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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
ON VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Case Of Distress
Brong bit Z L light.
OIL KING Us NOT KING; HE'S,
% ONLY "A liAEBERpIER AT
Y $40 o,ooo; 900 A YEAR.

NEW YORK, reb. 22John D.
Rockefeller. supposedly the richest
man in the world, does not possess a
thousand million dollars. Poor man!
He hasn't got even $500. 100000 In
fact, he has not vet reached the s4oo,.
100000 mark.
And his mcconnell That is pitifully
small, compared with popular esti:
mates: One hundred millions year
is far beyond the mark II never has
exceeded $4,000, 900. That is only a
paltry s1,e6G, ,eeG.e6 month. an alb.
'sard triae Of s41e,esG.e6 a week a
beggardly hand-ont Of s5s,52s.s1 a
day, coilntfng Sundays and holidays.
For the first time IN Mr. Rockefei.
ler's long career an authoritative
statement on the subject of his per.
,sonal wealth was issued yesterday. II
was made by Frederick T. Gates. Mr..
Rockefeller's business representative.
who said:
The facts are that Mr.. Rockefeller
has at various times himself author.
.izedl a statement that his fortune can.
not exceed $3.50 100000 to $500 .ooo..
;eeo. Furthermore, his income. instead
OF being 500 .o0o, 900 or anything like
II, cannot In his most prosperous wear
have xceded s15tooo.o0o to 100000.
900. {
The public generally are under the
impression that, he owns a majority
of the Standard OH stock. The facts
are that Mr. Rociefeller,s holdings Of
Standard OH stock are about 20 per
cent, 80
Wall street has always figured that
:Roclefeiisr owned 90 per cent. or
!ssandard on. But 1t. seems he owns
only one;ffth Of. the 500, ,eoe. 600 com. sa1
.pany The market value, $3.50 a share.
makes a total Of s5so,ooo,ooo. Mr..
Rockefeller's holdings are therefore
worth a puny sle.ooo,ooo
Standard Oil disburses in dividends
about s4o,ooo,ooo year Of which
Rockefeller gets but $4,000, goo. Where
the other 100000 or s12.ooo,ooo he
gets yearly comes from was not es.
planned.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
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NOT Be ABLE TO
RETURN TOSTAND
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Has Proved Futile

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
Directors and officers Elected.

The stockholders OF me Fafrmont
Brewing Company met yesterday aft.
ernoon in the companys ofaces and
elected the following directors: T.
A. Deveny, w. 8. Meredith, j. a.
Clark NJ. A. JolliF, H. p eiilmere,
John Rock, Jr., George Lily.
At the directors meeting the fol
fewing officers werc elected: II. P.
Gilmore. president and general man.
iaseri 7. A, peyeny. vice president;
John Rock. Jrs secretary. and Wal.
ton Miller, treasurer The company
had a successful year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
capltal STOCK Inereased. ID

AT meeting of the stockholders
Of the 'Leatherbury9 Shoe Company
held at the company's oalces in
clarksburg yesterday afternoon. . res.
oiutson was passed INCREASING ttae
capital stock of the company from
100000 to s15o,ooo. This Is one Of
the largest wholesale shoe houses In
West Virginia. The officers are: John
A. Clark, Fairmoats President: Hugh
Jarvis, vice president: p. II. Kobie.
gard, treasurer; Q. p. Leatherburg,
secretary and general manager: iNs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
House On Walnut Avenue Was
In Danger Of Destruction By
Fire Before Noon To-day

a house between Eighth aud Ninth
streets on Walnut avenue belonging
TO Seymour McIntire, was almost de-
stroyed by FIRE this morning. The call
came into the central station about ten
O'Clock. The flremen hurried to the
scene. When they arrived they found
shst the flames had made good head
way The interior OF the building in
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
WILL REQUIRE
FIVE DAYS TO
FIIvISHUP WORK.
Question, Will Be
Settled q iight
Especial to West virginiann., 4 ,

