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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-29
new OIL FIELD
IS DISCOVERED
TWENTY.5ARREL PRODUCER
NEAR RosBY's ROCK HAS
COME IN.

WHEELING, Oct. 29.-oil men are
greatly interested in a well Just
brought in by the Wheeling Natural
Gas Company In Marshall county. two
miles southwest Of Roshy's Rock. on
the Baltimore G. Ohio railroad.
Predictions that a new and pro-
ductiye oil pool will be the result are
being made by oil men acquainted
with the history OF the oil business
in Marshall county.
The gas company had put down n
well on the Daniel Jones farm, ex.
pecting to get a gasser. but when
the well was drilled through the Cor
don sand few days ago 1t was re-
ported as duster. Before abandon.
Ing the venture the company decided
to give the well shot, which turned
the trick to the tune OF an oil pro-
ducer that has been giving up the
crude ever since to the tune Of 20
barrels a day.
Other tests wells are to be put down
Mt once. Most OF the territory is un.
der lease to .the Wheeling Natural
Gas Company.
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.POLYGi.AN[I'Yll.
SUBJECT OF DISCUSS ssIoNs REFoRE
THE SOUTHERN sPREsBYTE.
RAN SYNOD.

CHARLESTON, Oct. 2s.lThe SUB.
1ect Of polygamy in China Is the ab.
sorbing topic among Presbyt terianss III
session here now, Eand an effort Ii be.
ing made to defeat the setforts Of Dr..
S. S. Laws, Of Washington, b. O.; in.l
his attempt to bring the matter before
the Synod. The subject, has been his
hobby for years and so far he has
made his presence felt to the extent
that to-day promises to bring out d de.
bate with It as a, foundation. His reso.
luton relative to the mat ter IL now
with a special committee.
The next synod will beiheld In Roam
oke.s Va. A fight Is on between super
intendent G. w. Maxwell, OF the syn
odical orphanage at Lynchburg, and
the board Of directors OF the institu.
tlon, and at the suggestion Of Modera-
tor c. N. Scott the following commit
tee was appointed to meet and decide
the questions at Issue at al meeting IL
be held before the first Of next year
In Lynchburg: DR.. Alfred Jones. DR..
Newton Donaldson, Mr.. E. i. Wilson,
Captain J.SW. Johnson. sMr. III. Barr
ker. u y! v
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Meeting AT
INDIANAPOLIS
MINERS REPRESENTATIVES AND
OPERATORS IN SESSION ON
IMPORTANT MATTERS
TODAY.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Oct. 90. =
When the operators Of the central com.
petitive field composed Of the States OF
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois. Western Penn
sylvania, Kentucky. Michigan and
parts Of other States met the officers
and executive board miners in ex.
ecutlve session here to-day no forecast
could be made by either side as to the
likelihood Of results favorable for an
interstate conference in January, at
which the general operators conven'
tion and general miners convention
would fix the wage scale. Secretary
Wilson and Vice President Lewis led
the discussion for the miners and
Francis l.. Robbins. of Pittsburg, for
the operators.
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one. 0 | {: Lone I ! | | man n
BUSTED y { Il / A A TRUST.
$RETAiL DEALER FORCED COM.
PETlToRs TO DEAL ON THE
y II # LEvELiWiTH PEOPLE.

