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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
CLARKSBURG MAN
WEDSINMENPHIS.
HE AND HIS BRIDE WILL SPEND
THE HONEYMOON TOURING
THROUGH EUROPE.

cLARKsBURG, July S1.-The mar
riage Of Colonel Michael ]. Francis
of Wllsonburg, and Miss Agnes Fitl,
gerald, Of Memphis, Tenn, took place
yesterday morning in St. Peters
church at Memphis, in the presence of
relatives and friends. Mr.. E. strtnger
Boggess, Of this city, acted as best
man, and Miss Fay, Of Detroit. was
the maid Of honor.
Colonel and Mrs. Francis left Mem.
phis for a trip abroad. They sail from
New York August 8 for London and
will go from that city to Dublin, Ire
land.
The bride is daughter Of Mrs.
Margaret Fitzgerald, Of Memphis, and
sister Of John Fitzgerald, terminal su.
perintendent of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad at st. Louis. She
is beautiful woman Of accomplish
ments and Is a favorite In Memphis so
ciety.
Colonel Francis is leading resident
of Wilsonburg, this county, and has
successfully followed the mercantile,
oil, coal, gas and real estate business
a number Of years, as well as the pro
noting of his resident town and the
towns adjoining. Prominently idenI.
fed with politics, he was twice nom.
mated for the State legislature by the
Democratic party and several yeara
ago served as postmaster.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
BIC GAlIlIII |. 9
SOUTH SIDE
PARK FRIDAY.
Greek Will
Meet Greek

"A game Of baseball that is attracting
much attention now Is the one to o,
played at South Side Park on Frlda,
evening commencing at i've o'clock
between the occupants of the Fair.
mont Trust Company building and the
force at the local pos stofice. The team
from the Trust Company suIlding II
an unusually strong one. The onl,
ringer that this team will have Is
Deputy County clerk Lindsay an ole
University catcher, who was with the
West virginia University team on the
most important swing ever made
through the middle west. Ira L. Smith
once an understudys6f4 6f4Mathewson and
an old pitcher at ths University, with
an enviable record. will do the slat
work for the team. Mr.. Smith is al
his old home in PENNSYLVANIA putting
on the finishing touches. He has de
veloped a wonderful speed and has
perfect control Of the little sphere
Mr.. Smith has sent diagram of the
various lateral benders that he Is ca
pable of throwing, His in-shoots, out
ward curves, drops, are greatly al
mired by those who have seen the dia
grams, but his rattlesnake curves aud
midnight creeper are fayorites witt
the big pitcher. The other members
Of the team will be able to support
the battery.
The postofice team is made up prac
tically of the same players that com
posed the team last year, which was
the best in the city This team IS
unusually strong at the bat. The
members are confident that they will
be able to ind tile ball when they step
up to the plate. They think the past
records Of the two great players on
the opposite team will do them little
=.
good in the coming game. They in
tend to swat the ball and then sprint
around the diamond until enough runs
are put across the home plate to win,
Assistant Postmaster Brand is one
of the heaviest batters that ever came
out of Winfield district and he says
that he can muster up all Of his old
time vim.
This will be an exhibition game and
will be played for the lovers of the
national game. No admission will be
charged.
The players on Trust Company build.
ing team are: A. s. Lindsay. Ira l..
Smith. T. s. Neptune, W. ]. Abbarc'
chic, H. L. Lively, W D. Straight,
Fred Irwin, c. F. Crane, H. F. Cole.
bank, Ward Downs, William Haught
H. C. Deshields.
Postofice team: E. D. Prim, G. B.
Collins, Will Hawkins, Harvey Kopp
w.,H. Brand, E. B. Harden, A. H.
Meade, c. C. McGinnIs, Guy satter
field, Raymond Haller, Tony CIrmo. H
y. Hartley will umpire the game. Both
teams have agreed upon Mr.. Hartley.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31

The Marion Hotel was the scene Of
another shooting ARRAY yesterday af-
ternion. It was about 1880 o'clock
yesterday when Arthur Martin, ma
hogany hued, opened fired on John Cur
rohs. Martin asked Burrohs for twen
ty.aye cents. His request was refused
Martin became enragei at what he
thought was done to humlliate him
and he turned the muzzle Of his pts-
tol in the direction Of Burroughs and
sent three bullets whizzlng through
the air. Fortunately nothing was pune
tared but the atmosphere. The ebony
hued population that infest this re-
sort fed when the shooting began. Al.
ter the three shots had been fired Bur
roughs seized a beer bottle and with
much better aim than his assailant
struck Martin in the face. Martin
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
.BURLEW NAMED
BY GOVERNOR
CHARLESTON MAN SELECTED Ao'
JuTANT GENERAL TO Sue
cEED GENERAL BAKER.

