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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08
JAIL DELIVERY
AT|'EMP TED
BY Lewis Jones, Colored, Alleged
Chicken Thief, Who Saws on Five
Iron Bars Of Cell and Corridor.
TURNKEY MAKES DISCOVERY
In Time to Prevent Wholesale De-
livery OF Colored Prisoners.
Knife is Used AS Saw.

An. elbow of Turnkey Flanagan
pushed against the bars OF cell in
the jail Wednesday night resulted In
the discovery OF daring attempt at
jail delivery here. The startling dis
covery was made as the turnkey was
locking the door OF the cell occupied
by Lewis Jones. colored, who has
been in Jail since shortly after the
last term of the circuit court await
ing the action OF the grand jury on
the charge against him of steaeling,
chickens on Davisson's Run. :
Three bars that had been sawed
practically OF, which. when taken out
would have given Jones room enough
to crawl through. fell out us the
turnkey placed his elbow against
them in locking the door. An in
vestigation was commenced at once
and twas soon learned that he had
sawed off two bars OF the corridor
outside of the cell, slid down pipe
to the basement. where the utility
corridor is and attempted to saw
bars off there, with which accomp-
lished he would have gained his lib
erty as the utility corridor leads to
the rear yard, and others would
doubtless have gone with him.
AT first Jones denied cutting the
bars, but notched case knife was
found in his cell and fellow prison
ers told the sheriff that Jones did 1t.
After Jones had been transferred to
another cell. where the bars are steel
tool proof. he made confession and
implicated other prisoners. Jones
stated that government prisoner,
who has served his time and gone,
brought saw into the Jail and this
was first used to saw the bars, and
later he took the case knife from the
dinner basket. notched 1t with pen
knife and used 1t for a saw.
David Borgess., colored, q lad COM
mitted to the reform school, confess
ed that Jones had employed him to
assist In notching the knife, and
William Jones. another colored prls-
oner. also aided him in the work.
Some time age the policy of sep
arating the prisoners according to
nationality and color was adopted by
the sheriff and the colored prisoners
were all on the right side Of the jaii
on the first floor above the base
ment. and the work was done in the
corridor on that side. The work
was done in the day time, when he
was free to go into the corridor.
The two bars sawed In the basement
were not quite of. he having been
either frightened away or not having
time to finish the job. Soap was
used by him in making smooth the
running of the improvised saw and
to lessen the noise.
While he duplicates fellow prison.
ers 1t is not believed they had any
thing to do with 1t, except that they
knew about It and failed to inform
the jail authorities.
With the bars sawed off in the
utility corridor the several prisoners
on that side OF the Jail would doubt
less have taken advantage of the OPP
portunity and escaped with Jones.
The bars on that side of the jail
are not steel tool proof as they are in
other parts of the building and, in
his new location he will be secure.
.Eyeryhotly Should Eno,,.,,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08
Endorsed by the County.

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editor and publisher of the Atsego
Journal, Gilbertsville. N. Y, "is DR..
Kings New Discovery. 1t has prov
ed to be an infallible cure for coughs
and colds, making short work of the
worst of them. We always keep a
bottle in the house. I believe 1t to
be the most valuable prescription
known for lung and throat diseases"
Guaranteed to never disappoint the
taker, by Frank G. Dland. druggist.
Price soc and 81. Trial bottle free.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08
INJUNCTION is ISSUED
BY Judge Lynch Against Gas Com.
pany at Instance of +. d. Orr.

Judge Charles W. Lynch at a ses-
sion of the special term of circuit
court Thursday afternoon granted E.
D. Orr an injunction restraining the
Long Fork Oh & Gas Company from
removing a derrick and pulling the
casing at well drilled on twenty
five acres belonging to Orr and at
Wallace. until after suit involv-
ing title and damages is determined
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08
wheeling Natural Gas Company's
Applications TO File Bonds Are
Denied by Judge Smith.
LAW is DECLARED Won
On Several Grounds, Among Which
is Damages Must Be Determined
and Paid When Right is Taken.