4 WASHINGTON, Pa. Oct. 30. =
Through the stand taken by one man
an alleged combine Of two local pack.
Ing companies and Washington meat
retailers has been routed and prices
will remain as before. It is said an
agreement regarding prices was en-
tered into two weeks ago, but Howard
Brown, a retail dealer, refused to be
/ a party to 1t. Prices were showed up
20 to 30 per cent: When Brown refus.
sed5to join the others he was forced TO
buy his meats otusiae Of town.
Brown placed the matter in the
hands Of Attorney R. W. Irwin, who
declared the Sherman act was being
violated, making fines Of $1,000 and
I six months Imprisonment possible. A
Washington attorney Is interested in
one Of The packing companies and
when the case was brought to his at.
stentlon by Irwin the alleged combine
was dissolved. and prices went back to
$theiold plane.
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BANK CLOSING
Was SURPRISE.
GOVERNOR FRANTz TALKS OF
PROCEDURE OF ACTING GOV.
ERNoR DURING HIS lAB.
.9 SENcE.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 29.-'.It was n
surprise to ine." said Governor Frantz,
OF Oklahoma. last night, speaking OF
the action of acting Governor Filson
In issuing proclamation declaring
legal holidays for. the next six days
and closing the banks OF the territory
as a result. Acting Governor Filson
notified Governor Frantz OF his &C.
tlon by telegraph.
81 have been away from Oklahoma
for several days." said the governor,
"and therefore / am not as familiar
with the financial situation there as
otherwise would be. but am satisfied
that the acting governor took the steps
on the advice Of the bankers OF the
territory. The small country banks
have large deposits in St. Louis and
Kansas City and the action OF those
banks In refusing to ship any currency
to the country banks of Oklahoma
makes 1t impossible for the latter to
handle their business.
81 do not see how It can injuriously
affect the railroads or cotton business,
as seems to be feared on the New York
exchange. There is no reason why It
should. The closing of the banks sim.
ply protects them against any run that
might be made on them. However, II
Il is found that the holidays result in
the stagnation Of business they can be
revoked at any time"
Governor Frantz called at the treas.
ury department and brought acting
Governor Filson's telegram to the at.
tention Of Secretary Cortelyou. They
discussed the financial situation in Ok.
lahoma but no decision was arrived at
and the conference will be renewed to.
day. Governor Frantz said, however,
that Secretary Cortelyou did not ex-
press any concern over the closing OF
the banks In Oklahoma.
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Won \ !M!!OL.TKE SOBBED
ALOUD WHEN YER.
II.IigT WAS READ
Hard en- Received
Great Ovation

BERLIN, Oct. 2o.-Editor Maxlmil-
ian Harden, Of Zukunft, was acquitted
insciyilIcourt on the charge Of llbelling
General Count Cuno Won Moltke. The
count was ordered to pay the costs.
Won Moltke sobbed aloud at the an
5nouncement Of the verdict. The peo.
sple cried Down with the noble wife
heater death to sthe moral leper."
The police with difficulty escorted the
count TO his carriage. Harden was
Sheapeil with congratulations. A crowd
ssurronnded the editors home, giving
him a continuous ovation. In pass
Sing the verdict the Justice said th,
sworn evidence confirmed the edi-
tors accusations beyond shadow Of
Ia doubt. The court concluding declar.
ed that Harden was perfectly justified
IN making public the truth concerning
sthe charges and hileolls practices OF
thes Knights Of the round table. He
deemed the editor entitled to the coun-
try,s thanks for his Service. The Kai.
Ger was Immediately informed.
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Girl THROWN
into PRISON
THREATENS TO KILL HERSELF
IF NOT RESCUED BY HER
FRIENDS SOON.

. LONDON. Oct. 29.-Barbara I.apon.
khin, daughter Of Alexander Lapon.
kiln, ex-governor OF Reveal and whose
mother Is Russian princess, has mys.
terlously disappeared in London and
all the resources OF the Russian EN-.
bassy and Scotland Yard are being
employed to trace her, Miss Barbara,
who Is is years old, was Visiting Lon.
don with her younger sister, in charge
of an eligible governess. Miss Russell.
The trio went to the Aldwych theater
October "a, and on coming out Barba.
ra became lost in the crowd from her
companions and has not since been
seen, although the case was immedi.
ately reported to the police and the
foreign office. At the urgent request
OF the Russian government ordered
that no effort be spared In the search
for the missing girl. Since Miss La.
ponkhin disappeared the goyerness
has received a note in a handwriting
which she recognizes as Barbara say
ing that she had been kidnapped out.
side Of the theater and was now prls.
oner in the cellar in a house in the
northwest part Of London, the address
Of which she was unable to ascertain.
The girl added that she was wounded
and suffering SO severely that she In.
tended to poison herself.
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Mrs. Hartje Files Answer
To Petition Of Her Husband

