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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-13
CITY

Bunko men sell an imaginary million of dol
lars TO Italian laborer for 1915 in cash. Page is
eirl. wins $500 by designing the best emblem
for the Alaska-Yukon exposition. Page 9
Second trial of mining promoter accused of
swindling woman results in conviction. Page IS
FH Walters. burglar arrested in this city.
confesses that he murdered policeman IN
Chicago. Page 6
Supreme court uphoIds McEnerney act in It's
one apparently doubtful provision Page Is
SUBURBAN
Workmen uncover old Indian relics while er-
cavsting in Alameda. Page 4
Mrs. David jackson swallows poison. but
denies that she attempted suicide. Page 4
State board awards contracts for supplies to
San Quentin prison during ensuing year. Page
Board of public works of Oakland begins
crusade against tbeater managers who violate
FIRE ordinances Page 1
DOMESTIC
marry OlcldEu uu0erEOtS 11l1 udy Ol CIOcc
examination without giving any aid to the de-
fense: Richardson says that be viii concIu1e
today. Page )
President and family are established ct
oyster bay for summer, being cordially well
coined by the villagers. Page Q
COAST
IoS an0s,es hx xote NJ 10 to I decide. IN
issue bonds to the amount of s23. .Ooo. 900 to
build Owens river water supply system. Page !
FOREIGN
Russis's plan Of reconstruction in far east IS
based on fear Of Chinese Page 10
saissdor's army puts to rout the combined
forces of Nicaragua and revoIutionists Page l
American correspondents Of japanese news
Minister aiariscaI of Mexico outlines that
country's policy at The Hague conference. Page 10
SPORTS
"Big BIl' Knapp. the California jockey. ruled
OF the turf by the Gravesend stewards. Page
Farorites and heavily backed contenders divide
the days card at EmeryvilIe Page 7
San Francisco shuts out Oakland at baseball.
but scores only two runs OF Ii hits. Page 7
Manager Alex. Greggsins secures the Audito-
rum rink for the Nelson-Br match. Page 7
Chick Wright defeats George Kennedy IN
the first part of their billiard match. sPsge Z
Park amateur driving club will hold matinee
rAces on the park speedway. Page 4
LABOR
Cement workers union No. s5 nominates off,
GERS and carpenters, union No elects chiefs
for ensuing term Page Q
MARINE
Transport Crook being fitted for a long
run. Page IL
MINING
Boom strikes the mining shares market and
value OF Goldfeld Consolidated shares rises
ee ooo oo0 PAGE TX
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-26
PERSONAL

Asby Rice, merchant. Was here to-
day from Bristol.
Lee Boggess. OF Lumberport.
spent Thursday in the city.
DR.. C. T. Arnett visited his moth
er at Fairmont this week. She is
quite sick at her home there.
Mr.. and Mrs Ray Smith arrived
here last night from Elkins to spend
their honeymoon among relatives.
They were married Wednesday.
Mrs. Smith was Miss Susanna
Twiggs.
Mrs. ]. a. Currence was called
to Warrington Friday morning by
the death of her sister, Mrs. VIII
liam Yost.
Mrs. A. G. Dayton, of Philippi, is
the guest of friends here.
Deputy sheriff w. f. Leonard was
here from Salem Friday
N. J. Francis, of Wnsonburg.
spent Friday in the city.
Manager R. R. Robinson. of the
grand opera house. has gone to
Wheeling where he win stay for
some time.
Mrs. W. A. Vance is in Baltimore
to make relatives visit.
Judge Nathan Con left last even
ing for Richmond to hold court.
Walter B. Wilson has been to
Fairmont TO see his mother. Mrs.
2. A. Wilson, who is quite sick.
Misses Maude and Edna Wander
wort, Of Parkersburg. are in the city
visiting Their uncle, DR.. shuttleworth.
John D. Sutton, of Sutton. is here
visiting his family.
Emil Liebling, the noted artist who
gives piano recital tonight at the
Waldo assembly hall under the aus
piCes of the Marcato Ciub win be the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. R. J. Galley
while in the city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-26
ANTIQUE RELIC

tcontlnued from page one.1
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-26
Oar Constant Am

