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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02

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q. she house 's af'pfo,ffa tons bin and
aaoptiing =. sles amendments increasing
.ne u .otsi appropriation nearly 100000
the me senators nj THIS morning saw their
iapols passed as over by the House In
less tnan nve minutes. min The first mes.
sage rom the Senate to the House
this morning was conveyed by Sem
asor .e,t .ailler. 'las' he ,wns the bearer OF
Tue Tue stonse appropriation bill with
~ ianents m passed by the Senate. No
sooner haa thes oip been reported than
sne lesil =. iioase took Y motion refusing to
conslaer = any ana ailS the amendments
l3iis was re ported 70 me upper house
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la aa ttiis eolati'astee, ,tresidsat McDer-
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02
.MANLEY Hotel
CHANGES HANDS
POPULAR HosTELRY BECOMES
aPRoPERTY OF ALBERrsE.
q SHAW AND OTHERS.

Last night about nine o,clocl, the' 4, =, J.,
est real estate .,eal n ts,s c,.s ~ =, .,.s z
wear was cons,,nn,atsa - ,,' = ,.s,s, @ sa.s .,s
Manlev Hotel nronsrty n.ssas I ,s.. ~
Charles =. Manley the proprietor and
owner to Albert d. Shaw and others.
Tae deal was engineered by Sam R.
,Nazam, Faff1aonss up-to-date real es.
tate agent The price paid for the
property was nearly $4,000.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02

.t ~. u II =. = VI ,lli3I-5 n =
the Monongahela river OF 275 feet, CON.
tanning 1874 square feet. =
! The railroad company is 10 give the
city an option on such part Of the
property between Cor street, and the
water works. fronting on the river
which is not needed in the constrpo.
tion Of the railroad, strip Of land
ABOUT 200 feet long and from 80 TO
100 feet wide. II the city gives no.
tee, withfnStwo years that II intends
TO buy the said properly the price SHAH
pc same rate per foot as paid by the
company's entire holdings between
the said points with Interest from tf,e
date the property was purchased by
the company until property passes to
the city. The city has the right to
take such part of the property as do.
sired: w
ihe company is 10 provide for the
exchange of a lot above Polk street
for ts one of the same amount Of grou1ns
on the river front south Of Ferry
street and contiguous to present wharf
site. s = "ASsf1 r 8
one Of the conditions of the franchise
y that the railroad company shan
start work within six months rom
the date or the franchise and that the
work shall be completed through the.
First ward within "a months from the
date OF the franchise. The matter is
now up to the railroad company
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02

OF responsible mind and capable d
responsible actions, these acts can
only be considered In mitigation Of the
ohense and not as excuse or justifica.
ton. ton. 3is 4.
he added that the question OF In,
sanity often had been elaborateiy ar.
gued before him and that he had lon,.
since reached conclusions about II. Ia
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02
'Unwrltten Law in Justification Of
Murder is Ruled Out FIatly
By Judge in Virginia Case

cULPEPER Va, March 2.-Late
yesterday Judge Harrison ruled that
the long hypothetical question pro.
pounded by Or. Clark was proper and
that It was for the Jury to determine
whether the strother brothers were
mentally responsible ror killing BY.
waters. DR.. Clark will answer the
question to-day.
IT Is Attorney Jeffrfess Intention to
show that the inability of the stroth.
er brothers TO restrain themselves
was due to certain conditions of men.
tai character commonly called emo
tiona insanity. There is now no tell.
Ing when the trial will conclude.
In passing on the question Judge
Harrison said:
Some reference has been made to
q so-ealled 'nnwritten law want TO
say most emphatically, that SO far as
any court In this State Is concerned
there Is no law or precedent. II by that
is meant that any person can take In
his hands the Fighting of his wrongs.
This explanation can only. be submit.
ted in mitigation Of the offense. not
in Justification. That question is mot
presented here. The court can sim
ply lay down the rule of Iaw--that no
matter how great the provocation may
save been II the offending person is
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02
F. M. & P. FRANCHISE GRANTED AT LAST