Special Circuit Judge Edward q.
Smith at session of court Thurs
day morning decided in favor Of the
defendants in the proceedings Of the
Wheeling Natural Gas Company
against Samuel E. Sheets. Alexand-
! er Stonestreet, Porter Maxwell and
W. Brent Maxwell, Mortimer w.
Smith, Hiram Lynch, Raymond Max
wen, w. Brent Maxwell q cases) D..
C. Louchery and Peter /. Lynch, and
the cases against A. w. Smith,
Joseph Lee Swisher and Hiram
Burnside and W. r. sommerville
were continued on account OF Judge
Smiths disqualification to pass ON
them.
The applicant was represented by
John Basel, Sperry & Sperry, Chas.
c. Newman, of Moundsville. Henry
NJ. Russell, of Wheelinfi and We'll
& Thorpe. of Pittsburg. and the
land owners by Davis & Davis, M. f.
snider. James w. Robinson, Hay
mond Maxwell and Harvey w. Har-
mer.
The proceedings were for the pur-
pose of filing indemnifying bonds
for damages arising from the taking
of easements for a pippe line through
lands OF the defendants, as provided
by law passed by the last leglsla.
ture. The defendants denied the
ronstitntionality OF this law. The
provisio in question "ddispenses with
the payment of Just compensation al
the time Of the taking Of the ease
ment, and requires the court to &C
eept bond with personal security
In lieu Of cash and before the amount
of damages is assessed by a jury
Judge Smith held that the provisc
In this respect violates the State
constitution. Judge Smith declar,
ed that damages cannot be secured
in an adequate penalty until they
are ascertained and that they car
only be ascertained, constitutionally
II so declared, by twelve free hold
ers. He claimed that 1t would be
impossible for the court to know OF
ascertain constitutionally, what the
penalty Of the bond or the amour,
of security should be. 1.-THE con-
Btitutiona1 criterion for the amount
Of securities is not the courts esti.
mate, but the jury's assessment"
said Judge Smith.
In reference to the bond also Judge
Smith showed where changes In the
condition Of the surties required ad.
ditional bonds. but in these. instan.
ces the applicant contended that no
additional security can be required
and the penalty of the bond cannot
be increased In any subsequent pro.
ceeding. ''The constitution" said
Judge Smith. "is not satisfied with
any. even the least, uncertainty as
to just compensation. At all times
the owner is entitled either to his
land or to his Just compensation
therefor, without suit and without
delay"
Judge Smith ends his lengthy and
exhaustive typewritten decision by
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08

Pineules are for the kidney and
bladder. They bring quick relief to
backache. rheumatism, lumbago,
tired worn out feeling. They pro.
duce natural action of the kidneys
In altering waste matter out Of the
blood. 80 days treatment $500.
Money refunded II Pineules are not
satisfactory. Sold by H. F. Burke
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08

Hunarecs or peop,e yearly 60
through painful operations need.
lessly, because they never tried Man
Ian Pile Remedy. 1t is put up In
such a form that 1T can be applied
right where the trouble lies. It
relieves the pain and Inflammation.
1t is for any form Of piles. Price
80 cents. Sold BY H. F. Burke.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08
"Regnlar As the Sun"

Is an expression as old as the race,
No doubt the rising and setting OF
the sun is the most regular perform
ance in the universe, unless 1t is the
action of the liver and bowels when
regulated with DR.. Kings New Life
pills. Guaranteed by Frank G.
Bland, druggist. CSC.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08

Man Ian Pile Remedy comes !,
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soreness andd Inflammation exists,
1t relieves at once blind bleeding
itching or protruding piles. Guar
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F. Burke.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08
"Eyeryhody Should knnn.,,

Says c, G. Hays, prominent
business man of Blur, NO.. that
Bucklen's Arnica salve is the quick
est and surest healing salve ever ap-
piled to sore. burn or wound. or to
case of piles. I've used 1t and
know what I'm talking about. +"
Guaranteed by Frank G. Bland.
druggist. 25c.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08
STRIKERS KILLED.
iRy Associated Prea..l

LODI. Aug. Troops encounter
ed strikers in the center of the town
today and thirty of the latter we're
killed or wounded. Business is at
a standstill on account of the strike
movement. Thirty-two thousand
men have been called out.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08

BATAVIA, O., Aug. Frank
Storey and wife. the latter is years
old, have been arrested charged with
the murder of the father of Storey
at Goshen Saturday night.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-08
POSSE cHAsEs FIENDs.
r- at.

