two languages are radically, different That of Yukuts Is decimal, or 4uki quaten-
 1t is noted by pr. Kroeber that Cali fornia has more totally distinct Indian languages per square mile than any other State. The reason has never been properly accounted for.
 We know nothing of the two tribes alluded. to, but all who have taken the trouble to go over the vocabulary of anv Indian tribe have not failed to notice the extent of the language, and also that any one of them is consistent in the use of the parts of speech. Al though, as Professor Kroeber says, the Indians themselves have no knowledge of what we call grammar. 1t is notice able that the language of any tribe is always consistent in the construction of words and in the placing of the various parts of speech. In the Mus kogee tongue. for example. the adjec- tive always follows the noun, instead of preceding it. as in English Some of the other languages follow the same rule, and others are the reverse, but so far as we have any knowledge or in- formation any one of them is con sistent in all its branches. The pam phlet of Professor Kroeber will doubt less throw much light on the subject
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
LOTTA AND HORSES.

The once famous Lotta, of whom the present younger generation knows very little, appears in a new role-as an interpreter of horses. She insists that these animals possess real intel ligencei not mere animal instinct, she claims. but actual intelligence. '1f a horse could but talk" she says many men would keep their mouths closed.
 Right you are, Lotta. We have known men to keep their mouths closed when a donkey was talking, and if a horse should get at 1t 1t would be a good time for the average man to go back and sit down. There's no telling what he would say. and we suspect that some of his observations wouldn't appear well in print.
 We have often wondered just what a horse would say if he could be gift ed with the power to think and talk intelligenuy For example. take a horse whose mane has been pulled out and his tail docked. let him be check refined till he can't see the ground, and give him the power of intelligent speech. and what he would say of man in general would cause sulphurous hue to pervads all the surrounding atmosphere. The left handed comrli- ments he would pay our race would be. a plenty. and the way he would say 1t would be enlightening we dare
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
NOBODY WILL Bn HURT, PERHAPS.

In consequence of recent legislation in that state some of the railroads of Georgia are threatening to take of all the vestibuie palace ears which have been kept on their trains for Northern tourists, There are some who think such course would work great injury to the South. but that is not the, way The Albany (Ga-i Her ala looks at it.
 There ares it says, mo terrors for the people of Georgia in this threat to take off the tourist trains Upon the contrary. the people will be rather pleased with the idea. These travelling palaces for the accommodation of Northern tourists have been main- tained at the expense of the local pa- trons of the railroads, and nobody in Georgia is likely to make any protest against having them cut out, since it will admittedly improve the local ser vice. It has long been a matter of complaint that. as a rule, the rail- roads here in Georgia. while furnish ing the cheap rates and the very best of accommodations for the Northern tourist travel rather than for the accommodations provided for the local and general travel over their lines. The railroads have also arranged their schedules for the accommodation of the touriest travel rather than for the convenience of the travelling public along their lines, and the cutting out Of the palace trains may result in more satisfactory service in this respect"
 If The Herald is correct in its com l ments the railroads will kbe making a change that is not likely to cause any great perturbation among Georgiaps. and if they carry Aout their threat no harm may result. Of course those Northern tourists spend much money in their Southern trips but if they are treated to regal accommodations at the expense of the regular and constant patrons of the roads the great majority would be benefited by the cutting out of some of the fayors shown the min ority. As to that matter. and to come down to the question of fairness and justice, we fail to see why tourists, Northern or any other, should be treated better than other passengers are. If the roads are losing money by running these expensive cars they should cut them out and see that all passengers on their lines get good and equal accomm dations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

say. There are many other ways in which horses are ill-treated about which their observations would be in- teresting, if not something more.
 The question of animal intelligence has long been favorite one with students of animal nature. To draw line between instinct and. intelligence is q task which no artist has accom- plished. We often note actions on the part of animals which puzzle the most stubborn junbeliever fin animal intelli- genee. This Is especially true of dogs and horses. We see them doing things, or refraining from doing things in a way that cannot be easily accounted for on the hypothesis that they are controlled and guided only by animal instinct. If they are not gifted with something like human intelligence they possess sagacity hard to account for. If they could talk. as Lotta suggests, they would tell us many things that we do not know at present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
NEWS OF ooLUGBIANA.
Country Produce is Bringing HIghe KeriA.a Than E,per ReRnre.

Prices Than Ever BetOre.
 Columbiana, Sep. 14-(Spectal.l- l-This section is now being blessed with good showers. The temperature is cooler and weather more endurable.
 Sweet potatoes are being brought in from the country; eggs, chickens and country produce are brining higher prices than ever before in the history of this section
 An elegant entertainment was given last evening by MT. and Mrs. J. A. Mac Knight at their residence on East Coll lege Street number of formal invt- tations were sent out and quite a crowd gathered. The entertainment was given in honor of Professor and Mrs. Bonner. who have recently moved to this city to make 1t their home. Prof Bonner Is the princiDal-elect of the High School here. Mayor Wallace. who is an accomplished vioinist, and Misses Lillle Mae Lilies and Mildred White treated the gests to most exquisite music. Refreshments were served
 One of the most interesting features of the entertainment was collection of souvenirs and curios. which Mae Knight gathered while he was consul to Helena during President Cleveland $ first administration. Among the articles was a chair in which the great Napo- leon was accustomed to stt. while his life ebbed away on the dreary island [. Then there were 1aVelnS. DdIIlS axes, and a two-edged sword which had been used in executing criminals. These were most entertaining to the guests.
 Mrs. H. II. Moon and little grand daughters. of Lineville. Clay County. are visiting with the family of Hon. John J Haynes, whc is Mrs. Morris's brother
 pr. Hammer, of Five Points. Is visit ing the family of his son, Dr. W. P. Hammer at this place.
 Misses Zemma and Clara Pitts have gone to Birmingham, where they are to teach in the public schools of that city.
 Miss Lillie Mae Lilies. who has been with a party from Birmingham on an extensive visit to the Exposition at Jamestown, Washington, AsheVille. N. C., and other points of interest, return ed home Thursday.
 Percy Pitts has gone to Tuscaloosa to enter the University.
 Miss Annie Laurie Longshore left a few days ago for Marion, where she goes to enter the Judson Female Col lege.
 Chancery Court was in session here yesterday Hon.. w. W. Whttestde present and presiding. The docket was small. rather the cases that were ready for trial were few, so that the docke' was completed yesterday. The chan cellor left on the early morning train for his home in Anniston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
SUNDAY, sEPTEMBER IA, 1907.