{ Is your everyday " ants
Good value ii matters
not what you pay you
are sure to get all you
pay for.
You can send your child
Ryou cannot come your
self and NE viii return
your money fnot salts
factory.
We give the tickets that
entities you to vote IN
the Price& Teeple Piano
contest. Be sure to ask
for them when making a
purchase.
Shoes and oxfords for men women
and children.
Trunks, Bags and Umbrellas; also
first-class repair department.
THE DAVIS SHOE COMPANY,
Traders bIdp rtarksbnro
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-26

STOCK OF GENERAL MERcHAN-
disc In room 20x40 It. In Grassel-
II. on Main street, room rents for
$500 per month. WIN sell at
Invoice, which is about S2,5O0.00.
STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHAN-
disc at Wilsonburg in room 2Ox4O
It.. rents for $1,000. WIN sell al
invoice price. Good reasons given
for selling.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-26
RAPP PROMOTED
To supcrintcndcncy of the Columbia
Mines-Takes Charge May i.

Albert w -Rapp. assistant super
intendent of the Gypsy coal mine,
has been appointed superintendent
of the Columbia mine east Of the
city. and is moving his family to the
city, it being his intention to reside
here in the future, where he viii be
convenient to his work. Mr.. RapD
served the Fairmont Coal company
at Gypsy seven years in a most com
petent manner and deserves the pro-
motion that has come to him. The
Columbia mine until this appoint
ment was under the superintendent
of Jesse Nuzum. who has Plnnickin-
nick. Owing to the increase in OBJ
erations it was deemed advisable
TO separate them and Mr.. Rapp Is to
take charge Of the CoIumbia mine
May /.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-26


He did not care who should accept
the proposition, as 1t did not affect
his interest Anyhow, we know Of
no refusal by him to allow the three
10 buy, If Johnson had paid for and
taken possession of the liuqor. and
then sold to Midkiff and Adkins, 1t
would he different; but he did not
do so, Before acceptance of Stones
proposal, before payment and dellv-
cry completing the sale, the three
men made an agreement to buy to-
gether for common use, and go to-
sether and get the liquor. and at the
Office together get possession, and
complete the sale. johnson made no
profit. 1t was sale by Stone to
Johnson, Midkiff and Adkins, not a
sale by Johnson to AIidkin and
Adkins"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-26


was brought 10 clarksburg many.
many years ago by some of the first
officials the town ever had. 1t is
also said that the desk used to be
in the old log block house which
was used by the pioneer settlers of
Harrlsop county for cQar! house
and in which the affairs Of the town
were at that time transacted.
Decision to have the antique desk
taken to the pump station was made
only after
Nature Deliberation
by the mayor, chief of police and
other city officials. A need present.
ed itself for the desk at the pump
station and the chief desired to ron
the nice saken roll top desk he
uses into the place formerly occu-
pied by the antique. Then there
were demands from the jamestown
exposition authorities for its use at
the big fair that is being held on
Hampton Roads, Va. Considerable
sentiment is attached to the old
desk and many of the city officials
will be made sad for a number Of
days over its removal.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-26

THERE never was a time
! in the history Of Claris
burg that Real Estate invest
ments looked as good as they
do now. There IS money to
be made in any investment
below.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-26
BRANNONS DECISION

Continued from page one.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
Primary vs. Convention

