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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
empire OPENS
IN new HONE
Hundreds Visit the New Rooms and
Behold Them Ad.
miringIy.

The Empire National bank opened
in its new and handsome quarters
in the Empire building. Telegram
Square. Thursday morning for busl-
ness, having completed Its moving
the night before. The officials soon
accustomed themselves to the new
conditions and environments and
were, II possible, even more oblig-
ing than ever. The many depositors
and others called during the day, in
spected the costly fixtures and hand
some room and expressed great ad-
miration and pleasure. The oficials
are very proud of their elegant new
home and are now prepared to do an
immense volume of business, such as
is assured the rapidly growing insti-
tuition.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
INHERITANCE TAX
LAW AMENDED
If Senator Miller's Bill ON the Sub
iect Should Become
Law.

CHARLESTON. Feb. IA. Especially
Senator Miller's bill, No. 17S, one
Of the revenue producers, is in a fair
way to pass the senate. having been
advanced to its engrossment and
third reading. This bill amends the
existing laws relating to takes on in
heritances, devises. distrlbutive
shares and legacies.
1t is in fact direct inheritance
tax on bequests of any amount in
excess of $4,000. The state now
has collateral inheritance, from
which 1t derives about $4,000 per
year. The new law. II enacted, will
increase the revenue apout $780,
900.
If the property be transferred or
devised for tn use Of the father,
mother, husband, wife. child or line
al descendant. the tax shall be one
per cent, If to a brother or sister,
thre per cent. II to a grandfather or
grandmother per cent, and If to
any other person or corporation Z
per cent.
The bill was taken up as a special
order. sepator Kidd objected to the
Classification and offered an amend
ment, making the tax Z per cent. in
all cases. ater he asked that the
tax be made per cent. on all heirs
alike. Senator Thorn. who has
charge of the bill, made a lengthy
speech in favor of.it and against the
amendment.
Senators Blue and Bailey also
spoke for the bill and after Senator
Littlepage, who also favors It, spoke
against the amendment, it was with.
drawn by Senator Kidd.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
COMMISSION PROBES
MINE DISASTER.

CHARLESTON, Feb. IA ses-
sion of the mining investigation
committe eof the house and senate
was held in the governors reception
room last evening, but no informa-
tion will be given out by any of the
members,
Newspaper men who attended were
made to promise they would not
give anything out until the report
was submitted to the senate and
house. which will be on the 18th Of
the month.
There was a vast array Of witness
es summoned for the hearing and
early in the evening the corridors Of
the capital we're lined several deep.
some being men who were in the
Stuart mine just before the explos-
ion
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
RATES TO TEACHERS
WILL Be GRANTED

Teachers and railroad men alike
are looking for the announcement of
the Transcontinental association on
the rates to be given the Interna-
tional Education association for the
convention to be held at Los Angeles
in July. The association wanted
Eastern lines to make the fare a GER
tain proportion Of double the one
way rate and then add to this 50. 90
The latter amount was to be return
ed to the association. because the
membership fees of those attending
the convention. This arrangement
has been in existence for years. The
railroads lately have taken the
stand that the various associations
and societies have been making them
the collection agency for member
ship fees. and have deciNa It was a
bad plan and great deal Of trouble
for the railroads.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
COUNTY DRILLING IS
GOING RIGHT ALONG
OIL and Gas Wells Are Being Drill
AS Usual in Har-
rison County.

In the Folsom district, this coun-
ty. the. South Penn Oil company has
drilled its No on the j. NJ. Orr
farm 12 feet into the Gordon and
has light show of oil.
Near the dividing line between
Marion and Harrison counties, the
South Penn company has drilled its
No. on the H. S. Davis farm
through the Dunkard sand and has a
show for a 20 barrel producer.
On Limestone run, Coal district,
this county, the Reserve Gas COM
pany has drilled its test on the j. Fl.
Morrison farm through the fifth
sand and has a fair gasser in the
lower sand On Tenmile creek, sar-
dis district. the Hope Natural Gas
company has completed its test on
the c. W. Lynch farm and has a
light gasser in the fifth sand.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
CHILD BORN
ON TRAIN
Thrown From the Car and is Found
Frozen stiT the Next
Morning.