The report of the hospital investi, friends and relatives there. The re- eommendation that an increase be made in the appropriation for nam tenance will no doubt be acted upon favorably at the first opportunity Selma Journal.
 The complimentary allusions to the hospital management contained in the report of the commission was no more than what had been confidently ex- pected by the friends of the institu- tion. Whatever mild criticism there was in the report went direct to the cause of any just complaint and that cause was an insufficient appropriation from the State That living expenses have increased enormously in recent years Is a truth that Is so generally accepted--that it needs no argument. Yet the small appropriation of s3 a week for each patients support was fixed a number of years ago. The Legislature that made a wholesale in crease in the salaries of State off cials and State employees on the grounds of increased living expenses, will hardly refuse to give s4 a week to the support of the unfortunates at the hospital.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
coosa Good Enough.

Rockford Argus. ,,
 These are thesdays when the diseen- tented farmers Fancy lightly turns 10 thoughts of moving. The great rail- - way systems of the West nood Ine malls with manuals setting forth the beauties and virtues of this ana th9t region. each claiming to be parexeeI- rioulture has in this aspect taken the place of mining. Tn former times the new country" that offered the most attractions to settlers from distance, was that in which gold was taken out of the ground in big yellow nuggets or fnfinitesimal dust; in these later oays the search Is still for quick fortune hut the medium exploited In the growing crop, which can be turned into eoid-of greenbacks--by the slower process of planting, cultivating and harvesting; and the pioneer now has for his emblems the gang-piow ana ~tne reaping machine instead of the DICK and the pan. Now, the advertising cir- cuiars teem with prints in which the settlers comfortable homestead ana happy family are shown, proJecteo against fields of heavy headed grain, trees grooming under apples and peacn- es approximately as large as water. hills grouped in a pen by the side of the railroad, awaiting rapid shipment to markets where buyers stand in line. longing for the chance to draw fat chec<s in payment While these pie- tures attract the eye. few. if any, have sver bettered their condition by lSav- ing our own fair country, and the few who have left would only be too glad to be back.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
Southern wealth,

balllfn0re sun,
 In an interview with a representa- tive of The Sun, presented in yester- days Sun, it Is stated by MT. R. H Edmonds that the cotton crop the South Is now about to pick will bring to that section from s85000O coo to $500, ,O0O, UO0. not but contribute largely to the de- yelopment of Southern enterprise It IS twice as great as the total output of gold from all the mines In the world. Yet this Is but one of the prosperous industries of the South That whole section is alive with eco- homie activity. The increase of the value of land and improvements be- tween 1880 and 1900 from $i0,200, ,000, 900 to $1e.60O, 900 900 indicates the wonder full character of the change. Cotton mills, furnaces, oil mills, rice, sul. phur, petroleum, phosphate, lumber and coal production have increased prodig- lousiy in the last ter, years, during which time 15,901 miles of railway were built. It would be too much to say that dhe additional transp portation facilities thus provided caused the rapid development of agriculture, min ing and manufacturing, but 1t seems to be conceded that without such fa- cilities the development would have been less rapid. Absence of transpor = tation stifles the utilization of nat Z. ural resources and the introduction of mills, furnaces and shops in new re- gions. The incoming cS the capital re- quired to build 15.000 miles of railway must of itself have increased ths wealth of the country and stimulated enterprise MT. Edmonds thinks that Legislative action and agitation against railroads have unquestionably halted the investment of outside money" but such a halt was not de- signed, If the new rate laws and re- stricsions really produce q disastrous effect upon the minds of investors in Southern securities. thus arresting Southern prosperity, the people will see it In good time and act according ly. The outlook is for continued pros perity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
To-day In History
Sentemper 1H.

15os-Death of Philip Of Austria, father of Charles V.
 1609-Captain John Smith sailed from health.
 1668-Augustln Mezy appointed Gov ernor of Canada.
 175S-American and British troops routed by French at Fort Duquesne
 17S4-First balloon ascension in Eng land made by Isunardi.
 1794-Abraham Clark. signer of the Declaration of Independence, died. Born 1726.
 1S56-Three regiments of Mlssoprians marched to attack Lawrence, Kas.
 1S57-Brigham Young forbade United States troops to enter Utah.
 1S62-David Emanuel Twiggs, who commanded the Department of Texas at outbreak of the civil war, died. Born fA0