welcome" says the Cincinnati En- uuirer, "Bankhead back to public hle; but he would have come just as cer- tainly without the help of those whose present mania is the disparagement or defeat of the organic law" The En- ouirer is an outspolen opponent of pri- maries. It prefers the old convention system-a system, by the way, as rot ten and outworn in Ohio as in Alabama or Rhode Island.
 The declarations of the Enquirer, while personally complimentary to MT Rankhead, are aimed at the primary system, and it will not escape the read er,s attention as the senatorial con test progresses that the opposition to MT. Bankhead is largely if not wholly summed up In an opposition to direct action by the people in the determina- tion of their own business. In eacn county there is handful of men who had been accustomed to determine public questions and they do not like to hand over to the many what had long been their privilege. The Clncln- natl Enquirer sits in their boat.
 It is somewhat difficult to place Gov ernor Conner in this matter. He has a great deal to say against the action or the voters who gave MT. Bankhead 48.232 votes when six aspirants were in the race, and much to say in favor of the convention that was called last year to select judicial candidates, and much more in favor of a repudiation by the legislature of the expressed wishes of 48,232 democrats, and yet he proposes to obey the last primary, and to call another if need be in the future. He twists in and out to such an extent 1t is impossible to say whether he Is an adherent or an opponent of the pri- mary principle. But all friends Of the primary should in this crisis be alert, for most assuredly theres will be on July 8 a rallying of all who are con- spring to break down the primary plan. They desire to bring back the repudiated and disreputable conven- ton in which the many have few or no rights, and the few manipulate pub lie affairs to suit themselves. We need a showing of hands in this matter, and we will get it next month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
Dissolution of the Douma

Premier Stolypin and the rest of the bureaucratic autocracy have mustered up courage to dissolve the second duma, trumping up as an excuse there- for an existence of conspiracy among the social democrats to upset the em- pire. The excuse is simply denial of liberty of thought and speech, for every social democrat is known to be opposed to the autocracy. A new douma Is to be assembled on November IA, and it is to be elected under new electoral law promulgated by the autocracy, under which 1t is hoped the bureaucrats will be able to secure g majority. This is a distinct violation of the promise made by the Czar, a mere imprisoned weakling, that the electoral law should not be changed ssl Fifth the consent of the douma
 But no one expects the autoc-
 keep any promise made to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
His First Visit.

C. W. Dieruf, cashier of the Third Ma tional bank of Louisville is at the Hotel Hillman. He was shown over the city yesterday by officials of the American Trust and Savings bank, and like all vis- itors. was greatly impressed with the South Highlands
 This Is my first trip to Birmingham, y said Mr Dieruf and the size of the city and the volume of its manufactures and commerce are alike revelations to me. I find the business district well built up. streets well paved. and a residence section on the highlands surpassing in beauty any other home section in the south Birmingham is evidently growing rapidly The people move with a rush and everything here indicates uncommon prosperity"
 The Third National bank, which MT. Dieruf represents, is one of the strong financial institutions of Louisville. And Louisville, by the way, is growing at a faster rate than any city on the Ohio river It has population of nearly SOO,OO0 and is gaining on Cincinnati very fast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
Weeds on citv Property.

Reading the story of the property list of the city in The Age-EIerald Sunday re- minds me of a little joke on one of our high city officials remarked tax payer.
 About one year ago this official took a tour of the city in company with subordinate officer in an examination ot sanitary conditions. Growing weeds on vacant lots were a special mark of at tack Passing one large vacant lot on Eighth avenue it was remarked that the weed crop thereon was thriving owing to the rich value of the ground.
 Go immediately to the records and ascertain who owns that lot and issue warrant for his arrest commended the officer.
 "The order was obeyed and it was found that it was owned by the city. Of course the city was immediately arrested, fncareerated within brick walls, and fined the cost of cutting and removing the weeds as well as the humiliation of not knowing exactly the locality of it's own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
Action of the Grand Jury

The grand jury of Jefferson county be- fore adjournment without day last week asked the people of the county to vote on Monday next In favor of bond issue with which to build new jail. The grand Jurors favor a modern sky scraper jail large enough to house our convicts and criminal courts for fifty years to come. This jail" says the grand jury, should have at least four criminal court rooms, with two inferior court rooms for beats 21 and 37, with large and suitable offices for the judges, solicitors and clerks of the criminal court; sleeping room for the jurors; large auditorium for services for the prisoners; work rooms, where the prisoners can make all garments for both male and female; large modern laundry: hospital, large and airy, for sick prisoners. Every pris- oner, when brought to jail, should be furnished with new clothing and old clothes burned. The roof on the jail should be used by prisoners for exer- cise."
 All who have closely studied the jail question in this large and populous county agree that something should be done, and that, too, speedily. State Inspector Bragg says something must be done if the prisoners are to be de- tained in this county.
 If we are to build for the future as well as the present 1t Is impossible to see any flaw In the plan outlined by the grand jury. The matter is before the qualified voters of the county, and a large representative vote should be polled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18