stricken from the records. charging
that the answer is scandalous. imperti.
nent and Irrelevant. In addition to
Mrs. Harte's answer were filed an af.
adayit by her sister. Ida Scott, making
! full admission to coercion and that
the letters u which so much import.
ance is attached by Hartje's lawyers
were dictated to her by Howard w.
Lappe. her former sweetheart, the
affidavit by Helen Scott, another sis.
ter. affirming these statements and a
statement by Thomas Nadine recount
Ing the methods by which 1t is alleged
Hartje attempted to win him.
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\ [ AT POLLS
THEY PARADE. THE, STREETS AND
SERVE COFFEE IN THE IN.
TEREsT OF TEMPER
4 IN; ANcE.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 20 A
local option election to determine
whether or not the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors shall continue in this county
was held yesterday and intense inter.
estwa manifested in the outcome. AS
early as $3.50 o'clock 5000 women and
children gathered at Capital park, pa,
sraded the streets and visited polling
places Every parader wore white
ribbon, many carrying prohibition ban.
Sners. K
The paraders yelled and sang as
they marched. Many ministers and
business men accompanied them. La.
ter the women gathered at the polling
ynlaces and servedtluncheon and coffee
as the men voted Similar demonstra.
stions on a smaller scale were made at
many suburban towns.
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NAUGHTY. POST
CARDS IN mail N. \
THOUSANDS OF THEM REACH
THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE
" AT WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 29-Tons OF
naughty" and obscene post cards are
confiscated by postal officials and sent
to the dead letter office In Washington
A report from this morgue OF decalent
literature, Just published, throws some
interesting side lights on the relative
status Of morals OF cities.
Over 100000 post cards are received
every month at the dead letter office.
The majority are not delivered because
Of Insufficient address or lack of prop.
er postage. The average, number Of
cards received monthly, which are held
Up because Of obscenity. is about s..
900. New York furnishes larger pro.
portion than any other postofflce IN the
country. but this Is largely due to the
fact that all incoming mail from
abroad passes through the metropolis.
The number Of obscene and indecent
cards. actually mailed In New York is
not much. II any greater than In Chi.
cago. Very few cards OF this charac.
ter are mailed In Philadelphia. Bos.
ton is also comparatively moral. and
st. Paul is not MS sinful. in proportion
to population, as many smaller cities.
In the summer months Atlantic City
furnishes an extraordinary large mum.
ber of post cards that are unavailable
because of their indecency. and It is,
perhaps, entitled OF the palm as the
plague spot of the co"ntry. according
to post card standards. During the
winter Los Angeles is not far behind
Atlantic City. but in this case also the
apparent immortality is probably due
to tourists. In fact, the dubious post
card appears to be the favorIte mode
OF communication affected by a Ger.
tain class OF tourists, and cities like
Saratoga. Atlantic City, Niagara. Hot
Springs, San Antonio and Los. Angeles
furnish large proportion OF the vul.
gar Autographs that Uncle Sam is call.
ed upon to destroy in order to con.
serve the morals Of his people.
While the post cards OF American
manufacture are often indecent and
suggestive to point that leads to
their conflscation. they are mild and
harmless compared to those that food
the foreign mails to this country.
Cards Of the vilest character are re.
ceived at the New York postoffice ev.
cry day. and are Immediately sent to
the dead letter office. Especially is
this true Of the cards sent from France
where no censorship whatever is es.
tabllshed by the postal officials. and
human depravity is the only limit to
the indecency that may be depicted on
a post card.
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At SAINNSTON
OF THE EPWoRTH LEAGUE OF
THE MoReANToWN DISTRICT
BEGINS TODAY.

sHINNsToN, Oct. 29.-The annual
convention Of the Morgantown Dis
trict Epworth League of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, began here to
day. The opening session took place
this morning. There will be four SEES
sions, morning and night session to
day and tomorrow.
Already large number OF dele
gates are here. having arrived last
evening. Among the prominent Off
GERS Of the district who have already
reached the town is the treasurer,
Henry Reed, Of Reedsville. Preston
county.
Shinnston Is distinguished us the
home Of two prominent officers Of the
organization, namely, Rev. Wayne X.
Stalnaker, president, and Miss Joseph
Inc Harmer, secretary. Il
Many prominent speakers. will be
present throughout the convention
and great many topics Of interest
are to be discussed. One correction
to the programme as originally pub.
lished is that upon Wednesday night
the principal speaker will be Rev.
Cartright, of Pittsburg, instead Of Rev.
Dan B. Brummage, of Chicago.
The homes, Of shlnnston have been
thrown open to the visitors and the
citizens are maintaining their old time
reputation for genuine Southern hos.
pltality.
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.SWISIHE.RIVE 5 n !. 81 / !
HAPPY. |. A / ] over [ !
CONFERENCE |! i /
Thinks He Has
Walk er Now

