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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-06
Hammond BLOCK Will
BE USED IN THE PAVING
Shows Better Test Than Other Ac-
cording to Report OF Street Com-
mittee and City Engineer.
BRICK QUESTION IS DEFERRED
Beveled Brick May Be Used in Paw
ing Of West Main street-sIinor
Business Of Council.

The city council selected the
Hammond block for the paving OF
Baltimore and South Chestnut
streets, at a session Monday night ad-
journed over from Friday nights
regular session.
The selection was made by the
council unanimously after a test had
been made by the street committee
and the city engineer, showing great
er resistance and less absorption
than the Grafton block manufacture
ed at Thornton, although the price
quoted for the Hammond block Is
$3.50 per thousand and that for
Thornton or Grafton block $17.65
per thousand.
The report of the street commit
tee and city engineer was as follows:
1--WE, the street committee and the
city engineer, beg leave to make the
following report upon the tests OF
the Grafton paving block and the
Hammond paving block and brick:
''We placed them in water for 4s
hours, Weighing them before and af-
ter. and got the following results:
Red W.T.. W.T..
block before after. Gain.
No. 1 Glib. OF. Glib. II OF. OF.
No. 2 Glib. l OF. slb, OF. 7oz.
block slO. Glib. o.. 7oz.
White
brick Glib. OF. Glib. 1S oz. oz.
'tThe rattIer test was made with
$50 pounds of iron and 500 revolu-
tions. In the rattler we placed the
three red block, two white block and
two white brick, weighing them be-
fore and after test.
Red block 3. VT. before 2slb. 7e
o., VT. after 27lb. OF; loss per-
block 10 1-3 OF.
White block 2. VT. before 1SIb.
1Sh or, VT. after lib. 10 OF; loss
per block SIX OF.
White brick 2, W.T.. before Alb
z or, VT. after 13 lib. o.; loss
per brick 8 or
The selection of brick for the
West Main street paving was defer
red until the next meeting, the idea
being to examine thetproposItion to
furnish beveled brick for that owing
to the steepness of the grade. These
latter will cost IS cents more on the
thousand than the regular brick,
which are quoted at $3.50 a thou
sand as against $12.45 a thousand
for the Thorton brick.
The council was informed that
the full order for the block or brick
could be filed in 90 days.
The resignation OF Policeman
Johnson was rendered but upon mo-
tion of Councilman Ernst was laid
on the table until the next meeting
of the council.
E. NJ. Wilson and w. H. Lewis
were granted permission to erect
two-story building on Poplar street.
The report of the city attorney
that the alley in the rear of the j.
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-06
GIN CLUB WILL SHOOT.

The Clarksburg Gun Club will
meet at Union Heights tomorrow af-
ternoon at i o'clock and hold a
regular weekly shoot.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-06
In An Attempt to Wreck the Pitts
burg Flyer on the Erie
Railroad in Ohio.
my Aasoe1ated Press.l

HIRAM, o.. Aug. 6-An attempt
was made last night to wreck the
Pittsburg Flyer. No. %. on the Erie
railroad. between here and CARROTS
vile. with the trunk of a tree chain
ed to the track.
Section men discovered the OBJ
struction and gave the alarm.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
S2,5OO,O0O FIRE At
HEAD OF THE LAKES
ELEVATOR, 100000 BUSHELS OF
GRAIN AND OTHER PROPER
TY BURNED.
HEAT DRIVES FlRtMtN AWAY
BLAZE HAS GOOD START BEFORE
DISCOVERED - ORIGIN uN-
KNOWN.
HEAT DRIVES fIREMtN AWAY