masses that it has the courage to break.
 The first douma after session of two months was dissolved on July e2, 1906, and the second met on March 5, 1907, and it's dissolution on Saturday is sim ply coup d'etat of the reactionaries of unhappy Russia.
 The contest between the radicals and reactionaries will go steadily on. The autocracy is not as frightened as it was year ago, and the bureaucrats are again becoming insolent. The suc- cess in the placing of a loan of $50,- 100000 has given them new courage to work TOT a restoration of old-time Rus sia. And $12,OOo,O00 of that $5O,OOO,OO0 was subscribed for by plutocrats in New York, and we are shipping gold to meet that unholy contract with tyr amy.
 But despite all money, American or otherwise, the warfare between the radicals and reactionaries will go on. All turns upon the action of the army, largely made up of moujiks, and when it turns against czarism the people will come into their own. A douma elected under restricted suffrage will not stifle the revolution. The masses in Russia move slowly, but once started no scheming of the grand dukes at St. Petersburg can stop them' The liberal propaganda will no doupt direct it's efforts not so much towarus +1o neosants as towards the army, which is the real key to the situauon'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
SCORE GO IN WATER
 WHEN BRIDGE FALLS

Chattanooga, Tenn, June 17-A special to the Times from South Pittsburg, Tenn, says:
 About o'clock this morning while the Phenix Bridge company men, who are building the bridge over Battle Creek for the Stevenson extension of the Southern railway, swinging massive iron grder into place, the boom got too low, caus- ing the derrick to get overbalanced and fall. It brought down with 1t the un- placed iron and part of the completed structure A score of men were at work on the bridge at the time and were pre- cipitated into the waters of the creek below.
 The dead:
 Kulmer Hill, died after reaching Chat tanooga.
 Injured:
 G. w. Potter, white fireman, skull fractured; cannot recover
 Ike Wilson, colored, concussion of brain; will die.
 A. w. Dunbar, general representative of the Phenix Bridge company, injured about the head.
 S. F. Smith, general superintendent, head and back hurt; serious.
 Jeff Watts, colored, head and abdomen injured will recover.
 Claude Bunyan, leg broken and shoulder dislocated
 Hubbard Matz. injured internally and about the head, serious.
 AS soon as the news reached town, hun dreds of citizens rushed to the scene to give whatever aid they could. The local doctors worked like Trojans to alleviate the suffering of the men. Mayor Charles Baumgartner, assisted by ex-Mayor Will son, secured cots and had the wounded men placed thereon They also rendered other valuable assistance.
 The scene about Battle Creek is one of broken timbers, lood-bespattered, twisted iron rails and chaos generally. One of the piers is literally painted with human blood.
 It Is said that all of the bridge company men are not accounted for, that three more dead under the wreckage, but this cannot be verified. The wounded were brought here on a special train and place in a hospital, At q late hour tonight it was said Foreman Potter could not live till morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
Chattanooua to tho Sea

Georgia has a mystery. Somebody or rather several somebodies are build ing railroad from Chattanooga to Savannah via Athens and the Savan- nah River valley, passing about fifty miles west of Augusta, and about one hundred miles east of Atlanta.
 This is not a railroad Ion paper" It Is a real railroad, for contract for it's construction has been entered into. The contracting firm is W. J. Oliver & Co. of Knoxville, and the contract price Is $12,o00,0o0. The road is to, be APO miles long, and it pays no more atten- ton to Atlanta than 1t would to any other distant speck on the map. The contracting company has already be- gun the work of grading at Statesboro.
 e road is known as the Savannah, Augusta and Northern, and Manager N Gunther, who is in charge of all opera tons, expects to nave tnc iiuo Coih pleted to Louisville, opposite Augusta, in eight months.
 All this is plain enough, and the mys- terious feature relates to the power be- hind the railroad-behind MT. Gunther. Some say it is the Louisville and Nash vile railroad; others say 1t is Thomas Fortune Ryan, but neither set of talk CTS has a bit of evidence in hand. Georgia is getting a new railroad at any rate, and she does not know who is building 1t, and, to tell the truth, she does not much care who is footing the bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
DlSCOURAGES IDEA.
Heflin Is Opposed to Southern Girls
 Seeking Places in Departments.