CHARLESTON, Feb. %. Although
the soions are making every effort
possible to finish up the work Of this
session Of the legislature by midnight,
nearly al the members are ready to
eoncede that 1t win require 1--WE more
days TO finish the work. There Is a
possibility that the governor will call
an extraordinary session. in which
case. only the matters he wishes to
have considered win be brought up,
but still q large number Of the Repub.
lican members favor an extra session
OF the present session. in which case,
the bills on the calendar win hold
their places.
The Democratic members Of the SEN
ate presented President Joseph H. Nc:
Dermott this morning with hand.
some silver platter and the members.
OF the House Of Delegates and attaches
1esenfed Mai. w; G. Mcsrew, who
ON account Of the extended illness Of
Speaker Seaman, has presided over
the lower house the greater part Of
the session, with a handsome punch
bowl, iadie and glasses. The bowl is
very large, and a magnificent piece OF
workmanship. The major responded
to the presentation speech, which was
made on the floor Of the House, with
a great deal OF feeling. Speaker Sea-
man was also remembered by his
friends with q Handsome gold watch.
The House this morning passed the
Senate bill providing for the appoint
nent OF a committee to investigate
the management and conduct of the
various State institutions. Neither of
the presiding officers has announced
the appointment OF the men who will
make up the committee. It is to be
composed Of three Delegates and three
Senator'S.
Tom Parsons, cigarette bill prohib.
ting the sale Of cigarettes and cigar.
cite papers passed the House. The
measure was taken TO the Senate and
unless some one manages to get it up
out of its turn. it will hardly become
law.
The hill prohibiting the sale Of In.
toxicating liquors within 1--WE miles OF
the University was passed in the
House this morning. All the delegates
voted insfayor Of the bill except chas,
Middleburs IL an alnmnus of the Uni.
versity and during his school days was
prominent ia athletics. The bill was
reported 70 the Senate and the concur.
renee Of that body was asked.
The Telegraphers, eight hour bill
has been passed and Is ready for the
governors signature.
The Senate passed its appropriation
bill this morning after making few
minor corrections, none of which af-
feet the schools or hospitals Of the
State. The bill was reported to the
House, but was not considered during
the morning session. The House a.
nance committee also has an approprf-
alton bill which will come up this az.
ternocn. but 1t Is likely now that the
House will amend the Senate bill and
a compromise between the two houses
he effected. The Senate bill appro-
pirates all told abont ss75,ooo more
than the House measure. The House
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
SUSPICIOUS
PERSONS ARRESTED NEAR czAR's
PALACE CAUSE FALSE Hu-
NOR TO CIRCULATE.

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 22.--An In
svestigation shows that the report
started yesterday OF the assassination
of the Gar was based upon the ar
rest Of several Suspicious personases
near the Cars palace, who were dis
ltrfbnting socialistic literature. Their
summary arrest led to "a magnitied re-
port OF assassination.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
Basket eaIt came.

The basket ball team OF the local
High school win TO go Morgantown
Saturday might TO meet the basket
ban team OF the Morgantown Higa
school. In a previous game the local
team worked the down.river team and
II hopes TO have history repeat itself
at the coming game
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
Heavy Earthquake Shock Spread
Terror Over the Entire Island
OF Jamaica This Morning

KINGSTON. jamaica. Feb. %. - A.
heavy catthquale shock to-day spread
terror over the entire island In Kings
ton the people fell to their knees In
the streets praying. This was the one
hundred and seventeenth distinct
shock since the great quake of Janu-
ary fourteenth. Their continuation is
adding 70 the report among the ignor-
ant natives that the bottom of the ISL
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
MUCH EXTRA SESSION TALK IS HEARD,
s Sim Caught
Once More
OLD OFFENDER LANDED M .JAiL
ON COMPLAINT OF BELL.
VIEW CITIZENS.