BLUEFIELD, Feb. IA child
evidently born on some passenger
train was found alongside the Nor
folk and Western track between Oak
vale and Wills by ]. A. Snyder, con
ductor on a passing freight train.
The child was frozen stiff and ap-
parently had come into the world
about twenty hours previous to the
dicovery of the body The authori-
ties at oakvale were notified and a
rigid investigation will he prosecut-
ed. The child was undoubtedly
born on a train and thrown from a
window, toilet or from the platform
OF the train as the body bore no
clothes and showed traces of bruises,
which would have been present if the
accident occurred as described.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
SALEM MANTAKES
HIS MORTAL LIFE
William Fox Blows Top of Head on
With Bullet From
Pistol.
"oNLY NINE DAYS To LIvE,v
He ExeIains just Before He Does
the Fatal Deed-Lves One
Day More Orly.


William Fox died at his home at
industrial Just west of Salem, at s
O'Clock Wednesday night as the re-
suit of a self-inficted gun-shot
wound.
Mr.. Fox shot himself Tuesday
evening with a revolver. His act
was that of one taking his own life
voluntarily, and was not an accident.
Whether premeditated any length OF
time is not known.
Pulled Gun.
At his home that evening he jump
ed up and exclaimed that he had but
nine more days to rve, and with
that he pulled a revolver hurriedly
out of his pocket and shot himself
in the back of the head before any
one could interfere. The deed was
done in the presence of members OF
the family.
Never Regained Consciousness.
Immediately medical aid was CIV
en- him, but the wound proved fatal
after he had fingered day. The
bullet penetrated the brain and 1t
was remarkable that he survived so
long, as there was no hope from the
time the physician reached him, it
being easily seen that the injury
must prove fatal. He never recov-
cred consciousness, and as conse-
quence made no statement explaining
the cause for his rash act.
Wanted 10 be Poet.
For long time he acted in an &C.
centric manner and was peculiar in
many ways. 1t is stated that he long
entertained the notion that he ought
to be newspaper writer and was
possessed of an Unsuitable desire at
times to write poetry.
Mr.. Fox was about forty years OF
age. He leaves wife and two sons,
one of whom works in Salem
newspaper office. A brother of the
man who took his own life. Napoleon
Fox, resided In Broad Oaks until a
few months ago. He has another
brother by the name of Charles, who
is school teacher. He was nephew
of the late Miss sallie Fox. of
Adamston.
There is nothing to account fer
his strange action and the members
of his family are distracted over the
deed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
NyISTRLAL or THAW
MAY BE THE RESUL =
OF WOMAN S ILLNESS
Court is Again Postponed, while
Juror Bolton Goes to see
His Sick wife.
DEATH MAY STOP THE TRIAL
And Cause the Case to Have TO BE
Tried All Over Again BY
the Court

NEW YORK. Feb. 14-Just be-
fore court convened in the Thaw
trial today information was received
showing the condition OF Mrs. Bolton.
wife of one of the Jurors to be criti-
cal, and recess was taken by the
court until 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
bolton was allowed to go to his wife
in charge Of a deputy sherir.
Mrs. Bolton is suffering from
double pneumonia. There is little
hope for her recovery
1t seemed today as though, the trial
would likely be indefinitely postpon-
ed, II Judge Fitzgerald should de-
eide to temporarily excuse Bolton
and keep his associates on under
lock and key. Unless this is done a
mistrial may be ordered.
Bolton is anxious to finish his duty
in the case but his wlfe's life is in
the balance and he being separated
from her. the strain may result in
his own breakdown. Her death will
certainly delay the trial and may in
capaciate him from further service.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
PRISONER
POISONED
Railroad watcI,man Taken From
City Lookup to a Hospital in
State of Collapse.
City Health onicer Who Attends Him
Says Condition is Due to Poi
son of Some Kind.