Montgomery, June 17-(Special.) )-Con- gressman J. Thomas Hefiin of the Fifth district is opposed to southern girls seek ing positions in the departments at Wash ington under present conditions.
 MT. Mcllheny of the civil service com mission is making a tour of the south in an effort to encourage our boys and girls to apply for positions in the government under the civil service rules" sad Mr. Heflin.
 He complains that the white boys and girls of the south are not applying to places under the civil service-as they once did. This is easily accounted for. The number of applicants from the south will be fewer as the years go by, unless the order of things at Washington is greatly changed. It is not agreeable to the tastes and feelings of our southern boys and girls to enter the government service with the congomerated mass of negroes now occupying places once filled with white people.
 'The situation in many of the depart ments is so obnoxious now along this line that southern boys and girls can not enter the service and retain their pride and self-respect.
 Not long ago the President appointed negro from Ohio auditor in the navy department and refused to allow the white boys and girls from the south to transfer to other departments and they resigned. Not only are southern men dsgusted with the situation in the civil service but north ern men are becoming weary of the un- pleasant conditions growing out of the practice of hypocracy toward the negro.
 If MT. Mcllheny would see our white boys and girls from the south in the civil service. let him hasten the day when there be government house cleaning at Washington. Southern boys and girls will not surrender their self-respect to obtain job in the government service"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Extending Money order Business.

Postmaster General Meyer announces that he will extend the money order business of his department to thousands of offices that do not now conduct It, said a merchant.
 This will be great convenience Tor while the express companies have largely taken over this business this departure will facilitate the transmission of money. It is an admirable idea for the postmaster general to press on Congress the needful small postal notes of varying amounts, the business of the country needs it. It would surprise the powers how this would soon become an adjunct currency supply ing many needs. If this idea is carried out it will in a manner give us clean paper money.'4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
A Mayer In Jail

One grating mayor has been con victed. He was caught in the act of extortion, and jury of his fellow citi- zeps has declared him guilty, and the possible penalty is two years in Jail. He and Ruef began operations before the fire and earthquakes, and both had amassed fortunes as grafters.
 When the school incident of San Francisco became acute in Washing ton this man Schmitz was called to Washington, and while there he dic- tated terms to the President in an in ternational matter. From the White House to a jail is quite step, but Schmitz has made it.
 Schmitz was convicted because the money of the sugar king, Claus Spreckles, was freely staked against him. and because Ruef, his partner In graft. turned against him. A term in Jail by this mayor will do a country that is full of grafters no harm. But Schmitz does not propose to resign his office. He proposes to appeal his case, and to serve if need be as mayor in iail. The man is as shameless and unpatriotic as he is vicious, and San Francisco is the real sufferer. The reputation of the city is seriously dam- aged by the situation. A mayor in jail is a novelty, and Schmitz proposes to furnish it while his appeal is pending. He has about eighteen months to serve IS mayor, and two years as convicted extortionist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
SCORE INJURED IN
 SOUTHERN WRECK

Asheville, N. C., June H.-One man was killed, woman passenger probably fatal ly injured and score of passengers were shaken up and slightly bruised as the result of collision on the Southern rail way tonight at Sylvia, between a regular passenger train and a freight engine. The passenger train was standing at Sylvia station when the negine crashed into the rear end The flagman on the engine jumped, sustaining injuries which later resulted in his death. Mrs Gristaff, the only passenger seriously injured, was in the rear coach, and seeing the ap- preaching engine, became panic-stricken and jumped off the rear platform, almost directly under the wheels of the engine, which cut off one leg and otherwise in- iured her,