Deputies Sheriff Furbee, Davis ami
Chief Bartholow arrested Gordon
Severn, commonly known as aslim,
at BeIIytew last night. Severn was
giving the residents some trouble
when they telephone the officers. The
ofiicers went down and returned with
the prisoner and placed him IN Jail.
The officers had hard TIME to get
anyone this morning to give informa.
.tion on which to serve out a war.
rant. The people down there seem to
think that when he Is in the hands Of
the officers that is all that Is needed
aud they do not give the officers any
assistance. Severn Is an old offend
er and the same course was pursued
in former officers, s;
M
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22

the second story was on fre. The good
work OF the firemen under the direc-
tlon OF Chief Reed soon had the flames
under control. The second story OF
the house and the attic were burned
considerably. A large hole was burn
ed through the weather boarding on
the south side OF the house.
Mack Miller and family occupy
house. hrs. Miller Is siclS ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
TERRORIST /. ROB ].
P0ST0FFICE
SUCCESSFUL ATTACK WAS MADE
ON BRANCH OFFICE AND
MUCH MONEY TAkEN

WARSAW, Poland, Feb. 22.-Ter.
rorists made a successful attack to.
day on a branch postofice. escaping
with a considerable amount Of cash.
after shooting a clerk and a soldier
and wounding nine other persons.
There were ten men in the terrorist
party. They completely cowed the
spostofice employees with their weap-
.ons.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
Rannase Sale.

The Ladies Auxiliary Of the First
Baptist Church win hold rummage
sale in the Heffner building, on Bar
ney street. In the rear OF Manbach's
store on Tuesday ond Wednesday. A
great many very desirable articles
WIN be fore sale at reasonable prices.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
100 Fair nonters
Saw Ben Greet
LARGE NUMBER OF LOCAL PEo.
Pile ENJOYED SHAKESPEARE
EAN PLAYS AT NOR.
oAMToWhi.

Fully a hundred Eafrinont people ut.
tended the Ben Greet performances at
Morgantown yesterday afternoon and
night. The Morgantown Chronicle Of
this morning gives the following ae.
count Of the performances:
Two packed houses in one day to
hear a theatrical company was some
thing which never happened In Nor
gantown until yestsrday.
In the afternoon Ben Greet,s play.
ers gaye the peculiar performance,
Everyinan. TO a packed hoase. There
were several hundred pupils from
the high school and the university,
and many others who seldom are
seen within the walls Of theater.
The play, attracted because It was
peculiar II was a sermon presented
as an allegory. and at the time It
was written 1t no doubt exerted much
more influence upon the people than
% similar production would exert
now. The ideas and beliefs of r,s
people have undergone change in
the past three hundred years. and the
play furnishes q good example OF the
channel in which the thoughts OF pious.
lyinciIned people ran at that time. For
that reason the play has great his
ftoricai and literary interest.
The Merchant Of Venice was the
nights performance. Nearly all the
players who We're here last year were
back last night The Morgantown
people now feel that they have a
personal acquaintance with them.
The names may not be familiar, as
Ben Greet does not print the names
Of his players on the programme; bat
none the less our people know them,
and the better they are known the bet
ter they are liked,
Ben Greet was shylock. he left lit
tie room for Improvement. It was,
in fact as good acting as anybody
ever saw. Portia was taken by the
same lacy who had the part OF Olivia
in the Twelfth Night given here last
year. The part Of Portia snits her
talents much better than Olivia.
To speak OF all the players or the
parts is superfous. The two strong.
est. the most essential, ana around
which all the others fitted, were. Of
course, shylock and Portia. But Tu.
bal. the old friend Of shylock. who
seldom said much, was a strong
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
senate Appreprlatlon elll.

and is being destroyed and before
Easter Sunday the topmost peak Of
Blue Mountains will be under the sea.
The blacks are in a condition OF pan.
ic. No fatalities resulted from to-
days shock so far as known.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22
officers Elected.

