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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
ROMIEs7E.D's BIG PAY
SYSTEM IS DEVISED AND STEEL
WORKERS GET THEIR
MONEY.

PlTTsBuRG. Nov. 1G.-The largest
pay in the history. OF the Homestead
plant of the Carnegie Steel Company
was completed yesterday. with the OK
repticn OF the night men who werc
pad this morning.
Paymaster W. H. corhett WIS com.
PEELED to revise HIS sym. the pa,
car being taken through NIL depart.
ments according to a schedule IN,
nounccd earlier in the LAY. Tho
amount dlsbursed was sa!o.NnO. OF
which, according to the decision OF
the steel corporation some time ngo
90 per cent. was in cash and the re.
malnder In clearing house checks,
The ~ md as inch mills of the
Homestead Steel works closed dow,
Yesterday for repairs, but will resume
Monday morning, at which time II Is
thought repairs on the Bessemer de.
partment will also be completed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
institute
OF EPWoRTH I sAelEs IS TO sE
HELD IN WEST VIRGINIA
NEXT SUMNER. ~

saINSsToN. Nov. is;@The Rev.
Wayne X. stalnaser. OF this place.
president OF the atorgantown District
Bpworth League, Is making canvass
Of the State for the purpose OF inter.
estIng the members OF that society
in the organization OF an Epworth Lea
que Institute for West Virginia. n
Nj. stnlnalier says: 'The Idea is,
in the summer of 1908 to hold this
institute 10 specially train the young
people OF Ne,hodIsm SO that they VIII
be better equipped to 10 work In the
League. For example, TO train the
Epworth League presidents and the
fonr vice presidents, the secretaries
end the trees rers, SO that by trained
service they will be better enabled TO
10 the work o. their particular depart.
ments.
THE Leagues are passing through
a trnnisItion stage. and there needs
10 be something 70 =fip them yitally.
The State League Institute was or
Ernisrd In 1905 10 flll long felt want.
In that year the Rev. r. NJ. Dandall.
p. D., Of Chicago. went before the
hoard Of control OF the Epworth i.cr-
~" sud asked that m institute be
held by faculty selcctS,l BY THO boar,I
to hold collegiate institute. or col.
lege in miniature. to train young PEG
pie. The board asked the source OF
finance and the general secretary per
sonally deposited $1,000 for this spc
ciHc purpose.
There the institute had It's genesis
The first Institute was held at Des
Moines, Iowa, and was such 4 phenom
cnal success that the board ordered
three institutes 10 be held in 1907
and were held as follows: Lake &c
nevn, Lakeside, o.. and Winfield. Kas
The results OF these three institutes
were thnt % Young men offered them
selves for the ministry; 81 young peo
pic. for mission work. and 30 for dea
CONFESS work. These were the prac
teal results. The object is to have
a State institute in West virgfnfa dur
ing the summer of 1908. to be held
in the geographical center of the State
probably Clarksburg."
Rev. stalnaker is a Jealous worker
for the cause OF Methodism. SO W,
may look forward to the institute NJ
an established fact, 1t once being lief
to the members of the League to. de
eide where 1t shall be held.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
lows Of West yIrsinin will convene IA
this city next week and will likely be

lows Of West yIrgipin will convene IA
this city next week and will likely be
In session for four days.
Andrew Sermon. grand treasurer.
of Mourdsyille. was here few days
ago and completed all prcIiminar,
ARRANGEMENTS for the holding Of tho
Grand Lodge. Mr.. Seamon sisted to
a newspaper representative that the
coming session would be the iarges;
meeting of the Odd Fellows tina, was
ever held in this State. In addition
to the general routine business which
will claim the attention concerning
the erection and completion Of the
Odd Fellows Home Mt Elkins will h.
considered and disposed Of Mr.. Sen.
mon further stated that the Grand
Lodge was never In as prosperous y
condition as It Is NJ the present tine
aud he has In his possession rs grand
treasurer In the ncighborhon,l OF So.
OO0. a large part OF which win 10 H..
yolcd to the bililllng OF the Odd TGI,
lows iio:po ut ElkIns.
AT the session OF the Grand Lodge
to be held here next week II is ex.
pected that there will be present at
least one thousand delegates anil
representatives from different lodges
/, throughout the State. to say nothIns
about the large number Of Odd Eel,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
aeuekv Jaeksen Married.