CHARLESTON, July 81.-General
Noyes s. BurIew has been appointed
to the cace of adiutant general, sue
ceedIng General Sam. B. Baker, de
ceased.
General w. W. Scott, of Fairmont,
w. Va, Brigadier Commander of the
West virginia National Guard; Col. G
A. Morrison, of Parersburg, and Col
Harry R Smith, of Clarksburg, had a
conference with Governor VIM. M. O
Dawson Monday morning, concerning
tile affairs of the National Guard
Among the things discussed was that
Of conforming with the regulations and
organization Of the United States
army, in order to get the States share
of the appropriation made by the gov
rrnment.
Monday evening General Scott had
a further conference with Governor
Dawson relative to the appointment Of
a successor to General Baker, and ii
was decided to appoint General Noyes
5. Burlew as Adjutant General, the
commission to take effect August Is.
General Burlew expects to give the iu'
ties CT the Office all the time neces'
sary, even If it shoul require his waoia
time. The matter of appointing an
assistant adjutant general was constd'
cred, but no conclusion reached.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
Pour Shots Fired BY Negro ii
Mixsup at the Marion Hotel
Last Evening No Lives Lost

went outside Of the saloon and fired
again at Burrohs, the bullet taking
eject in the hip. The wounded man
fell and Martin fed. omcer Morris
tried to stop the wouldbe murderer,
but was unsuccessful. He ran to the
old Stone property and there disposed
of his gan. Here he was arrested by
Policeman Morris. Mayor Arnett and
Policeman Ross made a thorough
search Of the Stone house, but were
unable to find the revolver.
Burrohs was taken to DR., E. w.
Lomax's ofice, where he received sur.
glcal treatment. The bullet which
proved to be a 80 caltbre, was extract,
ed and the wounded man walked home.
This morning Martin was transfer
red from the city lookup to the com'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
SCHOOL CHANGES
MISS SARA MORGAN HAS RESIGN
ED AS PRIMARY TEACHER IN
SECOND WARD SCHOOL.

Some school changes Of interest
have taken place recently. Miss Sara
Morgan has resigned as teacher of the
primary grade at the Second ward
school and Miss Florence Jack has
been selected as teacher in her place.
Miss Caroline Barns has been chosen
to the place made vacant at Barnsville
by the transfer Of Miss Jack.
The resignation of Miss Morgan will
be a distinct loss to the school work
Of the city, as she was regarded as
one of the most proficient teachers in
the city schools,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
Young Hanna
Forgot Lessons
WHEN EDNA BARNS BLEW INTO
TOWN WITH A STOCK COM.
PANY.

WATERBURY, Conn. July S1.-Be
cause of his infatuation for an actress
Mark Hanna, son Of Dan R. Hanna
and grandson of the late Senator Han
ma, has been hustled out of town by
the mother of the first wife Of Dar
Hanna. Young Hanna was at the Taft
school, headed by a brother of the
Secretary Of War, but when Edna
Barns arrived with a local stock com
,pany, youu Hanna forgot his lessons
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
never Be TRIED
ATTORNEYS THINK CHARGES
AGAINST MOVER AND PETTl-
BONE WILL BE DROPPED. q

BOISE, Idaho, July S1.-There is an
impression here among attorneys that
Meyer and Pettibone will never be
tried, that the Haywood verdict Is a
heavy blow to the prosecution and
further efforts 1t is believed would
be useless. Meyer and Haywood
leave tomorrow to take up federation
work at Denver,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
P.ROBERS REST
NO SESSION THIS MORNING BE-
CAUSE OF ABSENCE OF
MEMBERS.

BEACH HAVEN, N. j., July 81. =
No session of the capitol investigation
commission was held this morning ow-
ing to the absence of the members.
The report of chas. E. Montague, the
commissions expert who examined
the metallic furnace supplies for the
capitol building, provided by Congress.
man Burrellis, of the Pennsylvania
Construction Company under the two
million dollar contract, arrived today
and will be the first consideration Of
the probers this afternoon
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
TEN CHARGES
AGAINST AlA'HAvE
BEEN DROPPED
General News
Day BY Wire