At a meeting Of the stocisholders
OF the Smith. Race Grocery Company
held last night IN the company's of.
flces the following officers and direc.
.ters were elected: John A. Clark,
president; James R Linn, vice presi.
dent: Z. G. Race. general manager;
sH +. Smith, secretary ami treas
.urer; Roy Loughs Morgantown
branch: r. NJ. showalter. w. j. Row
land. s. a. Moore, Charles f: Teter.
The reports show that the company
did a successful business during the
year. e
Z Miss Margaret snyder viii come
down from Glarksburg Saturday to
spend Sunday with relatives.
{ America. America. Anerica
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22

Mrs. A L. Peters and children. OF
Ogden avenue. are at Gray's Flat for
n few days visit
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22

Miss Clara May ReinheImer. a stu
dent at the University, win spend
Sunday at her home on Maple avenue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22

t+t %<<f x Z X < = x x y X x
THERE is ONLY ONE Pa. \
y PER IN FA1RsioNr THAT \
y PROVES IT'S CIRCULATION. =
%<} F$f X ~ x X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-22

America. America. America.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-02
THE BLACK BEsn,
Her Physio and Her Food After Her
Five Months Sleep.

Her Physio and Her Food After Her
Five Months Sleep.
The black bear has her cubs, from
one to three, In her den during the
months of March and April, nhd 1t Is
au interesting thing to know that she
has the power to give birth to her
young at least two weeks before the
proper time II driven from 'ber den.
She will return to her cubs IL let alone
In the den she cares for her young I'M
til the SHOWS Of the north country have
sufficiently melted to permit Of her get
ting about when she hits the traip
again. She eats nothing during the
nve months that she hibernates, ex-
cept that from time to time she will
lap the icicle which ls made by the
freezing Of her breath on her paws.
She ventures forth as soon as the snow
has sufficiently melted to perIni. of her
getting about and for several days will
eat nothing but hemlock bark End Ger.
tain roots, which act as physic.
When in her normal state Of health
again she Is ravenously hungry and
will diligently fish the brooiks and
streams In search Of dinner Of trout,
will hunt up the carcasses OF deer or
moose which have been overcome By
the severity Of the winter or Will prey
upon porcupines by quickly putting her
paw under the stomach and rolling the
porcupine on its back, then with a slap
tear out the entralls and escspe the
quillg.--Field and Stream.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-02
ANXIOUS MOMENTS.
The Quarter Of an Hour Follow 'ns the
Winning OF the Derby.

The Quarter Of an Hour Follow ns the
Winning OF the Derby.
The anxieties of owners OF race
horses competing in the Derby do not
Immediately end as the horses pass
the judges. The fatal "object ton" may
snatch the lanrels from the victor. The
possibility discovered itself over Ca
ractacus' race. The owner had striven
in vain to get jockey OF repnte. His
offer OF life annuity of f1oo year to
Gostley in case of success had been
declined. A stable boy pamed Par.
sons had eventually to be trusted, and.
to the surprise Of the learned, he got
the horse home, winning by a neck
Going to scale. the lad could not draw
the weight. In breathless silence the
bride was sent for, and thrt Just ena-
bled him to balance the scale. But
now Lord STANFORD appeared to object
that only his own horse and two 9TH
ers had gone the full course. The win
ner and the resi- were already past the
starting post when the ias fell. Ad-
miral Rous looked at bic watch.
Twenty minutes" he said. AN OBJ
lection to hold good must DO lodged
within a quarter Of an hour" And so
the stable boys win passed into the
records, but the owner OF Caractacus
declared that not for f1.0oO a moment
would he again endure the agony of
that short period following the race
London Saturday Review.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-02
"he Who keep.th His Tongue. !"

