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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08

Without exerting himself. Press
Eldridge, the black faced monologist,
who is to be seen in this city with the
Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels, con.
vulses audiences with his dry wit. He
is n of the old time minstrels who
has been on the top rung of the com.
edy ladder continuously for years and
whose work each successive year
brings new laurels to him. Eldrldge
originates his own gag and converse.
ton. He is now making his first ap.
p%earance with the AL. C. Field Greater
Minstrels.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08
WHEN THE GOLDEN HAIR
TURNS TO GRAY"
5ijou Theater RemodelIins Its Hall
Ready to Give a Better En-.
tertainment.

The electric theater at the old
postomce room has ben closed on &C.
count Of %remodeling the hall. The
place now presents a much more at
tractive appearance. Paint has been
applied In an artistic manner: hand
some paper adds to the beauty of the
place and large plaster paris figures
adorn the walls.
A new piano has been placed in the
theater and illustrated songs will be
given. The play "a Chase For u
Wife" pleased a great many people.
The illustrated song will be when
Her Golden Hair Turns to Gray"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08
AMERICAN MRS.
MAVERICK
MRS. LILLE. SERVING A LIFE SEN.
TENcE FOR HUSBANDS MUIR
DER, PARpoNEp.

Lincoln tNeb.) Dispatch to the New
York World.
The last official act of Gov. Mickey
grant an unconditional pardon to-day
TO Mrs. Lena Margaret Lille, serving
n life sentence for the murder OF her
husband.
The liberation of Mrs. Lille. me
braska's Florence Maybrlck." as her
friends have called her, is ;he result
Of the belief Of the club women of
the State that she was the victim OF
n terrible blunder of justice. Since
her Incarceration they have worked
without ceasing to obtain the pardon
which Gov. Mickey has considered
granting ever since the publication n
year E of two anonymous letters
pointing out Nebraska Pete" then
said 10 be living In a Mills lodging
house in New York, as the murderer
OF Lille.
Mrs. Lille was formerly active In
women's clubs. She was a school
teacher before her marriage to Harvey
lryrps n grain merch,nt AZ Dov,d
City, Neb. She had a craving for
money. onJ aitboupb ber husband
m,da , comfortable Twin, che ~,nsie,.
cd unon running n dressmating .s.
ta~bIisbment After Tho muraer n w,s
discovered tba, she had Inst &, nm In
hucket.sbon spec.,,.tior and ,b,s s,..
nisbed the p~rosecution the MISSING
link of motive In tic chain n, circnm.
stantiaI evjdepce apoinst tba wife for
whose bene6t Lilies life was ,ns,,rea
for sSOoO. 4
Lille was sho, brouyh Tho head az
no Law .s,een beside bis wifi. ON Tho
n,,bt os october "a 1oo9 Mrs IN.
lie said sbe was awakened NV tho shot
and SOU . h,r,1,r 81, rd,,. has,da tha
bod A second hr,,ot ,ntonaad tor
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08


WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The lead
ers IN Congress have apparently de-
termined upon a policy of mastery
inactivity, so far as real legislation
Is concerned, Tor the.rest of h ses-
sion.
JIst now much this programme re-
suits from h growing breach between
the President and the Senate is n ques-
ton. But 1t Is n fact that the recon
mendations made by the President in
his annual message are receiving
mighty little attention.
The Senate leaders are in a pecul-
iarly good position to enforce their
policy. They have seized upon, the
Brownsville incident with avidity, and
evidently propose to discuss 1t in all
OF its ~ramifications. When that is re.
moved from the floor there is always
the Smoo case. the question of States
! rights. h japanese school question
to fill the gap and provide food for talk
pending the arrival of the a%pproprla.
ton bills.
Senate Lodge on Monday discuss.
ed the Brownsville affair. with special
reference to the Presidents constitu.
tional right to dismiss the three com.
panies of negro soldiers without hon
or. he claims that there can be no
question OF That right n he a of,
Tered a modification to the Foraker
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08
NOTICE