ATHENS, Ga, Aug. IA posse IS
pursuing two negroes who entered
the room Of two young women stu
dents at the summer normal school
and attempted criminal assault.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
A Singular Performance,

oD5STNeT.
 One of the most extraordinary per formances on record was that at Chat tanooga, Tenn, Wednesday night of Col. John Temple Graves, the Melo- deon of Georgia" The occasion was a dinner in honor of Col. Wm. J. Bry- an, and Colonel Graves, resisting all entreaties to eliminate a shocking proposition from his speech, and after wards declining to speak and then con- senting, under MT. Bryans insistence, arose in the guests presence, and, de- claring all sorts of admiration for him. urged him to present MT. Roosevelt to the next National Democratic Con vention and ask it to make him its nominee for President. The suggestion sounds as if the speaker might have gone daft.
 What did the man mean? It is known that he Is not specially enam- ored of Colonel Bryan and this may have been intended to sidetrack him m. He is a Hearst man, and while it is hardly fair to mention motives or sug- gest bad faith in this connection. 1t is difficult to judge whether he was talk ing at Chattanooga in the interests of Hearst or the President. Whether the one or the other. greater ah- surdity than this speech was never per petrated. The projecting of MT. Theo- doore Roosevelt upon the Democratic Party as its candidate for President does not sound like an enanation from A sane man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
Whats the Matter.

cratic party that MT. Bryan should even tolerate a thought of the possi- bility of the nqminTation of either cratic National Convention? Can he believe for moment that the South ern Democracy-the Democracy that reveres the principles which Theodore Roosevelt scorns, the Democracy that clinos to the doctrine of strict consti- the dispersion of the powers of gov ernment, as Senator .Culberson 50 apt ly stated it--could for a moment en- tertain this proposition 10 dissolve Velt's imperialism, his high protection policy. his negro offlcialism, his cen fads and isms to which he is commit ted?
 Can. MT. Bryan believe that Texas with her Gulberson, Tennessee with Aycock. Missouri with her Folk. Vir- ginia with her Daniel could ever con sent to disperse the Democratic party
 The proposition is perfectly absurd. We have civilization to maintain, In the Southern States and we are going believe in great principles and South. ern statesmen are the expositors Of those principles. They are not op- of fads ana emotionaiism. That MT. Bryan should seriously. consider the wild suggestion of so impractical a man as John Temple Graves is de- pressing in the. extreme and causes us us to wonder what in the name of heaven party, anyway. MT. Bryan owes it to himself and to the party to omit such absurd suggesti9ns ss, as the possible roI iette by the National Democratic Con, vention. It is not good politics and we do not overstate it when we de- clare it is not good sense.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
Douglass to Run Again.

Upon his return from a sojourn in Florida former Governor William l.. Douglass of Massachusetts, announced his willingness to accept the Democrat ic gubernatorial nomination this year. His announcement Is interpreted by the politicians as one of the most interest Ing events of the period. MT. Doug las was elected Governor of Massachu- setts in 1904, in spite of the fact that the State gave to President Roosevelt a majority considerably in excess of the normal Republican lead in the Bay State. He ran as a tariff reform man. and on this platform made the fighting fast and furious all over the State. Just why Governor Douglas so resolutely de- clined to lead his party in the next campaign Is one of the puzzling poll tical mysteries of Massachusetts, which probably will be solved in this years campaign should he face Governor Guild upon the stump. GovernoDtiuiId is to be the Republican nominee for the third time in succession. and as his candidacy for his partys Vice Presi- dential nomination next year will large ly depend upon his success in holding Massachusetts fin line this year, he un- doubtedly will fight hard. The Gov ernor Is one of the most outspoken tar if reform Republicans in the country so that MT. Douglass will not have the ad- vantage on this score that he had in 190A-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
STAND FOR YOUR OWN MAN.