An old fashioned minister was visit.
ing his son In New York recently and
was taken to fashionable church for
the Sunday morning service. The pas.
tor is young man Of great culture,
but evidently his oratorical efforts did
not greatly impress the visitor, for
when they were walking bomeward the
son remarked approvingly:
That was good sermon. an excel.
lent sermon. The congregation like
DR.. Blank very much"
Eyes, a good sermon undoubtedly, )"
his father replied. TT could not pos.
sibly have touched sore spot any.
where."-New York Herald.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-02
PILLS AS WEAPONS.
The Curious Duel That Was Arranged
by a Doctor,


An extraordinary duel. which at the
time created an immense sensation.
was one in which the decision was ar
rived at not by swords or pistols, but
by means of a deadly poison. The
men-who. 1t is hardly necessary to
say. had fallen out over lady-had
left the arrangement of details to their
seconds, and until they faced each 9th.
er they did not know by what method
they were to settle their differences.
One of the seconds was doctor. and
he had made up for the occasion four
black pellets. all identical In size and
shape. In one of these" he said. ~
have placed sufficient quantity of
prussic acid to cause the almost in.
stantaneous death of any one who
swallows 1t. We VIII decide by the
toss Of coin which of you is to have
first choice. and you will alternately
draw and swallow pin until the poi
son shows Its effects" Two of the pei.
let's were then taken as the tess had
decided, but without effect In either
case. This time" said the doctor.
speaking Of the two pellets remaining.
''you must both swallow the pill at
the same instant" The choice was
again made, and in few seconds one
of the men lay dead on the grass
Pail Mall Gazette.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-02

A grain and crop review says OF the
expectations of wheat from the United
states in the past year:
Wheat exports in the last 10
months aggregated about 66,000,00
bushels, against 32,000,O0o in the
same months of the fiscal year 1906
and 100000 in the same months Of
1905, while flour exports also showed
an increase, although not so strongly
marked.
For the full fiscal year which end
ed with June, the exports of wheat,
including flour in terms OF wheat, ag-
gregated about 140,00O,OO0 bushels,
against 9S,O00,O0O in the fiscal year
1906 and 100000 in 1905.
These figures, taken from the eX-
port returns of the bureau of statis-
tics of the department of commerce
and labor suggest that the ability of
the United States to contribute to the
breadstuff supply of the other parts
of the world is still considerable in
years of normal crops, notwithstand-
ing the growth of the consuming pop
ulation and the drift of population
from the agricultural area to the
manufacturing centers.
This recent increase in exports of
wheat is the natural sequence of the
large crop of 1906, which was the sec
ond largest ever produced in the
United States. A comparison of the
export figures with those of produc-
ton for a term of years shows that
increase or diminution of exports fol-
lows closely the production of the year
Immediately preceding.
After the hign crop of 1901,
amounting to more than 74S,000, 600
bushels, the crop of the United States
fell steadily to 670,OO0,000 bushels in
1902, 63S,O00,O00 bushels in 1903, and
$50, 900, 900 bushels in 1904. Cores
pondingly, the exports of wheat. hav-
ing reached their high water mark OF
almost l55,OO0,000 bushels in the
fiscal year 1902, fell TO 114,000.00C
bushels in 1903, 100000 bushels in
1904, and 100000 bushels in 1905.
The exports of wheat flour have
suffered less, but were also material!
reduced from 25,00O,OO0 barrels ir
| the fiscal lJU0 10 l,UUu,UUU DaTGeR
in 1904, and less than 100000 bar
rels in 1905. This total export OF
wheat from the United States, includ
ing flour in terms of wheat were, il
the fiscal year 1902. 234,000,0O'
bushels; in 1893, 2O3,OOO,O00 bushels
in 1904, 12l,00O,OO0 bushels, and il
1905, only 100000 bushels. Th'
wheat exporting power of the United
States was then thought by many L
be practically at an end.
But the high crop of 1905 (693,
600, 600 bushels) was Immediately re
flected in the exports. In the fisca
year 1906 the exports of wheat ros'
to $4,000, 600 bushels, and the export!
of flour to 100000 barrels, til,
total in terms of wheat being $4,000,
900 bushels, as against 44,000,00(
bushels in 1908.
The still higher crop of 1906 (7S5,
900, 900 bushels) further increased tbs
exports, as is SHOWN by the figures fol
the 10 months ended April 1907
quoted above, and the total shipment!
of wheat during the entire physica
year may be estimated at abou
IS, 100000 bushels, and of wheat anC
flour combined at about 10000, 00'
bushels.