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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
FOUND GUILTY
VERDICT OF VOLUNTARY MAN
SLAUGHTER AGAINST sLAY.
YER OF JACK CHAPMAN.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, May 1G.-
Samuel Blankenship was found guilty
OF voluntary manslaughter by the Jury
sitting on his case yesterday evening
At 1 o'clock after trial which lasted
during the greater part of three days
a new witness was introduced b,
the State, one George Dilly, who stated
to him on his death bed that Blanken
ship was the cause Of his death. Ac
cordlng to Dilly, Chapman's story Is
us follows:
"Blankenshlp lay In wait for me ir
a clump Of bushes. When came near
he first drew a gun on me, then leap
ed on my back, During the struggle
which followed felt the Intestine
break and slip down. This was the
cause of the strangulated hernia from
which the doctor says 1 cannot re
cover"
Dllly was also a witness to the
signed death bed statement OF Chap
man. Another witness Mr. Bumgard
ner, told how he had heard Blanken
ship say he would kill Chapman be
cause Chapman had him indicted fol
stealing chickens.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
BRIDGE PLANS
ARE APPROVED
UNITED STATES ENGINEER Salts,
FLED. WITH PLANS FOR
BRIDGE ACROSS THE
MoNoNGAHELA.

The plans for the rev bridge to span
The MOnonsahcla river at this riacc
has been approved by Major II. c.
Newcomer, the United States engineer
lat Plttsburg. who has charge of the
affairs concerning rivers. and harhors
OF this section. There Isyery little
modification of The present plens from
the ones that were submitted TO the
war department some time ago which
were approved by It., The County
Court was apprised yesterday of the
fact that the plans had been approved.
The contract for the material for
two spans Of the bridge has been let
and the material Is to be, delIYercd7in
June.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
General Kuroki and Staff Visit
West Point Sailors Left in New
York "Do"the Bowery Sightseeing

NEW YORK. May iG.-Geaeral Ba.
ron KurokI, the famous Japanese war
hero. and the members of his staf arc
guests OF the U. S. Army at West
Point today AT MIN fifteen this
morning the Japanese party, escorted
by Brleadier General Wood. u. S. a..
retired. and Major Charles Lynch eNl
barked on the private yacht Priva
tcer for Journey up the Hudson.
Col. Vallee, Major Forenzo and
Lleai. P9r'eila, OF the Argentine arRt.
were also In the party. Americas mil
ltary academy is the one institution
In whcn Kuroki Is most deeply Inter.
ested. While Kuroki was absent on
this mission, New York was turned
over zen fete" to the sailors from Jap
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
ABOUiTl'O||Y''|I|'E||R|i|l|.I i ] J r.. !
Pennsylvania Legislation RS
SPEND NIGHT OF FlLlBUsTER X
ING AND VOTE 70 40:
JoURN.

HARRISBURG, Pa May 1.-THE
Legislative session Of nineteen.seyela
practically ended at Ave O'clock this
morning when the House after a night
of fllIbusterlhg decided 10 adjourn
To-day the general appropriations bills
will be disposed Of. The usual pre-
sentatlon Of gifts will take place and
rush for out Of town trains Will begin
Not IN years have such scenes been
witnessed in the capitol as marked I
the closing hours Of the legislature.
Legislative session Of Wednesday
was resumed at nine forty.fyej when
III conference reports were adopted.
The House struck out the Item for ten
thousand dollars for appraisment Of
properties to be Included I'm the pro-
posed capitol park extension and gem
eral appropriation bill and concurfsi
In other amendments to the bill which
appropriates twenty-five and q half
millions Of dollars. At eleyen.tenl3
the House adjourned until eleventh.
teen Thursday morning. Senate toolt
similar action. About IS Senate bills
on House calendar were not acted
on. i. Z. x. 4 - sll !.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
ARE ANXIOUS TO
HEAR Or. STETS0N
FAIRMoNT SCHOOL PEOPLE ARE
TAKING MUCH INTEREST IN
HIS COMING TOMORROW.