WHEELING, W. Va, July 'S1.-
Rrosec1ting Attorney Charles j.
schuck was on the witness stand in
nls own defense this morning in the
gfaft charge case. The impression
here is that the prisoner will be &C.
Quilted Tehlcharges against him have
been drepbed:.
irQRGEToWN, KY, July S1.-spe-
ciai Jndge q E, Robbins vacated the
bsheh IL the Caleb Powers case here
TO-DAY He delivered an opinion in
written form, reading 1t in open court.
Tie action was sfbig surprise to both
sides BE gave as the principal reason
the1fact ttat.lp the record of nine years
as jtldge Ne had never been attacked
before ana while the allegations by
Powers were untrue he would yacate
under the circumstances.
BOSTON, Mass, July S1.-ylce Pres
ldent FafFbanks received an enthu'
siastic welcome along the line Of pa
sade today at the celebration of old
home week He rode with Mayor Fitz.
gerald. he was greeted with cries
t.Hoofay fornext. President General
Nelson "a. Miles, former head Of the
army, was chief marshal.
CHICAGO, July S1.-Union wait
resses have conceived the idea of en-.
larging their organization by promis-
Ing each new member fifty dollar
funeral with the best plush casket sill
yer plated trimmings, flowers and two
carriages and as an additional induce
Inenti tie organization promises each
single recruit a husband.
PITTsBURG, July S1.-No new de.
gelopments in the Nadine, Hartje af-
fatr Of yesterday. Up to,one o'clock
no.prosecution on account of the ar
rest Tom Nadine on warrant by Au.
gustus Hart1e charging larceny by
Bailec.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
p.partment Matters.

WASHINGTON, July Sl-The fol.
lowing patents have been issued to
west Virginia inventors: Ferdinand
BaltE, McMechen, building block; Eliz
abeth R. Farrell, Cairo, reinholder;
william D. Graves, Wheeling, section
al electrical switch board; Walter /
Holt, olarksburg, roll scraper; Joseph
a. McLane, Grafton, making wire
glass. Theodore c. NIcewarner, Bel
iagton, apparatus for tnswiDg ice from
ice cans Augustus F. Thompson
Huntington Inverted gas burner,
Dsnhia Pritehard has been appoint
ed regular rural mail carrier and Mad
ison erosion substitute on Route No
a lSicisEow, : - -.
Adyeftiments IN this paper bring
results
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
Rates REDUCED
COMMERCIAL SERVICE BEGAN
TODAY OVER NEW cARLE-To
GUANTANAMO, CUBA.

NEW YORK, July s1.-Commercial
service began to-day over the new
cable connectiong New York with
Guantanamo, Cuba, thence by continu.
alton across the Caribbean sea with Co.
lon, Panama. Commercial message
rates are reduced between the United
States and Panama nearly fifty per
cent.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31

The Kelley-Flnley Lumber Co. has
a very complete stock of lumber and
building material at present and all
will find 1t profitable to see them be-
fore buying. st
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
Much Pleased with Falrmont.

W. B. Jamlson, of the firm Of JanI-
son and Harman, Of Uniontown, was
here to-day looking after the business
interests of the firm. Mr. Jamison
was much pleased with Fairmont. He
WIN visit eiatksbdrg and Grafton be
tore he returns home.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
Hurt at CASTOR Mine.

Cleye Parsons, colores, aged twenty
one years, driver at CASTOR mine, fell
under a trip to-day at noon and was
painfully crashed through the chest.
He was brought to the Miners Hosp
tai. Parsons is a single man 5's
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
VHl1ElND OF
Immigrants FOR
WEST VIRGINIA
Breezy Notes
From W. shington
Especial correspondence 70 tie Wost
vlrginian.l

4
/ ten to Governor DaWson, asking him
/ 70 give the Bureau till sintormaticn as
to how many and Of whas character Of
Immigrants the state q West Vir'
einia would like tS have Il y the
intention Of the Bureau 70 encourage
the immigration Of q Desirable type
Of foreigners and. to see tint they are
located where they can gov into val.
uable citizens and add TO the general
wealth by their work NJ IA thought
that the most desirable classes 10
come In are the swedes EorwegIansi
lDanes, and other emigTanIs q Nofth.
ern Europe 1t Is largely tlils glass
of immigrants that have deyelopsd
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and other
Northwestern States These psople
are thrifty and frugal and enhance the
value Of all kinds of property in the
communities where theysliye
Governor Dawson has not replied TO
/ the letter Of the Commlssloner OF I'M
migration yet but II Is expected that
he will do SO in asfewd days
| Virginia Debt suit.
It has come as asuFpfise 70 West
virglnIans in Washington 70 hear that
the answer of west Virginia 70 the
suit of the state Of Virginia In the
old debt litigation has not Yet been
prepared. John G. Carlisle d counsel
for the state Of west Virginia. has
been in washington for d lew days.
\ He says that the case wifIbe pFepared
in due time. An amusing tncldens
/ took place a day, or two ago ii which
he was a central figure. He Is mol
likely ever to be awardeda prige for
/ pulcrltude, and grows honller IS tie
days go by. At q distance he looks
like some old farmer from down ii
}, Maryland. Two newspaper men were.
staedlng on. the steps .of the Trsasurs
! where he used to hold forth IS score
taty. They saw an old man ie <.
! tonce wearing ons ef the cd white
stovepipe hats Of the vintage Of the
Cleveland campaign. one Of diem said
| to the other:
pLook at that old codger vita the
/
Cleveland stoye;plpe hat on. BE must
have forgotten that the Cleveland cam
patgn has been over ID; these many
years"
"Yes.p replied the other eie looia
hike some old eodser from wey back
sure enough
And as the gentleman under discus.
sion approached, they bota found out
that it was John q: Carlisle abou.
whom they had been adore essing their
rather critical remarks
Northeott and the eoveraorsbip
There has been some lIftle gossip
! ~ -. -, I. /, ,iISS,,,t q II 4 4 ~. ~ MI
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31