road company makes the following
concessions: ~
The railroad company viii provide
a crossing both at grade and under
grade in the bed of Merchant street
up to the pump station.
1t is to convey to the city all that
part of the lot purchased from John A.
Clark lying north Of Ferry street not
needed in the construction OF the rail.
road. This is strip of land 80 feet
wide by 175 feet long ana contains
$3.50 square feet. z
The Fairmont wholesale District
improvement Company is to convey to
the city part of its lot purchased Of
John A. Clark, on the condition that
tie city locate the wharf upon the
said property. This property is on the
north side of Ferry street and is az
feet wide and 175 feet long.
The railroad company is to provide
a crossing at grade in Water street, 10
feet in width, at some convenien,
point between Newton and F,erry
streets to be determined by the city
engineer. This crossing is to be put In
and kept up BY the railroad company
SO that the public can reach the
wharf.
II the city desires the said properties
together with Ferry street, the city
win get without cost. frontage on
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02
Believe Thaw Insane.

Al belief that Harry K. Thawsis ac
tually insane at the present time has
hecome almost unanimous among the
ufilcials Who have followed the course
of the murder trial. Starting as a
growing srspicion several weeks ago.
the idea became a conviction in the
minds of practically all of the wayer.
ing ones last evening following the in,
cident OF the giving out by Thaw Of a
statement branding the district attor-
ney's forces as blacklegs and perse-
cutors. rs
And the court ot'icials are not the
only ones who believe Thaw Insane.
While no one in an official capacity
can he quoted; there Is the best Of
reason for believing that the entire
stan of the district attorney Is of the
opinion that Thaw Is mentally un:-
sound. While this opinion, may not
have YET become conviction in the
mind Of Jerome, 1t Is undeniable that
the district attorney has shifted his
efforts f,om an attempt to convict
Thaw OF murder to plan to send him
to Mattewan. This fact was written
between the lines of every question
which Jerome put TO insanity expert,
Evans. The whole trend Of his en-.
deavor beng rather. to show that Tha,
is insane now than to prove that he
was not insane at the time he shot
Stanford White,
Trap Evans Saw.
An example Of this was. furnished
when Jerome sought to have Dr..
Evans testify that Thaws writing in
the letters introduced in testimony
was that of an insane man. Hal the
witness declared that they were Je-
rome was prepared to introduce hand.
writing experts who would swear that
Thaw,s writing at the present time
is identical with that Of the period
previous 10 his Staying White.
The t:aasition OF opinion regarding
Thaw's sanity has been interesting.
When the insanity plea was first made
no person took 1t seriously.
"Emotional insanity to the las
CONTINUED on rage Five,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02
Letter From London to Jerome Is Expected to
Create Greatest Sensation Of The Thaw Trial
AFTER IS
IN HUNTINGTON
THE DIVINE HEALER OF WORLD.
WIDE FAME WILL LECTURE y
q. THERE.

c HUNTINGTON, March -schlat.
ter, the faith preacher, he OF healing
fame, is in Huntington. without ref;
erence to the genuineness OF the neal:
er's pretenses, the fact remains that
he Is in more than one respect re.
markable man. The guise and gar:
ments, the flowing locks and patri:
archial beard proclaim schlatter some
thing beyond the ordinary man. The
conversation. the aptness of quota:
stion, the keenly intelligent eye, at
once impress the beholder that the
faith preacher, whether hypocrite or
real healer. isno novice In mystic pro.
fessions, and he who deals with him
deals with a strong character. schiat:
ter Is the man tif he be the real
schlattero who created worldwide In:
terest by his performance In Denver
three years ago. Since that time he
has visited various parts OF the coun.
try. and whileh is works have never
been quite up to the Denver standard,
he has been hailed with acclaim In,
many cities and his deds of healing
have made profound impressions
among even those who are inclined to
be most skeptical. The healer viii
sprobably stay In Huntington for a,
number OF days. healing the sick, asI
he terms ~ and lecturing "A meet
Ing Is; being arranged for the Hunting.
Ion Theaser Sunday afternoon !
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02