DR.. ". W. Stetson, who Is to nd
dress two meetings In Fnlrmont Fri
day afternoon and evening has been
State Superintendent Of Maine for a
number Of years, and under his al.
mInlstration the schools Of that New
England State have forged 10 the from.
as never before, and Mr.. Stetson, be-
cause of his good work there has taxi.
on his place among the great educa.
tfonal leaders Of the country. Las,
winter n year ago at Louisville he was
honpred and recognized by being elect.
ed President Of the Department OF
|Superintendents Of the National Elu,
catlonal Association, which Is a dis.
tineuishcd honor. He presided ove-
the Superintendcnts' meeting at Chi.
cago last February with rare ability
and good sense. These honors have
come to him because OF his ability
and worth.
Superintendent Miller, Of West rir.
giRia, Is doing his State a great ser.
vice in bringing DR.. Stetson here to
deliver a series Of lectures on public
education. West Virginia needs to be
aroused 10 the importance Of max,
Ing larger investments In education.
and there Is no better method Of DO.
Ing 1t than by bringing such men as
DR.. Stetson among us 10 discuss the
great problems Of public instruction.
The local school people are anxious
that large audiences shall greet DR..
Stetson Friday afternoon at three
o'clock In the Normal school building
and at eight o'clock in the High school
Auditorium. In addition to the stu.
dent bodies OF the High and Normal
schools, all teachers of FaIrmont and
vicinity, the members Of the Alumni
Associations Of the Normal school
and the High school, the members Of
the local Woman's club. and all citI.
zens are invited and urged to attend
one or both Of these meetings.
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RUEF TALKS. OF
CRAFT CASES
SAYS HE KNOWS MORE THAN HE
WILL TELL-oTHERs WILL
BE CAUGHT.

SAN FRANCISCO. May lG.-The
confession Of Boss Abe Racf yester
day. will result in the conviction OF
some OF the prominent grafters. This
| sasserted by officers In close touch
with the graft cases. How far Ruefs
confession Involves others It is no,
known, but is stated that information
given to the officers will lead to In
Portaat results.
Ruef to-day declared he had made
no confession. that while he knew
much there were some things he
would not tell and some things he
would tell. He declared that he will
protect the men who have been forced
into corruption against their will.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

NORMAL SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
Baccalaureate
Sermon June 9

The Commencement exercises Of
the State Normal School will be held
this year beginning with June the
sixth and continuing until June the
fourteenth. The Faculty AMI pupils
Of the school. are very busy at the
present time with examinations and
preparations for the different pro
erammes which will be given during
the week OF commencement.
The exercises this year promises to
be of unusual interest and a good
many out Of town visitors are expect.
ed to be here for the week. The past
year has been .an exceptionally sue.
cessful year and the enrolment for
the Spring term has been larger than
for many years previous TO this.
One especially pleasing feature OF
the commencement exercises for this
year. Is the revival Of the contest be.
tween the two literary societies. The
contestants for this event are prac.
ticing daily and a great deal Of Inter.
est Is centered AROUND this contest.
This contest. which inS former years
was an annual event, has been dispens.
ed with for the past few. years and IT'S
revival is the source Of q great. deal Of
enthusiasm on the part Of the mem.
bers Of the different societies. The
programme for commencement week
has just been announced and Is as
follows:
Thursday. June' Cth-Annual Rect.
al, Dept. Of Expression.
Friday, .lune Ith = Piano Recital.
Pupils Of Miss Stewart.
Sunday morning. JHneJ9sti- Sermon
TO Senior Glass by Rev. NJ. L. Jen.
nings. D. D., Editor OF the Methodist
Recorder. Plttsburg, Pa. E
Tuesday Evening, June llth-Con.
test for Wilkinson Prizes. x
Wednesday Evening, June 12th-Ju.
nlor Glass Exercises.
Thursday Evening, June l3th-Con.
tests between Societies.
Friday Morning, June lith-Com,
meacement.
Friday, . p. m.-Alumni Meeting.
Friday, 5 p. m.-Alumni Literary
Meeting.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
OLD man DIES
FROM JOY
THOUGHT OF LEAVING THE POOR
81 HOUSE PROVES TOO MUCH
,s}} FOR HIM.