lBargalnsEln china; pictures and sum;
Imer turtaIns 1t Lloyd Book shop
Jos FaIrmont avenue. g
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31

The Traitor by Thoss Dixon Jr, on
sale July s0th, Leave your order a
Globe Book Store, !
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31

we are booking orders for the
Daughter Of the Elm and The Traitor
Leave your order quick. Globe Book
Store Z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31
Rumbauah q pead,

1 U0L0RAllU ss3E IItIiNIIf1l GoI0s July
81. Ames Il Rumbaughl who shot
himself esterday, died to-day
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-31

Paflly cloudy prop local n
showers Tonight o Thursday
stailonars tenpetatare: N
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-06

If Of those who v7ere fnjured re ported for work the same as usual.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-06

B. Watson. consulting engineer oi the Shannon Copper company, who will also act as consulting engineer for the Southwestern company,
 During the past week Watson has made 6 thorough investigation of the property with the object of selecting ths rost advantageous points to sink shafts. The shafts win be five in rumoer. and wth open up the proper. ty fn the oest possible manner.
 Just st the present time carpenters and builders efe ct work constructipg boarding hoosss and dwellings, for the
 niners. and it is probable that actual deresconent york win be cornrneEced within the next ten days" as @
 whea asked what had taken place sk the directors meeting. and who the New York capitalists were who are holding the bond, Thompson stated that he wassaot- st liberty to give out the information at this time g. Qhompspns and Vatican left ibe city at s:I5 lsst night foe Cansnsa, expert fns to resch the big Sonora camp in time for the reception which was ten tered to Col. Greene and associates at the Csnsnea Club last evening. ,-
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-06
REPAIR WORK IS PROGRESSING
 AT DENN
Scene of the Explosion Is Be- ginning to Assume Normal Appearance-Wok Under ground Goes on as Usual.

Within 24 hours after the explosion at the Denn-Arisona property. which was the most destructive in the history of the Warren district. everything was running along the same as usual, the only exceptions to the ordinary ap- pesrance at the property being the gangs of workmen engaged in clean ing away tho debris. and reconstruct ing the various buildings which had been destroyed
 After the explosion on Friday sf- ternoon the men were taken out, ai-d no one was allowed to descend the shaft until daylight yesterday morn ing. when the shift of miners went to work the same as usual, with the ex- csption that they had to change their clothes !u the cool morning air in- stead Of in a warm changenouss. The shaft and drifts escaped without the slightest injury. probably due to the fact that the na<asiue stood on made ground" which acted like a cushion to break the downward force of tho 02bSoSsSA- Aho pohlpo o4oS CcCdpc1 injury. and there was nothing to prc- vent the resumption of work under- ground.
 At ! o'clock the repair gang employ ed at ths Shattuck-Arizooa mine. which Is also controlled by the Denn people. reported at the latter property and under ths direction Of Mine Por.- man Collie. who still bore the marks of his encounter with Joor on the preceding evening. went to work clearing away the wrsckage about the engine and boiler houSee. As soon as tho debris about the building vss cleaned away the car penters started to build the walls which Will consist of timbers and cor rugated iron.
 Tn the place of the blacksmith shop, which stood within 7S feet of the mag szine. and was totally demolished. & temporary structure was erected. and will be used until the carpenters have time to reconstruct a new shop.
 The change house was also wrecked. and for a couple of days the men will have to chang the best way they can. but by that time a temporary struc- ture will be erected, and will be used until the old change house Is replaced.
 Directly in back of the old change house is a corral. and when examined yesterday one or the strangest things
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-06

AFTER JANUARY 7TH LOTS WILL BE SOLD IN THE USUAL NJ
 APPLICATION TO BE MADE UPON BLANKS FURNISHED
 CHASE PRICE OF LOT. LOT IS AWARDED AND PART " FAi
 IN ORDER TO TREAT ALL FAIRLY, IN CASES WHERE TV WILL BE SLID TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. BIDS WILL BE Coi
 PRICES AND TERMS ARE so REASONABLE THAT ALL ( g PER CENT OF THE PRICE OF THE LOT RETURNED TO THEN
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-06
ko MORE PAssEs.