Mr. Maurice Jackson. more faulil.
InrIy known as .Buck- Jackson, and,
Miss Mildred jackson. Of Klpgwood
were united in marriage on Noyep,.
Der 9Th. al Cumberland. Md. Mr..
Jackson is son Of Stonewall Jack.
son Of this cfty. and was pitcher on
the FaIrnont base ball team this psst
season. He is a, present business
manager Of the Preston Leader. HIS
bride visited. here this summer as the
guest Of Misses Maud aud lisa Jack
son sisters Of the groom. The King.
wood Journal gives the following ac.
count OF the marriage:
On wednesday,. November 9Th. at
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
MORE GOLD oocMlseS
Importatlons From Europe NoWsTetsi
$4,000, 900.

a ~
NEW YORK. Nov: is.The total
amount of gold drawn from the vaults
Of Europe on the currency Import
movement approsimates the enormous
sum OF sGI,ooo.0oo Banking institii.
lions today resumed imports, Laird
Freres & Co. announced an engage.
ment of sa,5OO,OoO additional. making
their total iniportaions s1s;s65ooo
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. engaged si,5oo.oos
more, or s4,ooo.OoO 50 far while the
seaboarl National Bank has ordered
100000 gold coin in London.
In addition to The $4,000; 900 anil
more already brought here,ss 100000
more is expected next week.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
Murder Over
Seventy Cents
MAN GETS LIFE SENTENCE BE.
4 CAUSE He KILLED ANoTH.
Err OVER THRILLING
- MATTER.

CHARLESTON. Nov. 1G.-"M Murder
in the first degree, with imprisonment
for life In the penitentlary." was the
verdict returned In the Intermediate
Court by a Jury Of merchants. who
have for two days been listening to
s the wreksome evidence In the sensa-
tional seyenty-cent murder case of
the State versus William Crawford.
coloted, charged with the killing of
Alex Murphy, colored, at Tomsburg.
on Paint Creek, September IS. The
testimony showed that the bad blood
between tho two men arose as a re.
suit OF disagreement over triling
sum Of money, probably the smallest
sum that ever caused bloody deed.
al told Murphy last pay day that
Z would get him yet. tried to kill
him. He robbed me of fifty cents"
Such were the words Bishop Hender-
son, a States witness. testified to hav.
ing heard Crawford utter us he was
coming back to his cabin after chas.
Ing Murphy up the vallew and firing
three shots at him.
That the immediate cause OF the
quarrel that led TO the shooting was
q dispute oven still smaller sum.
came out in the testimony OF John
Harris and others who were In the
cabin where the first shot was fred
that caused Murphy to turn and run
from his slayer. Twenty cents was
hetmount involved.
4 Harris declared that he saw the
Z shgotlns, Murphy turn and ran and
hoard him call several times for help
as Crawford was chasing him with
gin in hand.
eleybourne Scott met Crawford and
Christian returning from the place
where the last rwo shots were fred
into Murphy's body. Scott asked WHO
yas shot
no one to hurt you said Craw-
u toIll.e
He Jumped about two feet high"
added Christian.
The witnesses for the defense did
( not contradict any OF the States i'm.
5portant testimony. The main point
OF dispute being as to whether or not
Murphy was armed. Chas. Bingham
stated positively that Murphy had no
ganaat the time Of the shooting.
The defendant was called to the
stand last. His testimony did little
TO Improve his cause, being full OF
contradictions.
The case went to the jury at late
hoar. 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
Meeting Of weman,s Club.