Duauth, Nov. 10. - Fire of an I'M
known origin last night caused the de-
struction of the Great Northern ele-
vator A in Superior, together with
100000 bushels of grain, principally
wheat, all of which was fully covered
by insurance. The elevator was own
ed by the Great Northern railroad,
but was leased to the A. D. Thomson
Grain company of Duluth The sparks
soon ignited the Grand Republic mill
on Tower bay slip, the Great Lakes
Dredge and Dock company dock, and
the Duluth Superior Storage company,
which contained the finishing plant OF
the Webster Chair company.
Loss Will Reach $2,50O,o0O.
1t is estimated that the aggregate
loss will reach $2,500,0O0 The fire
started at the southeast corner of the
elevator A dock and before it was no.
ticed had communicated to the eleva-
tor. An alarm was turned in and four
fire tugs responded, but owing to the
intense heat they were driven out Of
the slip and devoted all their energies
to saving the adjoining property. The
steamers w. A. Parent and W. A. Rog-
ers were in the elevator A slip load
ing wheat and the latter was to take
out 100000 of wheat to-day.
Steamers Towed to Safety.
The steamers Utica, Alva and Chilli
were on the opposite side of the slip
at a merchandise dock and were pull
ed out by tugs to save them from de-
struction. The Globe elevator, owned
by the Peavey company, was on. fire,
and for time it looked as though it
would go, but the fremen succeeded
in extinguishing the flames. The blaze
also spread to the sawmill property Of
the Peyton, Kimball & Barber compa-
ny, but this likewise was extinguish-
ed before any serious damage was
DONE
Property Destroyed.
At l o'clock this morning the fire
seemed to be under control, although
still burning fercely in some of the
doomed structures. The combined de-
partments of Duluth and Superior are
combating the conflagration. The
property destroyed at this hour is as
follows:
One Great Northern elevator, Min
kota flour mill and elevator. Freeman
mill and elevator, Grand Republic mill
and elevator, Commander mill and ele.
vator. twenty dwellings and several
small warehouses lining the bay front.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
NEWS Of THE WEEK N fPITOMF
IMP n PoRTAfsT EvENTs At HOME
ND IN FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
vVashII nlat,ol,,n., /

Secretary Metcalf has Issued q state
ment estimating that $125, 041 1893 will
be required for the naval service for
the year commencing July 4, 1908.
Complete rural service m Carver
i county. Minnesota. has been ordered.
affective on Dec. i. The total number
81 routes In the county Will be eight
zen. 81 u e
MAI. Gen. j. Franklin Bell, chief Of
stan Of the army. has resumed his du-
ties at the war department after a
months stay at a health resort In New
York state. He is in excellent health.
The comparative statement OF the
governments receipts and expendi-
lures show that for the month Of Oc-
tober, 1907, the receipts were $59, 02S.-.
s4e and the Expenditures were $53,554,-
357, leaving a surplus for the month
Sof about $434,000. For October, 1906.
the surplus was about $2,eO0,O0O.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
GRAIN ON THE WAY TO MARKET.
Plan Adopted by Minnesota Banks to
Move Crops Is Effective.

'VSvS SiSfS 10 -hSSS'NSs -
St. Paul, Nov. 10.-According to re-
ports received from various places
over the Northwest the credit scheme
which was lnaugurated by bankers in
Minnesota to facilitate the movement
of grain seems to have had the desired
effect, although the plan has not been
operative long enough to determine to
just what extent it will serve the pur-
pose. The farmers and dealers are
being urged to cooperate with the
bankers and large dealers as well as
the railroad and steamship lines.
"The effect of the scheme, which
was started last Tuesday," said
prominent st. Paul banker yesterday,
Seems to have produced better con.
ditions with regard to the movement
of grain. Although the plan has been
in operation only a couple of days, it
is being adopted largely both by farm
ers and local dealers. There 81 o'lld
be a movement of grain eastward for
export, which will greatly relieve
financial conditions in general in this
country.
The idea was to urge the farmers
and small dealers to utilize more gen.
orally an exchange Of credi. rather
than an actual exchange of currency.
That is to say, it was suggested and
urged that country bankers and mer-
chants should honor checks by giving
credit for them, drawn on grain buy
ers. BY doing this grain could be sold
and shipped over the railways to the
lakes
1t was stated at the Great Northern
freight Offices yesterday that the
movement of grain toward the Head Of
the Lakes during the week had been
about normal, although there was
slight falling off from the standard Of
previous years.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
URGE SETTLERS TO DAM.

Reservoir Provisions to Solve Water
Question Is Needed.
Pierre, S. D., Nov. 1O-If the new
settlers west of the Missouri do not
build dams this fall to store the wa
ter which pours down the little
draws" on their claims while the
snow is melting in the spring and the
spring rains are on, it will be only
because they refuse to take advice,
which every paper printed in this part
OF the state is pouring out to them
every week. The water question in
that part of the state is one which will
have to. be solved, and for the present
dams are the most convenient make.
shift.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
TRYING 70
RETAIN its GOLD.
TAREE LARGE BANKS RAISE THE
RATE OF DlscouNT-FouRTH
DO 50.
CAN'T STOP THE IMPORTATION
CREDITS CREATED BY SHIPMENT
OF PRODUCTS WILL HELP
KEEP II UP.