The Democratic party is not so hard up for Presidential timber as to be compelled to look to the opposite party for Its leader The proposition of MT. John Temple Graves at the Bryan din- ner at Chattanooga for MT. Bryan to nominate Roosevelt, according to re- ports sent out from the meeting. was received with absolute silence. It did not meet with a single mark of appro- bation. This was as it should have been and we hope this will be the last movement in that direction.
 Mir. Bryan listened to the address and in his spech treated MT. Graves and his remarks in a dignified and re- spectful manner. After saying that, as at present informed, he woud not pro- pose the name of Roosevelt-as Dem ocratic candidate, he eulogized Senator IaFouette, of Wisconsin. as more worthy of Democratic consideration than Mir. Roosevelt. Why spend any time or thought on either of them. in connection with Democratic preferment They are both Republicans, boast of their party alignment and seek to work in harmony with their party.
 Mir Bryan at Roanoke made his op- position to the Roosevelt idea very pronounced and combatted the Presi- dents record in several particulars. That is what he shoud have done more fully. than he did at Chattanooga. The third term idea of itself is sufficient to make good and strong campaign issue. and certainly MT. Roosevelt's conduct in seeking to be the American dictator in | everything Is warning enough as to what might happen with any other extension of power. Why not ask the Republicans who are opposed to excessive tariff taxation. to wiping out of State lines. and to centralization of | power in the hands of one man to support the Demo- cratic candidate rather than for | Democrats to take up with the most extreme Hamiltonian of the past fifty year. We agree with The Richmond News Leader in saving If the Demo- cratic party Is asked or expected to rise to the lofty height of formally l supporting the leader of the opposI- ton party because he represents ceT- 1 tain needs and demands of all the peo-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14

Wiley. which amounts to reversing . cabinet ofncer on the advice of an in- ferior in his own departmnet. The de. cision has the effect of making Dr. WI. ley the cyar of the pure food law bus mess for the time being, at least.
 It is regarded by those who knew the bitterness of this cou1est as quite pos- sible that the Secretary and Dr. wiley will not be able again to work har- moniously together 1t is almost im- possible that an effort to force Wiley out should be successful after what has happened in this case. Hence there is intimation that Secretary Wilson may finally decide to protect his self-respect by resigning. It is hot likely that this would take place soon, and itis certain that the President would regret to have him go. for he is far the most .popu- lar member of the administration so far as concerns relations with Con- gress. He can get more from the leg islative branch of the government than anybody else.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
THE GRAVES INCIDENT.
Presidents Friends Pleased at Chat
 tanOOga Speech.

Presidents Friends Pleased at Chat
 tanOOga Speech.
 Washington Special to Brooklyn Eagle.
 John Temple Graves in his speech at the Bryan Anniversary Club din ner in Chattanooga last night. hit up- on the one proposition, friends of the President said today, that may induce MT. Roosevelt to renounce the pledge he made on election night not to be- come candidate for the Presidency again. Friends close to the President { and possessing his complete confidence, say that if there should be a general demand from Democrats as well as Re- publtcans that he accept another term he would yield.
 No incident since the conspiracy story has so stirred political Washing ton as the drastic demand upon Bryan to nominate Theodore Roosevelt for a third term. Graves did this at the whole of the plain people of the re- public wanted Roo,evelt for another term. Administration officials have been looking for an outbreak of this known that such a thing was coming, but just where jt would develop was a question. Graves has simply done what a half dozen other prominent Democratic leaders have had under con- temptation. Information comes to the Presidents advisers that the Roosevelt sentiment Is spreading fast through the Southern States. Democrats of the North are also clamoring for him. 1t is stated, and 1t is believed that this feeling will grow stronger rather than diminish. If this should prove to be the case it would completely alter the attitude of the Presidents position as to another term, it is stated in author itative quarters
 Sober Minded Democrats.
 While the Graves speech has created much jubilation among the admirers of the President who want to have him remain in the White House for another four years, it Is not taken so seriously by sober minded Democrats. Men like ex-senator Jones of Arkansas, who managed the two Bryan campaigns, declare that the party will not be eliminated by a Roosevelt tidal wave of sentiment. They assert that no mat ter how strong the demand may be for Roosevelt, the Democratic convention will name as its standard bearer & straight Democrat. There is no disguising the fact. however, that the friends of the President are tremend- ously pleased by the Graves incident They regard it as most significant, and many of them declare that it will re- suit in a national draft upon Mir. RonEavelt to take another term.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14