The regular meeting OF the Womaa's
Club was held yesterday in the Public
Library. In the absence from the city
Of the president, Mrs. A. L. Lehman.
the vice president, presided.
The programme was in charge OF
the Juvenile Department and the open.
Ing remarks were made by the Depart
ment chairman, Miss Mary George. Mr..
J. Walter Barnes had been asked to
address the meeting on the subject Of
Child Education" Mr.. Barnes was
for many years teacher and was able
to deal well with his subject. Miss
Hastings Of the Normal School spoke
on the subject. Literature for Chill.
dren." During the afternoon the CLUB
Glee. rendered two selections. "The
Bridny of the Birds" and "Darky
Lullaby" Mrs. Edgar NJ. Hall sang a
solo. Mrs. C. C. Robb and Miss Lucy
Raymond were the accompanies Of
the afternoon.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
Leaves for Nem YORK.

Miss jean Fleming leaves Sunday
night for New York City to spend a
week and will laier go to Cambridge,
Mass. to attend the Harvarl.Yale foot
ball game on next Saturday. Mrs. t.
W. Fleming and son. Sweeney, are at
New Haven, Conn, to-day attending
the Yale.PrInceton game.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
visItfnn Old Friends.

Mrs. Eunlce Lemley and daughter.
Miss Edith, OF Rayenswood. are In the
city the guests OF Mrs. Maria Raymond
and Mrs. Mary IIaymoSd. Mrs. Lem.
ley W" formerly Miss Raymond.
and vas a cousin OF The late Judge
Raymond and a niece OF the late Mark
Raymond. This is her first visit 20
this city in rs years.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16

the Good Time Club yesterday after.
noon Mt her home IN The PiEh ward.
Beside the regular members present
there were a number Of out OF town
guests and the occasion was an enjoy,
able one. Tempting refreshments
were served at the close Of the after.
noon, Mrs. C. L. Smith will entertain
The club on next Friday at her home on
Quincy street
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
Weston on His Way

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. led.
ule of twelve hundred mile walk
reached conneant. Ohio. this morning.
ate breakfast. started at fast pace
for here. lie left Erie, Pa. last night.
He is now n day ahead OF his sched.
nle of a twelve hundred mile walk
from Portland Maine 10 Chicago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
woRLp,s Pure 8 20 o. low

CHICAGO. Nov. 16.--with the mott
elaborate and complete exhibition 81
foods and food products ever shown.
In. decorative setting that cost ;2o..
600. the Worlds Pure Food exposition
opens today at the Coliseum. Slr. II
Y, Wiley. chief OF he bureau Of chem /.
istry Of the unlted States debartmsnt
of agriculture, and many other food
experts Of this and Other countries
have participated in thu arrangsments
or the great,iood fall, The show wIal
last unttf;next Saturday Inclusive ami
the management expects to hsndia
from 10000 to 100000 SPECTATOR
Daily demonstr ations and lectures win
beiheld.
Born yesterday.su unto Mr. and Nrs.
jerome Bryan, ot the Eth ward. q 3
daughter
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16

ne SuIIuHY ScHUOI OF IHe MethodIst
Church MS dciisaita'ly entertained
Yesterday evening at the Temple by
the Sunday School classes Of Mrs.
Frank Kelley and Mrs. Ernest Sher.
wood. Games and various amusements
were INDUCED in and delightful even.
ing was spent. About two hundred
people were present.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16

In honor Of the eighth birthday an.
nirersay OF their little son. Mr.. and
Mrs, 7. N. Travis ere entertaining n
number OF little folks this afternoon
at their home. A delightful afternoon
is being spent by the children.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16

PrTTsBuRG. Pa, Nov. 16.-Henry
schnifrelbein. nineteen, accidentally
shot himself through the head. dying
almost instantly to-day as he was
starting on hunting trip. He had
set the gun beside the steps. When
he picked 1t up. the gun was dlscharg-
ed. .
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
Chicken Supper.

The ladies of the Central Christian
Church win give chicken Supper IN
the basement under the Famous Store
Thursday. Nov. 81. beginning at s n, m.
Al elaborate menu will be prepared.
Meals. soc.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
Chicken Supper Ros,poned

On account OF a conflicting date
with the Christian church. the sumner
to have been given on next Thursday
evening by the ladies' of the South.
ern NJ. E. Church has been postponed
until the following week. I'D
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
FLIES THOUGH sNowsToRM.
steyenst Balloon Takes 125 Mile Jaun.
In New England.