WASHINGTON, Pa, May 16.-John
Menntnger. 81 years old, fell dead yes
.terday morning just as he was about
to leave the county poorhouse, of
which he had been an inmate few
months. Henninger was at one time
wealthy. He grieved over his sltua.
tion and prayed for the coming OF a
grandson, John STREET. OF Oklahoma
City.
Early yesterday morning STREET. ar.
rived and went 10 the poorhouse TO
take his grandfather away. HeanIn.
y ger hnrriedly gathered up his few ef.
fects and just as he was being helped
Sinto q carriage, fell backward dead.
Physicians say the old mans Joy af.
fected his heart.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

laaese warshlPs In the harbor and seY.
eral hundred OF the fighting men Of
the squadron were landed and under
guidance of the local japanese and
sailors from the battlcship Maine were
SHOWN the sights Of the city.
The Bowery was the first attraction.
then in the largest sight seeing autos
10 be secured, the entire party embark
cd for voyage about town. At noon
the Jackies lnnched at the Twenty.
second regiment armorr. A visit 10
the llippodrome is on the programme
for the afternoon entertainment. Some
Of the officers paid a visit under escort
lof American officers TO Coney Island
others spent good portion Of the
day at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
ONE YEAR IN THE PEN
FOR HORSE STEALING
Harvey Mccollum, Who Was Arrest
ed In Wheeling, Is Sentenced at
Washinuton,

WASHINGTON, May 1G.-Three
years In the penltentIary was the sen.
tence Of the court yesterday in the
case OF HarveyMcCollum. convicted
OF horse stealing. McCollum, who be.
longs TO prominent Amweii town.
ship family, took q horse belonging
to S. C. ullom In the southern part OF
the county and took It to West vir.
ginia. The animal was later recover.
ed. McCollam was arrested In Wheel.
Ing after having Served 4 term In Jail
there, just as he stepped out Of prison.
lie refused to come back TO Pennsyl.
vanIa and requtsition was found ne.
cessary.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
IB. & 0. FORWARDS new RATE card
|NACGORDANCE With 2-CENT TFARELAW
Man Steps in Front Of Fast Train
And Is Literally Ground Into Pulp
In Plain View Of Many People

PARKERsBURG, May lG.-To avoid
a freight train coming west in the B
and 0. yards yesterday afternoon
shortly after three o'clock, James
Byrd stepped onto the east bound
track and was instantly killed by No.
l2. one Of the fastest passenger trains
running through Parkersburg.
The horrible accident occurred at a
point near George street and was VII.
messed by several men who say It
was one Of the most terrible sights
imaginable. The man was run down
from behind and sus ground into n
pulp. No one heard him utter a
sound and had not one Of the men
who saw him struck down known him
1t Is almost certain that he would ncy.
or have been recognized.
After the train had cut the body
Into thousand pieces. dragging frag.
ments OF flesh and bone for a half n
block people hurried to find the man
and were horrified TO discover that
there was nothing left to even indf.
cate that the body was that of h,,.
man. lit was statel by the undertaken
last night that the only portion of the
body which was not crushed and cut
was probably six inches Of one Of the
legs.
Carney G Mullen were notified BY
the railroad authorities and soon sent
an undertaken TO the scene. He man.
aged 10 pick up all OF the badly and
piece BY piece took It TO the moreue.
While II was impossible 10 arrange
The body tit TO be seen. the flesh was
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
SUITS AGAINST
r SALOON KEEPERS

CHARLESTON, W. Va, May lC.--
The tax commissioner is prepared to
bring suit on behalf on the State
against the saloon keepers who were
allowed to take out licenses at the old
rate Of $500 per year. Action will be
taken when the new law goes into cf.
feet on May %. There are only 80
.wet" counties in West Virginia, count.
Ing Mason where the court so far this
year has refused TO grant license. It
Is not known what charge was made
for license in Harrison. Jefferson and
Taylor but all the other wet counties
except Kanawha, Wood, a part Of We.'
eel, Tucker, Randolph aud Peasants,
followed the instructions Of the tax
commissioner.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
LARGE NUMBER OF
PRESBYTER|ANS
ASSEMBLE AT COLUMBUS FOR
MEETING OF GENERAL ASSEM-.
BLY, OF UNITED CHURCH.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 1G.-Foi
the first time In over a hundred year:
the entire Presbyterian body in the
United States was represented wher
the hundred and nineteenth genera
assembly Of the Presbyterian church
convened at noon to-day. Nine hun
dred aud sixty delegates are present
the largest ecclesIastic body ever as
sembled in the United States. DR.. W
II. Roberts, Of Philadelphia, will prob
ably be chosen moderator this after
noon.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
Wanted TO DIE.
.ENGLlsHMAN SHOT HIMSELF
WITHOUT ASSIGNING ANY
REASON FOR THE DEED.