To the Stockholders Of the Tri.state
Land Company.
The annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the Tri.State Land Com.
pany will be held at the principal of.
fee of said company. No. 211 Adams
street, Fairmont, Marion county, w.
Va, on Monday, January 18th, 1907, at
1 O'Clock p. m, for the purpose of
electing a board of directors and for
.transacting any other business that
may lawfully come before said meet.
ing.
E. A. BmLINGsLEA, Pres.
Attest: H. F. coLEBANK, Sec.
Jan 20
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that appli-
cation will be made to the legislature
of West Virginia, at its next session
beginning on the 9th day of January
1907, for the passage of an act to
amend the Charter of the City of Fair
mont
'(signed) CITY OF FAIRMoNT,
]. ENGLE, City Clerk.
Dec. "a. Jan. s-1o-17.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08
uNHAPPlNEss pIsPELLEp.
Men and Women unnnlmou. Abou, 7

Men md Women Unanimous About Il.
Many women weep and wall and refuse
to be comforted because their once mag
niiccnt tresses have BECOME thin aud
faded. Many men incline TO profanity
because the files bite through the thin
thatch on their craniums. 1t will be good
news to the miserable OF both sexes. to
learn that Newbro's Herpicide has been
placed upon the market. This is the new
scalp germicide and antiseptic that acts
by destroying the germ or microbe that
Is the underlying cause Of all hair de-
struction. Herpicide is n new prepare
ton. made after a new formula on an
entirely new principle. Anyone who has
tried II will testify as to It's worth. Try
II yourself and DO convinced. Sold by
leading druggists. Send 10c. in stamps
troit. Mich.
Two slzcs-5o cents and ,1.oo.
E. A. Briingslea & Co, special
agents.
Road tho NAM mo.k u1-A
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08

quiry into the affairs of the Congo
Free State. 1t is anticipated that the
resolution will eb modified so. as to
expressly define that the Presidents
action in the mater must be confined
to diplomatic pressure, and that 1t will
then be reported favorably.
The first of the big appropriation
bills-the Legislature. Executive and
Judicial bill-will be reported during
the week. The subcommittee has left
for consideration of the full commit.
tee the amendment proposed by Sena.
tor Gillinser to increase the salaries
of Senators and Representatives in
Congress from $1,000 to $500 a year.
This week in the House will afford
opportunities for the members to cut
loose with speeches on the pressing
questions Of the day-railroad wrecks,
ship subsidy, Brownsville. Panama, i'm
migration reform, corruption in poll
tics and elastic currency. The forti.
fcations bill and the District of Col.
umbia appropriation bill will ostensi.
bly, have the boards.
The Ship Subsidy.
The big fight of the week will cen.
ter around the ship subsidy scrabble
now going on in the Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
President Roosevelt was advertis.
ed by the friends of the G~rosvenor
compromise proposition as being "hot
for It." A message from him was
soon to be had, they declared, which
would command the members to get
in line and stand for the Grosvenor
substitute for the Senate bill. The
message cannot be located. At the
White House Secretary Loeb says
that he knows of no message on sub.
sidy hat the President has or will
prepare.
The Rivers and Harbors Commit.
tee, now framing the Improvement
measure, is the most popular commit
tee at present in the House. Mem.
beers with rivers to dam and dams to
bridge and channels to survey are hot
on the trail OF the committee men,
hers, begging and promising all kinds
of rewards II their wants are attended
to.
The Military Affairs Committee has
the measure of Representative Stay.
den CDem., TeX.), calling for the dis
missal of all negro troonc In tho INIT
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08

tor and who made a hit as the minis.
ter in Clyde Fith's Lovers Lane"
with Grace George. was instantly kill
ed in a railroad. wreck in Nebraska
last week.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08

Richard Harding Davis is to write
the book of a light opera for Henry
w. Savage, and Raymond Hitchcock
may star in the piece. Wallace Irwin,
the humorous writer, will supply the
lyrics n Alfred Robyn the music.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08
RESOLVED
To DO NOTHING
PLANS OF SENATE TO MERELY
KILL TIME. .