promise you tnat the building viii be
entirely completed by February i,
f9os said he, much of the mate.
rial has been ordered and win be on
hands on that date and we have all
ready arranged for a big force Of men
to start TO work promptly
Our contract now includes Just the
building, but we will also take. over
the contracts for the plumbing and
wiring
I'VE are very busy at present. said
Mr.. Suck. I'VE have just completed a
big wholesale drygoods building at
Blueiield and are working on a similar
structure there, which win be turned
out on contract time. We are also pus
ting up the structure on a big bridge
at Parkersbarg and are engaged IN
some excavation work at that place. .
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02
BOOM AT
MONONGAA
COAL COMPANY Will
BUILD NEW Triple 6N5
ERECT FIFTY NEW
vs. HOUSES. ~ (

The Fairmont Coal Company is max.
Eihs arrangements to construct an up,
to,date coal tippre at Monongah in or.
der to work out a large area OF coal
which IL leased a short time aeS.Plans
are now being careruiIy prepared.
which win make this operation com.
plete In every detail.
About fifty houses will also be
built by the company US there are no
available houses at Monongah to take
care of the additional men which IL
VIII be necessary to employ 10 operate
the new mine opening. The. work on
the houses will be pushed as fast as
possible. With the opening Of til.
new coal plant things viii be liyened
up considerably about Monongah.
m tF = ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02
SEIZE
A LONE WOMAN
And RAvISH HER
Most Dastardly
Crime in History
of Marion County

Mrs. Zina Mike. Of Uniontown. Pa.
was Yesterday the victim Of one OF tl,e
most atrocious Grimes ever committed
In Marion county. Mrs. Mike told the
story Of the crime TO Justice Boydston
lfast night and upon the information
Ithat She gave a warrant was sworn
out for the arrest OF the perpetrators
Of the crime.
In a very short time Deputy Sheriff
2 F. Davis. w. NJ. Harris and chief
Barthoiow and Officer Ross were on
their way to CASTOR. where the men
Hive. They found four men that were
suspected to be the men that were
wanted The names Of the men ar
rested are: Mike verto. Frank TAI
[lericclo, Nick Tongo and Salvatore
|Lopis. Lopis Is only a boy and It Is
said had rothlng to do with the crime.
Mrs. Mike is Syrian woman and
u a peldler- She freqaents the min
ing towns and sells goods to the wivea
lot the miners. She has brother
living In Monongah and often comes
to that town.
Yesterday she was at Westchester
sation. on the Fairmont and Clarke
burg Traction company's line. waiting
for southbound car, Close TO the
(station stood four Italians They ap-
preached her and made 1t known that
they wanted to purchase some goods
Mrs. Mike did not like the appearance
OF the Inen and she refused to open
sr asr saels,
Without giving her the slightest
warning three Of the men seized her.
overcoming her Ftri,ggiSs and carried
her 70 q little hollow. threw her upon
the ground and while two depravei
specimens Of humanity held her tho
third one rayished her. This was re-
peatsd until each one had accomplish.
ed the nefarIous deed that be pur.
posed.
In the preparataIon for the commis-
sion Of the crime, her assaiIants found
seyenty-fye dollars which the woman
carried in her undergarments. They
flched The money and hurried from
the scene. disappearing over the hills.
where they dispersed. leaving their
outraged woman lying exhausted upon
the ground.
After sometime Mrs. Mike scram-
.bled 70 her feet, reelIng to the sta.
~. "a lIs<.s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02
SECRETARY OF AMERICAN
EMBASSY TO TELL THINGS
News About the
Trip Of 1908

NEW YORK. March 2.--Jerome is
said to have received a letter to-day
from Craig wadsworth, second secre;
tary OF the American Embassy, Lon.
don, Offering information expected to
produce the greatest sensation OF
the Thnw trial wadsworth has per.
sonal knowledge OF the Thaw party
during the now famous European trip
OF 1903. said to be Of startling nature
and invaluable in clearing hitherto
mysterious facts in the case.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02
LEGISLATURE !.
STILL HANGS ON

HOUSE AND SENATE CONTINUE
TO sW7aNaLE OVER zaPPRoPRiA.
TON slLl-JoiNT COMMITTEE
APPOINTED THIS MORNING TO
REPORT AT THREE THIS AFT.
ERNo ooN--WlIL LIKELY REACH
THE END THissgvENiNa.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02

Miss Grace Pickett was in olarke.
burg yesterday.
Miss Stella Metzgar was in Fair.
mont yesterday. &
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02

p. NJ. Gothold, agent for Under the
Southern Skies. is in the city. J.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02

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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-11-01
Eastern Oregon Mines.