NEW YORK, May 1G.-John Jack
son, an Engllshman, servant In the
home OF Ralph Pulitzer, shot himself
twice while in the laundry last night
after desperate struggle with Mar
tin Burk, the butler, who tried to wresI
the revolver from him. Mr.. Pulitzer
with an officer. entered the laundry
Just as the shots were fred. Jackson
died at the hospital today. Why Jack
son desired death Is q mystery.
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1 .R|'|.O||Ti|'IE|:.l!......IN||||.E|N6ANjDIll [
S!'.A|!|IL!!.I0|.lO.I|N!.IKEEPERS 5. 4 |! Q D
H|'||IA||.YI'IE|::IORC|.A|l|.NIzED
Want Z ST Sc, 5
Violat;ll, n ofsLaw'

The hotel men and the retail liquor
dealers met at The, alanley Hotel son$
Tuesday night and formed an; organi.S
zatIon known as the Hotel and Retail
Liquor Dealers Association The ot.a
fcers of the Organization are: W. D!s
Wood, Of the Marietta 5 Hotel.$ presl..
dent; George H. Nelson, III the KEN
yon Hotel, vlce,president j Il. Con-;
away, Of the Watson Hotel, secretary
and William Dohency, treasurer
The object Of the organization are,
to bring about a clearer pnderstand.i
ing between the llqaor2 dealers. The
organization wifi do ali in IFS power;
to prevent any violations of the law
concerning. the liquor traffic. I. It VIII
work for the mutual protection .otsitsSI
members and for moral and social Iim:
proyement No politics Is known I'M,
the association.
The members Of the association are I
pledged to abide by and support sthes
law. They are determined that all
other men who sell liquor In the city
shall conduct their business tnya legal
manner. The organization Will have
a representative TO see that there slsS /
no bootlegglng done twill Sendeay:js
or to keep all questionable dealers
from obtaining licenses from the city
council. ;Si
Attorneys Cornwell and Abbsttlc.s
chic are the legal advisers o. the Or.
ganizatioa and prepared sits consHtu.
tion and bylaws. Y ~
The principal hotel men and saloon
keepers have been enrolled land will
work to build up the association. ii
This organization Is similar to the 4;
Hotel Mems Association at 5Unlontow1ns
and It was Robert J. Sample, Of f9Uh.
iontown, that formed the association Il
here. Mr.. Sample met a number Of
interested men here on the night OK
May 10 and the matter was discussed
A meeting was called for Tuesday
night at the Manley and It was then
and there that the hotel men and sa;
loon keepers Of this city banded to-;
gether for protection, M.
It is said that the prosecuting attors
ney at unlontown gets more :iniorma;
tion concerning Illicit selling from the
league than from any other source
and it is thought that the local ;asso.
ciatIon will be able TO do much ia that
direction here. The local organiza.
tion will DO all that 1t can to ldIthe
prosecuting attorney In ferretlng OUT
violations of law and will impose a
fine OF twenty-five dollars for any
member who wdlfully dipobeys the
law. For the second offense he win
be expelled from the; association. n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
.B|I.|G''.CUT 3 G: IN FARE
ON On THE N: +. N.
6 P. | | N {
:.NewRates GoInto
Effect On May %

& The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
( Company has forwarded the new rate
card for the Fairmont, Morgantown
and Plttsburg road as far as the Penn.
syiyania State line. The instructions
given to the local agents are that the
two cent rate is to go into effect on
this road on May q at midnight. No
other rate cahrds have been received.
The rates from Falrmont to the
various stations along the F. NJ. & P.
road under the new rate law and the
existing rates are as follows:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
COMMENCEMENT AT
WESLEYAN COLLEGE
JUNE 7TH is THE FIRST DAY-AN
!. NUAL SERMON TO BE PREACH.
ED BY WHEELING MAN.

81 :, BUCKHANNON, W. Va. May lG.-
The commencement exercises Of the
West Virginia Wesleyan College wifi
be held June 7th and 18th. On the
morning Of the 9th the baccalaareate
sermon will be preached by President
Wier and In the evening the annual
sermon by Rev. J. Sterling Miller, OF
Wheeling. The commencement day adj.
dress will be delivered by DR.. Levi Gil.
bert, Of Cincinnati. The exercises Of
the week will include departmental re.
citals, alumni banquet, a lecture and
an oratorfo by the Conservatory OF
Music.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
SMALL BOY DEAD
Four Year Old Son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Sherman Rice Died To-day.