Manuel Plolmer. night watchman
on the railroad at Meadowbrook, is
"a patient at the Kessler hospital suf-
feri6g from some kind of poisoning,
having been taken there in an ambu-
lance from the pen called city lock-
up Thursday morning.
Plolmer was found late wednes-
day afternoon by two policemen un-
derneath the Glen Elk bridge. The
man was in semi-conscious condi-
tion presumably from drink as a
quart bottle of whiskey was found on
him. He was placed in the lookup
and Thursday morning when the at
tendants went to look after the pris-
oners Plolmer was found to be in a
state of collapse. City Health Of
ficer Warner was summoned and he
rendered medical attention. After
an examination the physician con-
cluded that the man had been poison
ed either by something he had eaten
or drunk. An ambulance was called
from the hospital and the man was
taken there.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
IS
CANCELLED
By the Peabody Coal Company for
Lack OF Coal Cars to
Ship In.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Now Has the Case Against
b. & o. Railroad.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. IA
The complaint OF the Peabody Coal
Co. of West Virginia. is now before
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
Mr.. William Job. president of the
company, complains that the Pea
body Co. was equipped for mining
and delivering to the cars 1900 tons
of coal day, but that the railroad
could not or would not furnish the
cars, and the company had been OBJ
liged to cancel contracts and lose
business while other mines of the re-
gion, owned and operated wholly or
in part by officials OF the railroad
company, were enjoying the use of
all the cars they needed.
Attorney Wilson, for the railroad,
explained that the Peabody Co. was
awarded cars on percentage basis
in proportion to It's rated capacity,
and that 1t always got its full per-
centage. and sometimes more.
Mr.. Job said that he had begun life
as miner and had filed every po-
sItlon from that to president Of the
coal company. He went into good
deal OF detail as to the equipment OF
the mine, and said that while its ca
pacity was given at nominally 1900
tons daily they were in position to
mine and ship 1900 tons day II they
could get the cars; that they had a
market for all the coal they could
ship and that they would easily in
crease the output OF the mine up to
$500 tons. daily If they could get the
cars to ship the coal. He said they
calculated the actual operation OF the
mine in days work" whether this
was in whole day or part day
stretches, and that they had .been
running along with from one to three
days work week. averaging per-
haps eight days work a month.
The specific instance OF a contract
cancelled to which the railroad rep
resentative objected to having Mr.,
Continued on page So
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
CIVIC CLUB
IS AT WORK

The Woman's Civic Club held its
regular monthly meeting in the par
ior OF the Waldo Wednesday after,
noon. Much important business was
transacted and arrangements were
perfected looking toward the opening
of the reading room and library.
which is now the leading thought Of
the club. 1t is thought that 1t viii
be open to the public by the first Of
March-certainly very early in the
month. A large number of suhscrib-
ers have been secured and it is hoped
that the citizens will give their in
terest and support to this very
worthy cause. The payment OF one
dollar per year gives the subscriber
all the benefits and privileges OF the
library and reading room.
The club takes great pleasure in
announcing, under its auspices, the
appearance OF Roney's Boys. Concert
Company of Chicago. on Thursday
evening. Feb. 2S. at the Grand opera
house. These choir boys VIII be re-
membered with enthusiastic delight
by the immense audience which
heard them here few years ago.
They are quite up to the high stand
ard Of that year. and one Of the
most enjoyable musical treats Of the
season is in store for our city. 1t
will be well to procure tickets early.
as there will be very heavy demand
for them. They may he gotten from
any mmber of the club and after
wards exchanged at the box Office
for reserved seats. Admission rs
cents downstairs. and so cents for
the balcony. Keep the date in mind
Thursday. Feb. 2S, 1907.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
JOLLY CAR RIDE.

The following persons took a fly
ing trip to shinnston over the trac-
tion line last evening and visited
Griffin's at that place; Miss Emzie
Newton, Miss Retta Newton. Hawker
Newton, Miss cinda Boyles. Miss
Good. Miss Annie Payne. Miss Alma
Swiger. Samuel Kyle. Wayne wolver.
ton, Miss Lillian Harris, Victor VII
lers and Lee Williams. They report
a jolly time.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
+++ = : : = :
= MINISTER FIRST
= DEPosIToR AT THE
= EMPIRE BANK.