New York, Nov. 9.-The contest Of
the European money markets to retain
their gold resources was indicated by
the simultaneous action yesterday of
three Of the large central banks Of
europe and call for a meeting to-
day of the governing board of fourth.
! The Bank of England advanced its
rate OF discount from 6 to Z per cent,
rate which has not before been
reached since 1873. The Bank of
France advanced Its regular discount
rate from 8 IL per cent to per cent
and fixed the rate for loans on secur
tiles at 1-2 per cent.
To Protect Themselves.
The National Bank of Belgium adj
yanced the rate Of discount from 5 IL
per cent to per cent, and DR.. Koch,
the governor of the Imperial Bank Of
Germany. called meeting of the gov
erning board for to-day which is ex-
pected to advance the discount rate OF
the bank from to per cent. These
movements in Europe are regarded as
an indication of the ability of New
York to command gold and the efforts
i Of the European banks to protect them
selves against this demand.
Can't Choke Us of.
Even these high discount rates, how
ever, are regarded as insufficient to
prevent the further importation of
gold into this country, in view Of the
large credits which are being created
by the shipment Of wheat and cotton.
The stock market reflected the
pressure for money by considerable
declines yesterday, but these declines
were generally expected by bankers,
who looked upon the rapid advance in
quotations of Wednesday as hardly
justified by the situation. There Is a
strong determination among the con-
sentative interests that there shall not
be a large speculation for the rise at
the present time
Becoming Normal.
The engagement OF gold yesterday
brought up the total importation on
the present movement to $4O,425, 900,
an amount which would permit loan
expansion Of more than $150,O0O.O00
Lie the legal reserves had not been al
ready impaired. The situation in re
gard to the trust companies is gradual.
" becoming normal The committee Of
trust company presidents is satisfied
that their assets are ample to meet all
Of their obligations and will give them
all the aid required in case demands
on them should continue.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
GRAIN SHIPMENTS IMPROVE.
COTTON MOVEMENT SERIOUSLY
CHECKED BY LACK OF SMALL
BILLS.

New York, Nov. 10. ~ The leading
New York banks were exerting them
selves actively yesterday to meet the
demands Of their country correspond
ents and depositors for currency. They
declare that the suggestions made
from several Western sources that
they are not meeting legitimate de-
mands for currency from the West are
entirely unfounded, and that they are,
on the contrary, taking every practical
BILE measure to aid the West and
South Special favors are shown to
the small interior banks where there
is no clearing house, because it Is
realized that they are not in a posi-
ton to count upon cooperation and
the use of clearing house certificates,
as is the case of communities having
a number of strong institutions.
Cotton Movement Checked.
1t is admitted that the cotton move
ment is seriously checked by the lack
of small bills and silver to pay the
small growers and by the inability OF
the Southern banks to handle the i'm
mense volume of business accumulat-
ed at Southern points. The grain ship
ments are in better shape, owing to
the gold secured by the banks OF ST.
Paul and Minneapolis, and arrange
ments for paying cash in New York
on grain bills.
The aid which is being rendered to
the situation is indicated by the fact
that the total engagements of gold
have now reached $4o,OO0,000. The to-
tai was materially increased yesterday
by the announcement of several pur-
chases which had not heretofore been
made public.
Will Relieve Pressure.
h Of the amount engaged the sum OF
s21,311, 900 has already arrived, in
GLIDING s12,361,150 which was laid
down from the Lusitania yesterday
morning. This gold will afford the ba-
sis of nearly $200,00O,000 in loans and
viii materially assist the New York
banks in their efforts to meet the pres
sure for currency throughout the
country.
The fact that practically $60,o00,000
in currency disappeared from the New
York banks within a week, as indi-
Gated by the last bank statement, is
considered sufficient evidence that the
New York banks are doing their best
to meet ire demand upon them. The
total drain of last week is computed
upon the basis Of an actual loss in
cash of about s3O,OO0,0OO, in the face
Of the fact that $30OOO,OOO of public
money had been poured into the New
York banks.
1t is not possible to determine what
proportion of this S60,000,000 went
West and what proportion went into
boards in New York. 1t is estimated
in some quarters that about half of
the amount was shipped to Western
banks, but other bankers put the pro-
portion somewhat lower, leaving the
balance to be accounted for by hoard
ing. That New York banks are doing,
their best to meet the situation was
tersely put by prominent bank Off
cial yesterday when he said that New
York had convulsed all the principal
markets Of Europe and forced their
discount rates to points higher than
they have reached in some cases in a
generation in order to obtain the gold
to sustain credit in this country.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
.PR[SID[N HITS
At !. PAPER | Trust
RoosEvELT's AID ENLISTED BY
PUBLISHERS IN ATTEMPT TO
CURB COMBINE.
URGE ABOLITION OF TARIFF
RECOMMENDATION TO BE MADE
TO coNGREss-BoNAPARTE
TO GET BUSY.
lURGf ABOLITION OF TARIFF