Russell Rice, the four year old sor
OF Afr. and Mrs. Sherman Rice, died
this morning at their home at the
mouth OF Hlckmaa's ran, after an III
ness OF typhoid fever. Russell was q
bright little boy and a great favorite
with his family and friends. The fun
eral vii be held tomorrow afternoon
eral will be held tomorrow afternoon
BY lnterment at that place. Under
taker Musgraye has charge OF the ar
rangements.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

cleansed and placed in a coffin and
will be taken 10 the home OF the dc,
ccased's mother, Mrs. Rebecca Bryd,
one mile east OF Kanawha Station
this morning. The funeral will be held
this afternoon.
j. a. Anderson, who has known the
Byrd family all his life, was in the
city last night and said he would ac.
company the remains home. lie said
that Mr.. Byrd was simple minded and
had roamed away from home many
times. He left home yesterday morn
Ing for Parkersburg to attend the cir.
Gus and had spent couple OF hours
at the circus grounds before starting
on his return to the central part Of
the city when he was killed.
Another sad funeral was held
neai haha"ha station to-day al ten
o'clock and the dead man met the enl
In about the same manner as Byrd,
He was Cecil Love, aged %, who was
run down by train in plttsburs Taes.
day The young man was working
Tor railroad company and stepped
from one track to avoid a train ami
was killed by passenger train coming
from the opposite direction.
Mr., Love was a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Love and was born at Kanawha
Station, where ne resided with his
parents until four years ago when all
removed to Plttsburg.
The body of Mr.. Love passed
through here yesterdaysattcrnoon, ac
compaa'ed h. members Of the family.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
A "eIoomina' Lot Of Plants.

Hartley's basement to-day 1t liter.
ally n blooming garden, with Its
twelve hundred blooming geranIums,
attractiveIy arranged about the room
The plants are beautiful and thrifty
and are well worth the modest sun
Of ten cents for plant and pot The
basement Is the most attractive por.
tlon OF the story to-day, The sale Of
these plants will begin tomorrow
morning at eight o'clock.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

An infant daughter OF Mr. and Mrs.
+. S. Lynch died this morning at their
home on View street. Filth ward. The
remains were taken by R. c. Jones to
Shinnston on, the street car and from
there were conveyed to Wyatt, where
interment was made.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

The trade excursIonlsts carrying the
Plttsburg Chamber OF Commerce
passed through this city this morning
on It's homeward way.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16
Notice. 5sl

Notice. \,
All persons indebted to the firm Of
Kelley Brothers are hereby hollfed To-
settle same at once, and avoid spaying
costs. ! mean waat Il say. "a \
u, ". HOWARD KELLEY.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

weihaye a lot Of new up.todate pic.
ture mouldings. Call and SEQ them.
before having your picture framed.
Globe Book Store. II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Mr.. James X. Dills, Of smithaeld,
Pa, is in the city the guest Of Mrs.
Mary Grow, In the Second ward.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Hear y, ". II. Peel, Of Syracuse, 10.
night at court;houss. Free.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Water Commissioner Swisher plac.
ed the water plug at The wharf to-day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-16

Nellie, the little daughter OF Prof.
Roster, Is recovering slowly from a
severe spell Of typhoid fever.
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CONTINUED . on Page Eighty
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-05-23

crnmcut Hon. ". J. Bryan was
named executor Of the will and COM
muuica,cd with Gov. J. G. W
Bcckham. who named State College
a. the beneficiary in Ken lucky. The
trustee, OF the College named Pres.
Patterson a, custodian Of the funds.
which VAL yield an annual income Of
$1,000 April li,h wa. chosen a.
the day for awarding this prize, the
first being bestowed on April II.
1906, on \. O. Bowdcn. Of Graves
county the second on y W Babb.
age, Of Cl5yerport Mr. Babbage o..
a Junior Classic of the State College.
The essay which won the prize had
for it, subject The Growth and De
yeiopmcnt Of Constitutional Govern.
mcnt Il consisted Of more than
ten thousand word, aud va, rcplc,cd
with interest aud instruction, the re-
suit OF much thought and research on
the part o. the author.