In New England.
FREEMoNT. N. H.. Nov. 1G.-After
a flight through the air Of about 1875
miles the balloon, Stevens 81. which
went up from North Adams at 1901
a. m. yesterday, landed near Lyfords
Crossing, three miles north of this vii.
lage, ut about ais this afternoon. Leo
Stevens of New York. and James F,
Lord. of Chicago, were pilot and pas.
senger.
During the flight the balloon passed
through a snowstorm.
Mr.. Lord plans the organization oil
an aero club In Chicago. it Is said, aud
series Of ascents there next spring.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16

Entertained Good Time Club.
Mrs. Stewart Helmick entertained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-07

Barbizon.
From the Craftsman


There are many visitors to Barbizon
today; the wretched little trolley line
that jerks you out from the last sta
ton of the French railway potters
about through the meadows and enters
the narrow Barbizon street with much
commotion and apparent reluctance
And this narrow pathway is The main
street of the village, on which you
find the studios of the great French
men who have studied and painted here
Diaz's studio Is picturesque TO a de-
gree; it has porch and vines, and You
pass in succession the working places
of Rousseau, Daubisny and others of
the Barbizon school who studied quietly
and peacefully in this beautiful, remote
part of France-that is, remote so far
as the usual occupations of life are
concerned, and remote because difficult
to reach. Almost at the end of the
jerking little railway you come to the
present Millet house and lovely old
studio A step beyond this the trolley
stops and you walk out to the forests
of Fontafnebleau and rest there and re-
greet all the sadness of Millet's life and
the tragedy of his early death. and
marvel a little at the American woman
who was. in the Millet garden DIS you
passed the house which was saved for
Francois, her husband; how she lives
there, quite alone. with all the mourn
full memories that are hers, following
after probably very gay American
! girlhood. They say that she is always
In the garden when the trolley runs
through the little village. looking for
familiar faces. or even american faces,
TO speak to and to invite into the shade
of her porch for a cup of tea in ex-
change for a word of American hfe-a
sad-looking woman with much dignity
of mien. and especially an air of quiet
melancholy If the trolley brings her no
visitors for her tea table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-07
Large Hands and Feet.
From the indianapolis Star.

From the Indianapolis Star.
1t is said that Disraeli was prouder of
his small hands than Of all his great
mental accomplishments. This was pre-
sumably because they were badges of
aristocracy in their evidence that he had
not been brought up to labor, and he
worshiped ariStocracy. And small feet of
the same Observation-Disclosures that the
possessor did not go barefoot when a
child. Generations of carefully shod chill
dren of the nobility developed this char
acteristic OF those of gentle blood" as
distinguished rom the commonalty. But
such proofs of superiority were not meek
ly endured. In due time brainy COM
monerS discovered that the artistic
hand" was not small, but long and slen-
der; and then came the athletic multitude
who scorn small hands and fe=t as evil
dences of effeminacy
1t has been basely insinuated, however,
that girls with large hands and feet
usually go in for athletics in order to ac-
problem that calls for Sherlock Holmes.
Probably the average woman either en-
vies or feels akin to that happy miss of
whom it was written:
Her feet beneath her petticoat
Like little mice stole in and out.
But the ranks. OF those who take pride
in artistic or athletic hands and feet are
slowly and surely swelling; and they are
finding allies in the aristocracy of honest
labor, which has made generous" hands
and feet recognized insignia of merit in
the literature of this country and of Eu-
rope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-07