Inactivity Of the Leaders Of the Sen.
ate Probably Due to Their opposi-
tion to President Roosevelt-Lesis.
lation Recommended by Him Not
Likely to be Enacted-Most of
Present Week is Likely to be Con.
sumed With unimportant Discus
sions.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08

Pauline Fredericks, who starred last
season in "The Little Gray Lady" Will
star in a new play, entitled "The Girl
in White" by Ramsay Morris. The
tour will be under the direction of
James X. Hackett.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08

What's in a name? Lots. sometimes.
Thomas Loafer, an Indian, has been
discharged from the New York Hippo.
drome for chronic ~laziness.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08

ION Parole" the Civil War play
which is being produced under the
management of Henry Miller, is meet
ing with success on the road.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08

Blanche Walsh is to appear in her
new Clyde Fitch play, THE Straight
Road" in New York next week.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08

There are threatening signs of an
epidemic of stars leaving the stage in
the next two years. But these epidem.
les can be checked when taken in due
time.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08
GOSSIP OF THE A

Estelle Wentworth has Joined Anne
Held's company.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08

Ernest Hastings, a well known &C.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08

Read the Daily West vlrginian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-08
The Congo Affair.

The Foreign Relations Committee
will resume consideration of the Con.
go resolution, which promises the
President the support OF the Senate
in anything he may do to assist in
bringing about the international in.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-26
himself after the straying pussy.

himself after the straying pussy.
 John, the coIored man, has a real penchant for cats. He remarked dole fully yesterday that he "only had eight cats" The cats are fond of John, too, for he feeds them all sorts of delicacies, such as beef, fish and milk and that is enough to make any cat a friend for life.
 Some of the cats thus "sent away for the summer" are pretty, purry little creatures of the round face va riety, and others are the thin, scrag- gy animals. who look more at home on a back fence with back upTaised and bushy tail. wailng in the light of the moon.
 Just how many more cats will be sent to feline heaven is a matter Of conjecture. but every year there are hundreds of tabbies and grimalkins brought to the society. It is the best thing that could be done with them said the superintendent, and if people who are going away for the season would think to telephone for an agent of the society or send their cats to the headquarters, instead of turning them out to starve, or leaving them locked up in cellars, much feline suffering would be spared
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-26
KILLED BY PET CAT.

LOS ANGELES, June 25.-The re- mains of J. R. Abbey, station agent for the Southern Pacific railroad at Puente. arrived in this city last night on a special train and were taken to the undertaking parlors of John R. Paul. 2G31 Dcwney avenue, where they will remain until Abby's rela- tiyes have been located and orders are received from them.
 Mir Abbey died at Puenfe early yes terday morning from blood poisoning, contractei as the result of a slight scratch by a pet cat.
 For several years up to 1895. Mir Abby held the position of general su. perintendent of the Oregon Pacific railway. Of late he has been in the service of the Southern Pacific com pauy as station agent at Salton and then at Puente-
 Last Tuesday while playing with 3 tramp cat which made it's home in the station. Mir. Abby received a scratch upon the hand. As the cats claws did not penetrate under the out CT flesh he paid no attention to the marks, but a day or so later when his hand began to swell he sent word to former friend in this city. w. F Crosby, vice president of the Crosby Steamship company. Mr. Crosby Jeff for PUente A. once. taking with him two physicians who remained with the stricken man to the end Mir. Abby was a bachelor and owns considerable property In this city.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-26
OF
 CURLY BILL /