George Sherf has put a force OF men
at work on the Heienora group on
Congo gulch, near the Red Boy mine.
Application has been made for the
establishment of a postoffice at the Red
Boy mine in the Sumpter district.
The Silver King and Clair groups,
in the Greenhorns, are being re-opened
and considerable development work is
planned.
The Dance Mining G. Milling com
pany has let a contract for the erec-
ton of a 20-stamp mill on its prop
erty. the Belcher mine, in the Green
horns.
The Sumpter smelter, which recently
had a weeks run, will blow in Novem-
Der for a long run, having much ore
n hand for the Imperial, the Columbia,
the Alpine and from the Seven Devils
district.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-11-01
OREGON soUIBs.

M. V. Kingman was shot by his son
Clarence recently in mistake lot
deer the bullet taking effect in the
groin and death resulting instantly.
Kingman was a veteran of the CIVIL
war.
While attempting to board tram
at Pendleton recently, Patrick Mccoy
formerly a switchman in the employ
of the O. r. & NJ, was thrown unuel
the cars. His head was badly cut
and bruised and he received numerous
other injuries. 1t is thought he VIII
recover. .,.,-
Pendleton has been flooded within
the last few days with counterfeit
dollars and half dollars.
Nv action Of the county board Oh
ocua1ization at Pendleton the total as
sessment is put on an actual valuatiol
hosis instead of the former one-thlru
va1uation. and as a result of the change
tho total assessment is brought up 10
Sal 900 900, with the tax levles reuuceu
accordingly. a,o.
n N Morehouse, a travelling safes
man representing the North"es.e -,
Mining company of Chicago was XIII
cd recently by the wreck of Rose
burg Myrtle Point stage on moore PORE
biu Three other persons we're hurt
Iobn r. Davis. father of n. A. DAVIS
81 The Pank of Milton, has recently re
oai,,od from washington, D. c., checf
for sf49s. for services rendered in tn t
civil war. It was altogether unexpec 9,
al he is So years Of age, but wei
preserved. The check is part OF hl'
ias+ months pay as a soldier.
St Alphonsus academy at Itii "a
mock has been closed on account .
diptheria.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-11-01
Fatal Accidents Gain in Chicago.

This has been a year of violent
deaths and accidents in Chicago. Ac-
cording to figures which have been
compiled for the first nine months Of
1907 by City Statistician Grosser it has
been discovered that accidents from
various causes are steadily on the in
crease and that the percentage for
1907 is far greater than for the two
previous years.
Figures show that S05 persons have
been killed and 7434 injured by acct
dents; 1O2 persons we're murdered, 1OS
drowned, 2S4 committed suicide, JOG
killed by streetcars, 1876 by railroads,
9 on elevated roads, As by teams and
wagons, 10 by automobiles, 1876 by fall
ing off scaffolds. etc, and 300 met
deaths from various accidents.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-11-01
Typewriter Champion.

Rose L. Fritz of the Underwood beat
the worlds record and retained the
championship title which she has held
for three years at the business show
recently, by writing 5619 words from
manuscript in one hour with only 81
errors, leaving an unprecedented net
score Of 5214 words for the hour, an
average speed of 81 words minute.
Paul Munter of Spokane, from whom
she won the title three years ago, was
second, with a gross score of 454S
words, net score 457S words, an aver
age speed of 60 words minute. Carl
Schwenk was third, with net score
of 1926 words and John Hotson fourth
with a net score of 1906 words.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-11-01

eastern account, announces the sus-
pension of further wheat purchases,
owing to unsettled conditions in the
grain market. The crop is only one
fourth sold in northern Montana and
reduction will fall heavily upon the
farmers.
Patrol Driver William McManus at
Butte shot and killed a brewery driv-
er, G. L. Hicks, in the bad lands"
Hicks had broke away from McManus
after being arrested at another Of
ficer's call, and had run into an alley,
first knocking McManus down.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-11-01
CRUISE is NO AFFAIR OF JAPAN
Visit to Pacific Waters Need Give
None Offense.