touched. Indeed, the plain between the
White and Blue Niles is SO rich that. II
water is put upon 1t. it will produce four
or five crops every year, and that for
many years In succession. We have mil
lions of acres of such soil; and they only
await the hand Of man to bring them into
! the worlds markets as live commercial
factors"
What kind of crops can be raised in
that country. your excel!ency?" I asked.
Almost anything that is now produced
in Egypt" was the reply. The Gezireh
is already growing great deal Of durra.
a millet whose seed forms the chief food
of the natives. 1t produces an excellent
hard wheat and also maize. AS 1t is now,
that plain is the chief granary of this
part of the world. 1t r?'-ns so much that.
when the season is good. the crops are
more than the people consume. and at
such times the grain is stored away in
great pits. 1 have seen durra pits forty
feet deep and about fifty feet in diameter.
They are to be found about almost every
village; and, at ordinary times. are kept
full of grain for fear of a famine. While
the mahdi reigned his soldiers robbed the
durra pits. and the result was that whole
communities were wiped out by starva-
ton.
New Railroads and Irrigation.
But If the bad years eat up the good
ones, where Is the Sudan to get its grain
for export?" I asked.
That will come by irrigation and bet
ter transportation. AS 1t is now the peo-
pie rely upon the rainfall. which is not
sure. In the future that country can be
irrigated by the two Niles, and that with
out diminishing the supply of water re-
quired for Egypt. Then the land will
have water all the year round. Improved
methods of cultivation will enormously
increase the crops. At present. the La
IL, H., 10
rain and stirs it up with a stick, while
his wife or child comes behind dropping
the seeds and covering them with their
feet. Aftepplanting nothing Is done I'M
til two months later, when the crop is
ready for reaping.
'As to transportation, everything is
brought to the river on donkeys or cam
els, which eat their heads off on the way.
and it has to come down the Nile on boats
at high freight. We hope to coon build a
railroad into the Gezireh, which will give
1t an outlet to the Red sea; and there
will be other roads branching off from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-07
JEWS. WILL HONOR
CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN

NEW YORK, December IAN import
ant event in Jewish circles of this civ
VIII take place on Wednesday evening,
december IL, when the Hebrew Veterans
OF the war with Spain will tender a din
ner In honor of the Rev. Father William
Henry Reaney, :enior Catholic chaplain of
the United States Navy. Father Reaney
Rad during the Spanish-American war
come in close contact with many of the
Jewish volunteers, and there has in con-
sequence sprung up deep friendship be-
tween him and many of those who now
form the membership G. the organization
As a token of their esteem for him the
society will celebrate its annual reunion
by rendering dinner to the man who has
for six successive times been reelected
as chaplain-in-chief of the United Spanish
War Veterans. 1t is perhaps for Inc first
time that Jewish society thus publicly
honors a Catholic priest.
The dinner will be held at a restaurant
at 5Sth street and Columbus Circle The
members and friends of this society, to-
gether with other invited guests will make
up large gathering, and some of the
prominent Jews of this community will be
among those present. Among the speak
ers will be Mr.. Jacob II. Schiff. who will
take as his subject The Jew as a Sol
der" Edward Lauterbach, n. -'aylor
Phillips. the Rev. DIR. Rudolph Grossman
honorary chaplain of the Hebrew Veter-
ans of the War with Spain; Mr. Isdor
WE'LL. commander II. V. w. S.
The following letter has been received
for the occasion from Secretary Strauss
and will be read at the dinner:
October % 1907
Dear Sir: beg to acknowledge the re-
ce'pt of your favor of the 10th instant, in
Wiling me to attend the ,snquet of t e
veterans on December IL. 1907. to be
rendered to Rev. Father William II. l.
Reaney. i exceedingly regret that the
eXacting duties of this department will
not permit m to accept your invitation.
In spirit | shall be with you. as / heG-ti-
ly applaud the broad spirit of pat iot!sm
that Is so happily illustrated by your
banquet and the reverend fa:her YOU
honor. This is precisely as it shovld be.
Our patriotism. whether it be in peace or
in war. or in the every day walks of life,
enjoins upon to let no creed distinction
obscure our loyalty to American princf-
pies. or our love and esteem for our fell
lowmen.
The discovery of this continent is due
to the combined ingenuity. enterprise and
wisdom of Catholics and Jews, to Column
bus. and TO Santagel and Sanchez. the
j. wish treasurer and treasurer general OF
Araeon. ami among the officers of the
fleet We're the Jewish surg ION, Berndl
and the interpreter. Torres. Low elo-
quently do these facts plead for that
lofty spirit of patriotism. the love of God
the love of country and the love of oar
fel'oWmen. which lies at the basis of all
religions and is ur contin ants inspiri- 6
message 10 the nations of the world. Very
truly yours.