WASHINGTON. Oct %. There vas
much doing in Washington over SUM
day and such that was OF especial In. !
terest to the Republican party OF West
Virginia. The sublime confidence, not
to say exultation Of the Hon. g! Yves.
ley swlsher and his friends for the
governorship was very much In eyi.
dence. Sam Mathews as the Mari.
Hanna OF the Swisher campaign, was
especially cheerful and lost no Il time
in announcing that with the open sup.
port of Elkins there cotld be no doubt
Of the swlsher nomination. In. The mo-.
ment Of victory the closest Iadherentss
gave no thought to the fact that the
Republicans Of West Virginia might
have to hold a convention to ratifys
what has been planned In Washing.
ton during the last few days. AS the
convention is many months ahead the
swisher managers including swisher
himself, take 1t for granted thnt the
next convention will quickly endorse
all that is planned at this end or the
line. The jubilation Of the swisher
adherents when they came from the
Elkins home was very marked and
Mathews wore the most expansive
smile that has recently Illuminated the
corridors Of the New Willard Shotel.
Denham, Of clarksbnrg, and Fiem.
ing. Of Fairmont, came In Sunday
morning to. talk things over and all
were somewhat surprised 10 learn that
Senator Scott had arrived on an early
train from Mexico. They had not
looked for Scott until Tuesday Harry
woodward came in during the day
and the bunch repaired to the swish.
erS apartments to talk over the rest Of
the ticket and the distribution OF pat.
ronage after the election Of swisher
as governor. The suggestion that
there might be some object ton out sins
West Virginia to the making up OF
tickets in Washington did not worry
the joyous throng and all OF them had
kind words to say Of Senator Scott.
although he had not been consulted as
to the swisher endorsement!
Evidently the talks OF Elliott North.
colt week or more ago and the .sng3.
sestions Of Governor Dawson sine his
arrival last Thursday have had much
to do With bolstering up the conf.
dence Of Elkins in the popularity OF
swlsher in the State. While Fish
Commissioner George Bowers has Sney.
er gushed with excessive zeal for
swisher he has always remarked that
he would prefer! swlsher$ to scherr and
this fact may account for the presence
Of Bowers at the Ellins, home when
the swisher cause was given the clos.
est consideration. swlsher himself
was very happy and very confident
that the people Of the State wouid
ratify the work Of his political friends
here in Washington. z
FRANCIS B. GEssNER.
aI y e. u -
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UNCLE JOE is
A CANDIDATE
FOURTEEN ILLINOIS CONGRESS-
MEN PUT THE SPEAKER IN
THE FIELD

CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-Speaker Joseph
C. Cannon's official campaign for the
Presidential nomination was started
yesterday at meeting Of fourteen IL.
linois Republican congressman at the
Auditorium. 1t was decided to place
Speaker Cannon In the race whether
he acqulesced or not, but when the
Speaker was called In at the end Of
the three hour conference he threw up
his hands and said: well, boys will
be boys. Do es you please"
Five other Illinois congressman, un-
able to be present, are also back Of
the movement. Congressman McKin.
ley was made chairman OF commit.
tee to have the; Cannon campaign in
charge. Congressman Frank o. Low
den. Republican National Committee.
man Tor Illinois, called the meeting.
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PRESIDENT ENTERTAINED @
GENERAL VIM. BOOTH

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Oct. 90. =
President Roosevelt entertained at
luncheon yesterday Geenral William
Booth. Of the Salvation Army, and
Miss Booth and Secretary and Mrs.
Cortelyou.
General Booth, arrived here yester
day. He said that he had entirely re
covered from chill which he sustain
ed in the west and that he was in his
normal physical condition. After
speaking in several cities he will sail
for Germany November 6.
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PITTSBURG. Pa. Oct. 30. - Mrs.
Mary Scott Hartje's answer to the petit
tion of her husband. Augustus Hartje,
for re-opening Of the case filed last
week in the Philadelphia Superior
Court was made public to.aay by, At.
torney John VI. Freeman. her leading
counsel. Mrs. Harte makes sweep
ing and emphatic denial Of all charges
embodied In the alleged evidence pro.
duced by her husbands counsel. At.
torneys for Hartje to-day filed with
the Superior Court replication. urg.
Ing that the respondents answer be
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-29
$4,000 STOLEN ON PULLMAN.
Victim President Of Big Southern
Utility Corporations.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Oct. 29.-Po.
lice last night received information
that William J. Payne. Of Richmond.
Va, said to be the president OF the
Newport News Gas Company, the New.
port News and Old Point Comfort
Railway & Electric Company, and con.
nected with other large enterprises,
while on his way from Washington to
New York City was robbed of a leath.
'er grip containing $4,000 In bonds
and stock certificates.
The robbery was committed, 1t Is
said. while Mr.. Payne was taking n
nap In Pullman In which he was
riding. He believes the person who
stole the grip left the train at VII.
mington, Del.
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Band WAGON
FELLOWS |. | BETTER
TAKE NOTICE
All Over Now
But Ratification