lBy Col Thomas Hughes, Presi- dent Society of Arizona Pioneers.)
 About the middle of August 1870 one of those dreadful daughters by the Apaches took place in the David son Canyon about 35 miles southeast of Tucson.
 A man known as Curly Bill'' was the owner of three large freight wa gons which were hauled by 12 mules each. He was engaged in hauling lumber from saw mill owned by E. N. Fish and A. Lazard of Tucson. The mill was situated on the north east slope of the Santa Rita mount aims and was the only place in South ern Arizona where lumber could be bought for any purpose. The price of all kinds of lumber at that time was from 25 cents to 30 cents per foot or from $250 to $500 per one thousand feet. FTeighting was high I think $50 per thousand feet was
 the freight charges from the mill to Tucson.
 Mir Samuel Hughes was the selling agent in Tucson for this firm. He vas also interested in the mill and l even at the prices asked for this lum-
 ber he could have sold three times the mills output.
 'Curley Bill" had made many sue cessful trips through this canyon but
 on this last at the time inquestion
 he was on his return, being loaded
 with merchandise for Hughes & La zard's store at Camp Crittenden. They had passed nearly through Dav- idson's Canyon and had reached a point where a large ledge crossed this canyon and where the water had cut it's way through, thus leaving high masses of rock on each side of the wagon road. Behind these rocks
 about 50 or 75 Apaches had concealed
 themselves and as soon as the first
 wagon had reached this point they opened fire, killing "Curley Bill,
 three teamsters, herder and cook,
 making six in all.
 Nothing was known of this murder for two days and then only by the
 mail carrier, Corporal Black, (who 1 was afterwards killed with Lieut.. Ste
 wart in July 1S-/) reported to the Commanding Officers at Camp Crit !! tenden that he had seen a train of wagons in Davidson's Canyon with
 out a living man or horse in sight
 but as he passed the train at about
 midnight he could see that something
 was wrong, there being several dead
 animals: and Corporal Blacks horse
 was so mad with fright that he could 1 hardly get him past the dead animals which we afterwards found to De
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-26

dead mules which were shot ss the
 Apaches.
 Captain Mouston together with
 three lieutenants and two companies
 of the First U. s. Cavalry started to
 the canyon to learn the trouble. H.
 s. Stevens and myself went with this
 scouting party. We arrived at the
 place where sCurley Bills" train had
 been attacked and there found that
 the destruction of the train and it's
 contents had been complete and all
 the men killed. We had great diff culty in finding the dead as tremend- ous August rain had flooded the can yon and carried the body Of one Of the men fully three miles away and the bodies of the others from one half to one mile down the canyon "Curley Bill's'' body was found lodged in some brush near the wagons and nearly covered with sand. We dug
 graves and buried the bodies on the spot, on account of the horrible con l dition in which they were found. We cut a cross on a walnut tree over | ''Curley Bills grave, where 1t re- | mained for more than 25 years. l think "Curley IIlPs" right name was William Venerable.
 We took up the trail of this band
 of Apacbes which led down past
 where. Andrade's Ranch is now To-
 cated, nearby what Is known as yails i Station, from there to the Rincon
 Canyon and up this canyon about where Tom Mills Ranch is now sit uated. At about the point where MaTtinez's Ranch is located we ran 1 into the finest hornets nest of ! Apaches, who had posted themselves behind rocks and thick brusk md
 they delivered about as hot s fire for about fifteen minutes as ever ex-
 perienced which compelled us to back out and try some other point of at. tack Their onslaught became so hot and fierce that Capt Moulton ordered the withdrawal of his command. IL l, was then nearly dark, and 1t would ] have been the utmost folly to have made a front attack on the strong ! hold held by the Apaches, this evi- i dentIy being just what they wanted l the soldiers to do. At this late hour | a flanking movement could not be successful and the order was given | to return to Camp Crittenden- One sergeant and six soldiers had been | wounded in this fight and several
 horses wounded and killed by the. 1 fierce fire of the Apaches. Hiram g.
 Stevens was riding my favor1Ie sad
 die horse, which was badly wounded i We all returned home after a rather
 disappointing scout.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-26
l MAN ON FIRE IS l COOLEST IN CROWD
Carries Two Buckets of Gaso- line to Safe Place and
 Then to Hospital.