Washington-"No such relation ex-
lists between America and Japan as
would make it improper to send the
American fleet into the Pacific. If
there were, the relations between
America and Great Britain and the
relations between America and
France, which are the same, would
forbid the maintenance Of the battle
ship fleet in the Atlantic ocean"
This was the reply returned by Sec
rotary Root to the direct question as
to whether Japan had entered any
protest against the dispatch of Ad-
miral Evans fleet to the Pacific next
December. The statement was made
at the conclusion of long conference
between Secretary Root and Ambas-
sador Aolzi of japan at the state de-
partment.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-11-01
MONTANA NOTES.

Isaac H. Morrison, a pioneer printer
and Publisher of Montana, died recent
ly at his ranch near Helena. OF late
years Mr.. Morrison had beeen promi-
nently identified with mining interests.
If a ruling made by the court IN
the trial of Theodore Canteloni'
charged with the murder of Molhe
Quinn, which opened Saturday morn
ing, is sustained by the supreme
court of the state, the death pen
atty is practically abolished in Mon
tana. The court ruled that a juror
who was opposed to the death penaluy
might sit on the jury, over the COLI
tention of the state that the law eX-
cluded him, and overruled the state 5
challenge to prevent his sitting.
Ed Murphy and George Howard
have been sentenced at Butte to sew
en- years in the penitentiary on their
plea of guilty of highway ROBBERY
The men are both young and their
crime was the attempted robbery ol
a sub postofice and the shooting oi
Mrs. Rago, the postmistress, through
the arm.
Acting Governor Norris has appoint
ed the following persons to represent
Montana at the 10th annual conVen
ton of the American mining congress
at Joplin, Mo-, November Ill., WIZ
lam Walsh, Helena; w. B. Orem
Butte; w. R. Allen, Anaconda; Z, y
Muffly, Winston; H. M. Rae, ulI
Edge; E. B. Howell, Butte; Z. Il. Ne"
man, Helena; ]. l.. Templeman' butte
Harry H. Armstead, Polaris; Elmer
son Hill, Bedrock.
Application for the appointment o
receiver for the State Savings panA
the Butte financial house OF f. Angus
tus Heinze, by George Dodson' wa
brought before Judge Bouquin ana con
tinued until after the hearing OF tn'
petition of the state in the same mat
ter November IS.
The Royal Milling company the oi'
grain buying company in Montana 10
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-11-01
TRY TO SUPPRESS THE urEs
Captain Johnson Goes to the Scene Of
Trouble.

Captain Carter P. Johnson, Second
cavalry, stationed at Fort Robinson,
Neb, has started for the Cheyenne
river reservation in South Dakota to
use his influence with the trouble
some Ute Indians with view to sup
pressing the outbreak. He was with
the detachment of cavalry which ac-
companied the Utes when they settled
on the South Dakota reservation
more than a year ago, and after the
wandering Indians had refused to re-
turn to their own reservation in Utah
Captain Johnson conducted the nego-
tiations resulting in their settling
in Cheyenne river reservation. He
has considerable influence with the In
dams and was assigned to the present
task at the urgent request of the In
dian officials.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-11-01
Exneot Battle in Morocco.

The French government has receiv-
ed advices from Morocco to the effect
that a battle between the army of
Mulan Hafg, which has reached a
point IS miles from Mogador, and the
Anfloos tribesmen, supported by an
imperial garrison numbering about
1920 men, may be anticipated shortly.
There are two French warships in
the harbor of Mogador and all the
steps necessary will be taken to pro
tect the Europeans there.