Tueson-'1' want to go to Phoenix You vfn arrange it ali right for me?"
 4 local citizen who has been riding for years on passes entered the divi- sioa passenger headquarters and ad- dressed the above words to a clerk this morning. says the Citizen The clerk without replying secured a copy of the new anti-pass law and showed 1t to the seeker or the "dead-head'' passage.
 Yes know" remarked the pass seeker not daunted by the section shown him, "but I only want to go from one town to another in the Ter. ritory. The law says nothing about pass-giving being an evil unless the destination and the starting point are located in different states"
 And still the clerk was silent. He opened a drawer in his desk and pulled out a ruling from the Interstate Com.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-06
DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY IS
 UNDER WAY
Mki8n - New York People Controlling
 Bssbss No 1 Commerce
 G,efatioas Five Shafts aae Centerepaated,


 S H Thompson arrived ia the. city last eEenfng from Cansnea, and after attending meeting, Of the board of d. rectors of the Southwestern Mining &omeanv. fR v&ich be is interested. re- fRaed to Csnanes lac; night Thomp- sox gss accompanieC l,f his sseoct- ate. X vs1seen, rnan2.zs4 Of tho Cana aea Herald | a~k Hs.7
 When seen end asked concerning naatters at at the Bis6<J No.-a. vhfch B bonded to s party Of New York cap itafteS. Th0mpson said:
 At the present time most Of ousns.I tartfou Is being directed to getting the propety in readiness for development Eork. which, when once commenced, VIII be prosecuted with all speed. in erder to establish in ss short a time as posdhse. whether or not we have a nssne. 'SA The work Is under the direct super. vision Of c. A Watson, brother Of R.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-06

in connection with the whole affair
 was noticed. Although the wall oi the change house formed the head Of
 the stalls. not timber In tho shel
 was out of place. At the time of the explosion there were three horses un-
 der the shed: two of them broke away. and took to the surrounding hills from whence it was hard to bring them back, but the third stayed right whore he was. and when found by his owner did not have a scratch on him.
 Superintendent Pattison spent the entire day at the property. supervising the repair work. and when asked by a Review reporter concerning the re construction of the plant stated:
 "As you can see. the work of r,~ storing the buildings which were practically ruined, is well under way. and within a few days I believe we will be able to clear away the last trace of the explosion, which resulted 30 fortunately.
 The men underground and on top have continued their work today the same as usual. taking things phiIo- where inconvsniences oc- cur. and doing their utmost to get everything in shape. Those who were unable to crowd into the boiler rooms this morning to change their clothes did so in the open air in the best of good humor. @
 'T have not as yet decided on sise for the new magazine, but will do so in the next day or two. and in the meantime we will obtain enough dynamite from tho shattuck to keep 
 There has not been a man killed on the Denn-Arizons property since operations were started over a year ego. apd only one man has been ser iouely injured. While do not cars to boast Of our good fortune. yet after yesterdays accident felt that we arc lucky .-,.s 2. ....
 Sherman Ross, shift boss at tho time the explosion took place. report ed for duty lsst egenfns the same sss usual. end mentioned that he was about seoo richer than ths day before on sccount of having been the first man to descend the shaft after the eK- pioston took place. At the time that Ross stepped on the crosse head of the bucket to descend ths shaft B. B. Moore, who was in the crowd. made him a present of five shares Of Denn stock. = ..H Of those who were injured re- ported for work the same as usual.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-06
TO sE rRAlHAAsrER ...
 ON cAkAkEA ROAD

". H. Mann, rnsnaser for the Pos tai company in Phoenix, viii leave the latter part of this week for Gusymas, where he will enter the employ of the Csnanea. Yaqui River & Pacific rail road. which Is building from Guadala- jsra to Cananea or Douglas.
 Being trainmaster will be nothing new to Mann, who was the first train master on the Santa Fe. Prescott & Phoenix road when that line was com pleted number of years ago between Ash Fork and Phoenix.
 For several years subsequent to that Mann was trafnmaster on the Mexican Central. being stationed at Silao. State of GuanaIuatO. Mexico. He speaks the