AZ t. .te
The following &hlch appeared as a
special in the Wheeling Register to.
day is too interesting to leave out, SO
1t is given for purposes Of entertain.
ment:
WASHINGTON, Oct. es.-Now that
the swisher brigade has departed 1t is
likely that Senators Scott and Elkins
can get few minutes together in pri.
yate and can consult about the hest In.
terests OF the Republican party In
West Virginia. ItHhs Just a little
startling to the Ssisher contingent in
the midst Of theirjubllatlon that sena.
tor Scott shoyll arrive at the New VII.
lard a day ahead OF the time expected.
While the swisher people, including
'Swisher himself. were talking It over
with Elltins at the Elkins home, Scott
was hurrying to Washington from
Mexico and was much nearer the cap.
ital than they thought.
When the information was given
Swisher ct al. on Sunday morning
that Senator Scott was upstairs there
was an exchange of looks and a short
time later. with the arrival of Harry
woodward. the whole bunch went up
10 SWisher's rooms. In the party that
talked the future administration OF
Swisher as governor OF West Virginia
was Postmaster Denham, Of Clarks.
burg, and he was serenely confident
That the fight for Swlsher was actually
won. Sam Mathews. who has all
along been the most active Swisher
boomer, told with jubilation and many
smiles OF the way they had gotten
Eikins to come out for Swisher and
for once Swisher himself was modest
and allowed Matthews to do the talk.
ing as to what happened at the Elkins
home.
To hear the talk Of all the Swisher
adherents would give the impression
to stranger that Swisher was just as
good as elected governor and that
there was little use for either conven.
and allowed Mathews to do the talk
turned on the men who may be dele.
gates to the Republican national con-
vention next year. 1t seems that the
Swisher folks have about made up the
slate for the delegates to the national
gathering and that no district has been
overlooked. If there are any ambI.
tious men who wish to be delegates to
the national convention next year they
had best apply early to Swisher, Mat
thews & Co. ere the slate is made. It
was also intimated that the SwIsher
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Nice EloWers

Mr.. H. Glenn Fleming has our
thanks for handsome bunch OF chry-
santhemums sent to the editors home
yesterday. A great many people do
not realize that Mr.. Fleming grows
Just as beautiful flowers right here
In Falrmont as can be produced any.
where.
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UTES ARE ARMED
READY TO FIGHT If ATTEMPT is
MADE TO COMPEL THEM TO u

.
ST. PAUL, Minn.. Oct. ga spe-
cial to the Pioneer Press from Pierre.
s. D., says that parties from the
Cheyenne river agency last night re.
port that troopers are now marching
toward the Ute camp and expect to
reach there tonight or Wednesday.
The Utes, says the dispatch. are well
ARMED and say they will fight i; any
attempt Is made to compel them to
work or to send their children to
school. l5.
A special from sturgis, s. D.. says
that late reports indicate that the
Sioux Indian police already have the
iUtes under control. Is
=
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There will be a teachers meeting
and reading circle for Lincoln district
held at Pennington Saturday. Novem'
soers alto a. m. All teachers are es'
peclally requested to be present.
1iss5S F. J. sPYLEs. President.
y sS:s5ig MYRTLE MICHAEL. Sec
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Home From Huntlna Trip.

DR.. p. P. Fitch and Arthur G. Mar.
tin have returned from hunting trip
In Randolph county: They succeeded
in bagglng saE fine lot Of small game
but got nothing bigger than wild tur.
keys. Z: & s
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Remains WIN Be srouuht H.r.,

A telegram received in this city
Sunday announced the death Of
Vaughan Kenneth. the three year old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles o. smithy.
Of Denver, Colorado. The remains will
be brought to this city for interment
though no funeral arrangements have
as yet been made.
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NOTICE To rAxpA,YERs,

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
THE CITY TAXES FOR THE YEAR
1907 ARE NOW READY; sAND; ALL
PERSONS PAYING THE SANE ON
OR BEFORE oCTO OBER 31sT, WILL
ALLoWED A DIS CUNT SoF%2,t
PER CENT mo 8. scoTT.
CITY CoILECToRs
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Meetln o of Medical Association.
Tomorrow is the regular monthly
meeting day Of the Marion County
Medical Association The weekly
meetings are wen attended and are
increasing IN interest.
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Herbert 'W'oolard who has been ut
+ Salem y,nlI for several weeks. has return.
seil to this city. X II \ Al