GONNA, Cal, June 25.-A cool act of man with clothing afiame and with two buckets of blazing gasoline in his hands,, probably saved the town from fires in dozen places, and from possible conflagation today.
 E. I. Watts, of Chino, a driver for the Puente Oil Company, had driven into town with tank wagon, in one of the tanks of which was gasoline He drew a lot of the fluid to fill two open buckets. and started to carry them into the grocery of E. A. Rich.
 There was on the roadside a smouldering heap of rubbish. Either by a spill or a spark the gasoline in the open cans caught fire and blazed furiously. At the same time Watt 5 clothing caught fire and blazed up.
 At that point an unlucky act of Watts might have resulted seriously If he had thrown the buckets of gas kl ne in the wrong direction they
 would have set fire to the store and probably to the gasoline in the wagon tank With team running away and hauling a blazing tank of gasoline through town the result may be i'm agined.
 Watts threw the buckets of flaming fluid far out into the roadway, and in a moment his own condition required immediate attention. Walter Seward,
 son of Mir. and Mrs. George Seward, of Ea5t Badillo street, a youth of IS, who was near, tore off his own coat and, throwing the burning man to the ground. smothered the flames with the garment. and this prompt action undoubtedly saved his life.
 The injured man was carried to the offices of Drs. Reed and Jennings, where temporary treatment was ad- ministered Later he was taken to the Pomona hospital It is believed that he will recover, although his in- juries will disable him for some time. The team ran away and was caught several blocks distant by Deputy Sheriff ". T. Holman and ex-Con- stable Mehnert There was high
 wind and if the gasoline in the tank had cought fire. the flames would
 doubtless have communicated to the
 business district.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-26
THE SKULL BANJO.
Probably the Most Grewsone Musical
 Instrument Known.

Probably the Most Grewsome Musical Instrument Known.
 It Is 6 well known fact fhat through dire necessity the Americas Indian has developed remarkable skill. The old stories of how these Indians made pottery and earthsnware by the aid of
 only the most crude instruments and
 of their methods of burning and cary ing out the insides of the trunks of trees to make canoes are universally known.
 But even with all their skill the fact that they were a barbarots, uncivilized race cannot be evaded. as Is shown by this grewsome instrument. In the time of the early settlers of this hemisphere their acts of cruelty were without prec- edent in the history of the world. With these facts in view we can
 easily understand how the skull ban
 jo'' came to light. It is known that in the small country of Paraguay. in the
 east central part of South America. i the Indians who inhabited that place
 were more than ordinarily cruel. They ! were constantly engaged In warfare.
 and their primary aim when thus en
 gagged was to capture the chief of the
 opposing side. When captured. this
 parsonage was carried to their camp and there cruelty murdered. and il l was from his body that this awe fnspir-
 Ing musical instrument was made. | The instrument is made as follows: The body is decapitated. and the skull 1 is then thoroughly dried. The one wlIo ] is to perform the feat of making the
 instrument then cuts the top entirely 1 off. Over the opening thus made a { piece of skin taken from the body and i also thoroughly dried is tightly stretch I ed in the manner of drum. From the back of the skull the two femurs or the
 two bones of the leg which extend
 from the knee to the hip project. These
 bones have been so trimmed that they are of uniform thickness throughout
 their entire length. The upper ends of
 these bones are joined together with
 one of the ribs, also, taken from that body.
 Then from the forehead of the skull 1 to the rib which connects the two fe-
 murs a number of strings are tightly
 stretched These strings are likewise made from the skin of the victim. hay-
 ing been thoroughly dried, stretched ! and rubbed with rosin.
 1 But this even Is not the full extent
 of the grewsomeness of this instru-
 ment. for the skull is left so that the | jaws are movable. Therefore with
 each shake of the instrument the jaws
 wag. and with sharp jolt of the in- | strument the teeth come together with
 snap.-New York Herald.