Washington, Nov. g. ~ President
Roosevelt yesterday indicated to mem
bers Of the committee on paper of the
American Newspaper Publishers as
ISOLATION that he will recommend to
congress the abolition Of the tariff on
press paper, wood pulp and the wood
that goes into the manufacture of pa
per; also that he will make a recon-
mendation to the department Of jus
tice that it take immediate steps to
ascertain whether the antitrust laws
are being disobeyed by the manutac-
turers of paper.
Shows Combine Exists.
The promise Of the recommends
tons by the president was obtained
after he had listened to the representa-
lions of the members of the committee
and to petition from the national or
CARNATIONS of printers, stereotypers,
pressmen and etchers, all Of which set
forth che evidence of q combination on
the part OF the manufacturers of pa
per for the purposes of controlling the
output, regulating and greatly increas-
ing the price and otherwise making
hindersome regulations governing the
source Of supply and delivery Of pa
per.
The appreciation Of the association
was expressed to the president at the
action by the federal government last
year in ordering the dissolution Of the
General Paper company. His atten-
ton was then called to conspiracy
by which 1t was alleged the manufac-
turers of news-print paper have ar
ranged for. an advance Of $12 per ton
upon the supply of that article for the
current year, and an additional ad-
vance next year averaging $40 per
ton.
imposes Big Burden.
This, 1t was explained, means bur.
den imposed IN the printing industry
of the country Of $1O,OOO,O0c for the
present and $19,OO0,OOO for the coming
year.
The excuse for these advances on
the part of the papermakers is the cost
of wood and labor having increased.
This excuse was met in the argument
to the president by the statement that
the published report Of the largest
manufacturing plant of news print
paper gives the increased cost of ma
terial and manufacture, including the
expense of administration and sales,
as about 81 cents per ton.
Appeal to the Courts.
The committee on leaving the White
House seemed highly gratifed by the
assurances from the president Evil
dence, it was said, for the action of
the department of justice is being sup
piled and it is believed that the meth
DDS of the paper combine may soon be
tested in the courts.
The history and facts which make
up the protest were presented by Mr..
Mccormick, after which the president
indicated the action he would take
An investigation of the so-called paper
trust has been in progress for some
time by the department of justice, and
it Is understood that the president
will Immediately call for the facts
which have been ascertained up to the
present time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14

Mr.. Josie Smith aged twenty.nine.
committed suicide 1t her home In
Kansas City because, as she stated In
q note, she was homesick to return to
her parents In NeN Orleans and be.
cause Of her intense love for her hus-
band, which she said made her jealous.
United States District Judge Garland
Sat st. Louis sentenced N. B. Rogers,
formerly postmaster at steeleyille,
Mo-, to six months at hard labor In the
Iron county Jail, following plea OF
guilty to charge OF embezzlement OF
$54. In addition Rogers was fined
the amount Of the shortage.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
ROAD IN LID LAW MEsHEs.

Great Western Says Not Guilty to
Charges Regarding Buffet Cars.
Marsh,saIl!.ttown, Iowa, Nov. 8. 80 The
Chicago Great Western Railway com.
5pany, through Its attorney pleaded not
guilty in the circuit court yesterday
to three indictments returned by the
recent grand jury. Two Of the indict.
5ments were for selling intoxicating
liquors in the company's parlor and
buffet cars while they were within
the county The third indictment is
for obstructing highway.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
Crimes and Criminals !.