plo. 1t would be logical to ask the Re- publican party to endorse and elect any strong Democrat representing the same needs. It would be ridiculous and hu. initiating for the Democrats to pro- claim that among all their six million voters they have not one man strong enough to be president and to execute the policies and methods toward the corporations which Mir. Roosevelt .ias expressed and illustrated. Surely 1t Is not impossible to find a Democrat who as president could snd would act as between the people and the corpora tions courageously. intelligently and justly. If we did elect such a man public sentiment would demand that the Republicans in congress aid and uphold him.
 Our hope is that each of the great parties will nominate a man for presi- dent pledged to go on along the same line on which MT. Roosevelt has start ed: and that with both parties so bound and determined we may have the issues of States rights and the tariff clearly made and on them make the real fight of the next campaign"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
MAY LEAVE CABINET.
Secretary Wilson's Decisions as |,
 Blends OVerruled.


 Washington Special.
 There is broad intimation in Well formed quarters that Secretary of Az riculture Wilson may take such um- hrage a President Roosevelt's rever- sal of MT. Wilson's decision in the big whisky case as may lead to a change in the cabinet.
 The President has seen fit to reject the conclusion of Secretary Wilson about mixing and blending whiskies The Secretary had on his side a strong faction of the cabinet. but Messrs. Root and Bonaparte were against him. and the people who favored most rigid in- depreciation of the pure food law were also among his opponents. Secretary Taft was an earnest supporter of the Secretary Of Agriculture, and is great ly chagrined at the decision. which di- rectly and deeply affects immense whis- ky interests in Ohio. In fact, the matter was on considerable degree a fight between Ohio and Kentucky dis tillerrs. The Kentucky people won.
 This controversy began almost on the day the pure food law passed. Un- der that law the Department of Agri- culture had to prepare rules for the en- forcement of the law, the making Of labels. etc 1t was in connection with the controversy arose which now is said to threaten 8 cabinet change
 Secretary Wilsonu's friends say that he was supported by a majority of the scientific and executive officers at hiA department The others side of the case is that there was a sharp controversy between the Secretary anG Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Chief Chemist. and that the latter won over to his view all of the scientific authorities, or most of them and had the case appealed to the Pres ident The President sided with DS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
To-day M History

1471--Earl of Warwick, Cthe King maker,D killed at battle of Barnet.
 I544-- French defeated Imperialists at Ceresuolo.
 1S14--Treaty of peace signed between Great Britain and France.
 1S49--Hungary declared itself a free State. with Kossuth as supreme Cow ernor.
 1852 -Rangon. Capital of Burmese Empire, taken by British.
 1S57-Princess Beatrice, daughter Of Queen Victoria, born.
 1s61 Fort Sumter evacuated by the Union forces.
 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated
 1900 Paris International Exposition opened
 1903 FIX President Cleveland spoke in New York In interest of Southern in- dustrial education
 1905- Body of John Paul Jones dis covered lii Paris by Gen. Horace Por> ter
 I906- President Roosevelt delivered his man with the muckrake" speech In Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
"7his Is My 63rd Birthday"
Dolphin M. Delmas.

Dolphin Michael Delmas, the famous California lawyer was the leading at- torney for the defense in the Harry Thaw case, and was born in France, April 14, 1S44. He removed to Cali fornia in his boyhood, and was gradu- ated from the Yale Law School. After hYs admission to the California bar in 1866 he practiced law in San Jose un- til 1882, and since then in San Francis co. He was chosen regent of the Unt- versity of California in 1885, and Dele gate-at-Large to the Democratic Ma. tional Convention in St Louis in 1904 Mir. Delmas resides at Casa Delmas, Santa Clara County, and has his office in San Francisco. During his years of practice at the California bar he has won many famous caes It is said, Tn fact, that no client he has defended. has ever been found guilty.