= The spell is not to be brok- &
= en-" These are the words OF =
= the Rev. L. E. Peters, widely =
: known throughout the country :
= as an eminent Baptist minister, :
7 Sunday school instructor and =
: lecturer. When the Empire =
, National bank first opened its =
= doors for business Mr.. Peters I
= was the first depositor, and :
Z Thursday morning he was at .
= the bank in its handsome new Z
I quarters in the Empire build >
z ing bright and early to make .
: the first deposit at the bank Z
: there. He did SO with the re- =
! mark above quoted and he feels =
: proud of the distinction, and :
= the bank officials are much =
: pleased over his kind and help =
: ful attitude toward the institu- =
= ton. Andrew Lyon was the :
> second depositor. :
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14

artist is not what It is cracked up
to be, and they have decided to make
a break for home.
The young ladies, giving their
names as Anna May and Lillian star
lett, the first eighteen and the latter
but triae. more advanced in years.
appeared at the National vaudeville
theatre Saturday. They graciousIy
stated that they could sing and
dance. had taken part in several
home talents in Parkersburg and
just knew they would make a hit.
The manager promised to give them
a chance on Friday night, when the
stage is open 70 all persons. and the
young women have remained over
to make their first appearance IN
public.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
PRIMM STRUCT BY STRAY
BULLET FROM A FIGHT
Adamston Young Man is Accidental
ly Wounded in a Leg Near
Brownsville, Texas.

William J. Primm, OF Adamston,
received letter Thursday from his
son. Henry Primm, Who is in Texas,
which bore the information that the
latter had been shot in the leg by a
stray bullet from fight.
The bullet was of As caIibre and it
inflicted very painful wound but 1t
is not thought TO be serious. The
shooting occurred near Brownsville
where Henry has been working at
the carpenter trade and was between
one of Henry's friends and another
man.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
BOND OF ATTORNEY YosT
is INCREASED TO $4,000.

NEW MARTINsvILLE. Feb. IA
Attorney e. H. Yost, charged with
the killing of George B. woodcock,
had his bond Increased from $1,000
to $4,000. The increased bond is
said to be due to pressure brought to
bear on the district attorney by mem
bers Of the Woodcock family. Those
now ON Yost's bond are Harry Nc
Eldowney, Robert Morris, B. F. Bow
ers. J. D. Morgan. F. Victor Iams,
c. E. Burlingame and A. E. Brant
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
ARE RECOVERING
BODIES FROM SEA
Number of Lives Lost in Collision a,
Sea May Reach Nearly
Two Hundred.

PROVIDENCE. R. l.. Feb. IA
Al $ o'clock this morning the mum.
Der of known dead as the result Of
the collision of the steamer Larch.
mont and schooner Knowlton wal
13S. No less than 257 persons were
Anown to be on the steamer and
there Il every indication the number
Vas nearer two hundred. Seventy
one bodies have been recoyerd.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
STAGE STRICKEN
YOUNG MAIDENS

sTEUBENvILLE. o.. Feb. IL
Lured by the glare Of theatrical life,
two stage-struck young maidens LEFT
their homes in Parkersburg. W. va,
last week and came to steubenville
in hopes Of making their stage debut
on the, local boards. BY this time
they have found that the life of an
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
NEW OIL COMPANY.

The WEIGH OIL and Gas Company
with Offices in clarksburg, has been
chartered with an authorized capital
stock of 100000 of which $50 has
been paid. The incorporators are
R. N, KOblegard, Frank Armstrong,
R. D. Douglass. D. j. Carter and G.
E. Stone, of clarksburg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
And Ninety Cottages and Houses De
stroyed rs the Result Of a
Big Fire.

PINE BLUFF, Ark, Feb. AZ
Fire last night destroyed ninety cot
tsges and residences. three hotels,
the Carr Memorial church, and fully
two hundred barns and out houses,
entailing loss OF 5000, 900.
John Springer and a man named
Reed lost their lives. A thousand
people are homeless.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
MRS. MOORE is DEAD.