gssss Guy COndtt, cashier OF the First Ma
stional bank at Kingfsher, Okla, at
tempted to kill himself by slashing his
threat He will recover. His accounts
are correct.
Rev d. w. Thomps until recently
pastor Of the lie Grand Christian
church at Marshallt Iowa, was ar
rested at Truro, charged with using
the mails to defraud. 4
SIX men were arraigned in the police
court at New York charged with rob
berries from the Adams Express COM
pany, which IT is alleged will aggre-
gate between $4,000 and $4,000.
J.. b, Cartwright. a. liyeryman Of
/ Culbertson, Mont, committed suicide
BY lswal flowing carbolic acid. He was
#despond lent. His uncle and father had
set the example several years ago.
2S Following an Indictment on a charge
of attempted criminal assault, Alex
johnson, q negro, was taken from the
jail at Cameron, Tex, by q mob Of 500
men and hanged to q tree In the court
house yard,
Marie Carmella Mongolluzzo, an
aged Italian woman, was murdered ana
robbed OF 200, the savings OF her hus-
band, while she was at work In a shed
6 IN the rear Of her home In Southwest
Philadelphia.
: Emmett Dalton. the noted former
bandit has been pardoned by Gov.
Hoch Of Kansas. Dalton was sentenc-
the penItentiary forSlife for tax.
\ Ing part In the Cofeyville bank rob.
berry Ia 1892.
Arthur Rogers. wealthy farmer
living two miles from Bancroft, Mich.
cut his VA RI throat with q razor and
! then commit led suicide with the same
weapon. Rogers - supposed to have
s#beon demented.
Fielding to the strain under which
4 De had glahored for several days, James
I X Boyd. cashier Of the Huntsville
! Hank and Trust company. killed him,
& eeIf at his home at Huntsville. Ala,
airing q bullet through his brain. IAti-
ssnete friends of the t.scssd cad man say
that ae labored under high nervous
!zstrain ttor yeral lays and feared that
n run would BE- nede On his bank and
\ khete would not be enough money
wealth 81 the storm.
IssssR sssmroll and Hank Lucas, ne
IToes ere lynched At Vinegar Bend
SuinToll Innrd Tered Jules Boar, Z
youing Cuban, On Monday night las:
lille was trying to arrest him tol
y MI Isiica crime was the pro
f'umroiI from 4 police posse
'Ssa 0 y Dam. aan 5ssish teen-y ear.old boy
lle JnltaaJ ohnsoils I'LL 81 hel
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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
Domestic.

Dome stIc.
AZ Benjamin III Tallmadge of Denver,
tried in the federal court at Roswell,
N. NJ, on the charge Of land fraud, has
been acquitted.
Gray Gables, formerly the summer
home OF Grover Cleveland at Buzzard's
Bay. has been sold to George d.
Flynn, brewer.
Henry III. Warner Of Boston has
been appointed receiver for the Arnold
Print works at North Adams. is
understood that the cause Of the en-
&barrassment waa the inability OF the
company to renew maturing loans held
by savings banks.
The Japanese cruisers hich were
sent to the Jamestown exposition have
arrived at Manila on their way home.
5A series OF entertainments have been
planned for the officers and men and
every courtesy will be shown them BY
/ the insular army and navy.
Senator Bourne Of Oregon Is trying
TO have Archbishop ireland OF st. Paul
act as one OF the Judges of essays to
be submitted on the subject OF why
President Roosevelt Should Be Re.
nominated. Bourne has offered a
prize OF 81. 900 for the best essay and.
has invIIsu two gotner prominent nen
to act with Archbishop Ireland as
4 Judges. 3
s55 nile searching among old papers
Ia the attic Mrs. M, rs. Covingtcn OF
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
People Talked About.


The duke Of Abruzzi denies the re-
port that heSis engaged to Miss Kath-
crime Elkins, daughter OF Senator Ste
phen b. Elkins.
Albert Trostel, one OF the best
! known tanners of Milwaukee and the
& United States, died at his home in
Milwaukee after an illness Of several
! months.
w. Sanders, superintendent OF
i construction and bridges and chief en-
q gineer for the Copper Range railroad,
q dead OF pneumonia at Calumet.
D Mich.
Rev. Daniel n. Lacas, national fg-
d ure In religious and G. "A. r. circles,
died suddenly at his home at Indianap-
4 oils. Dr.. Lucas was one OF the foun-
ders Of Drake university.
JEFFERSON Polk, president Of the Des
4 Noines Pioneer Street railway and In
terurban magnate and multimillion-
Il aire, died at his home In Des Moines
y, after a two weeks illness.
James d. Maher has been appointed
deputy clerk OF the United States gu
preme court. Mr.. Maker has been con-
Anectedjwith the court for the last forty
years and for much of that time has oc-
cupied the position Of journal clerk.
Z Daniel Carrigg, widely known to the
sporting fraternity throughout the
West, died at Council Bluffs, Iowa, OF
sBright's disease. Twenty years ago
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-14
Was Original owner.

BMenos Ayres, Nov. 8. The view
held by Argentina regarding the dis
pute that has arisen with Uruguay
over the seizure Of the Uruguayan tug
BY Argentine officials is given in the
Prensa, which says Argentina was
originally the owner Of beth banks and
never has rescinded Its jurisdiction
over the river Platte