Mrs. Rachel Moore. aged ss years,
died at her home near shinnston this
week and the body was inferred in
the family burial ground. She was
the mother of Dudley P. Moore, Of
Peora.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
Newspapers Are IndIcted.
rBy Associated Press.l

LEBANON. KY, Feb. 1.-THE
county grand jury today returned in
dictments against the Cincinnati En-
quirer. Louisville Herald, Louisville
Times and Evening Post for printing
and circulating in this county "of-
fensive and indecent" proceedings of
the Thaw trial.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
PEOPLE
ARE HOMELESS
KNOX FOR sMooT.
IBy Assoclated Press

by Associated Press.l
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. IA
In the Senate today Knox made an
address in support Of Shoots title
to seat in the Senate.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14

BENJAMIN Anderson was here
Thursday from shinnston on busi-
ness.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14

We are che only paper u the city
taking the Associated Press reports-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Friday, except
snow or rain IN mountain districts
and colder.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-14

Continued on page So
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-04
Joint State Action,

The waterways resolutions of the
Missouri and Illinois legislatures, add
ed to those in Wisconsin, are a protest
against wrong and injustice which Is
certain to be echoed from every state
between the Rocky mountains and the
Alleghanies.
The Missouri legislature. asserts
the St Louis Republic, speaks fol
the state by saying that by the unfai'
distribution of money in the rivers ana
harbors bill Congressman Burton has
shown himself unfit to be chairman Of
the committee from which it has beer
reported.
The Legislature speaks for the stat;
in notifying Congressman Ellis of Kan
sas City-though his name is not men
tioned-that his acquiescence in Chair
man Burtons injustice to Missouri i:
net approved.
The Legislature speaks for the stat,
in notifying all 1G of its representa-
tiyeS In congress, and both senators
that they are expected to do their leve
best. individually and collectively, t,
eorreci This injustice and get into tn
b}ii, bs1ofs Us fnai passage. adequat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-04
Roosevelt Aids Subsidies.

President Roosevelt has endorsed
the ship subsidy bill in a message to
congress. In doing so he virtually be
comes party 10 the trickery and
fraud practiced by its supporters in
forcing its passage through the com
mittee on merchant marine in the
house.
No matter what his views on the
principle of ship subsidies may be. the
president should never have given his
support to a measure engineered
through congress as this has been. He
cannot afford to countenance sharp
practices and questionable proceedings
in the support of any legislation.
The message itself is misleading and
far below the standard in the concise
ness and accuracy of reasoning, estab
lished by the president in previous
communications TO congress.
The pending measure in congress. OF
which Mr.. Roosevelt is undoubtedly
aware, has no semblance to the subsi
dies practiced in European countries
| 1t will not establish a single new line
of commerce from any of our ports but
will simply present TO five established
| and profitable lines bonuses of which
| they do not stand in need. 1t is hare
to determine by what course of rea
sOning the president justified the gift
of any sum of money TO the Hill anC
Hartman interests.
1t certainly looks as if the subsidy
grasbers will succeed in forcing an en-
tering wedge into the United States
treasury at this session. thanks to The
timely aid of President Roosevelt anC
the trickery and connivance of Speak
er Cannon. Ii is the establishment o
the principle of subsidies that pre-
sents the greatest element Of danger.
| The country knows. from the expert
ence it has had with the protectiv,
tariff, how rapacious the wealthy inter
ests are when seeking favOrs from thu
government Let ship subsidies be
come the established policy of the gov
eminent and there will be no end tt
the demands for assistance
For a president who pretends to b.
opposed to monOpolies. combination
and special interests RoOsevelt's att
tude on this question of subsidies il
lcertainly hard to explain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-04

The Washington correspondents
agree that the tariff revisionists in
congress now see no hope of anything
being done to revise the Dingley
schedule until after the next pre@iden-
tial election. The movement TO call a
caucus OF the house republicans to
discuss the tariff has waned and died
The 80 signatures necessary could not
be procured. and the standpatters re,
joice greatly in this outcome. Never
theless this unsettled question will
continue to plague the party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-04
All Advertising PAYS.

Discussing the probability that 'Sa-
lone" will be reproduced on some 9th
er stage than that of the Metropolitan
opera house in New York, the New
York Sun said recently in its news
columns: Mr. Conried does not in
tend to lose the costly setting and cos
tunes and all the capital that this
present advertising has made for the
work" In other words. the momen;
the opera became a subject of general
comment in the newspapers it's success
from the financial standpoint was as
sured. and the publicity the production
has received is counted as certain
asset
Most of "Salome's" advertising was
free. But the merchant who pays the
regular rates to create talk and stimu
late thought about his store and its
wares generally finds the cost insie
lnificant in comparison with the results