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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-30
ELNNS ENJOYS
guiding BOOM
HALF MILLION DOLLARS wiLL cd
SPENT m PERMANENT Ia
PRoyEMENTsrTHIs YEAR.

ELK1Ns,W Va; April 29A!This
year promises to be The most prosper,
Gus in the history Of Elkins. Many
fine buildings will be erected and many
new enterprises started. The Elkins
Electric Railway Company will spend
100000 this year in building its line
IN the city. Surveyors have already
made, a survey to Relington and found
a good route which can, be graded al
a minimum cost.
The Odd Fellows Home is to be put
up this year at a cost OF 100000 Il not
more. This institution will be a great
thing for the city, as It will buy all Of
Its supplies here.
Senator Scott has asforce Of men
working on the excavation for his siOi.
900 business block on Randolph ave.
nue., and he hopes to have It complet.
ed by the time the Courthouse Is en-.
tirely ready for occupancy.
The Courthanse will be finished this
year, the plasterers being through with
their work.
The Board OF Trade has practically
closed a deal which brings 10 Elkins Il
new factory which will employ two
hundred men. Only a few prellmin.
aries remain 10 be settled and the fac.
tory will be located in South Elkins.
Heavier Brothers big building is near.
ing completion, and It is expected that
the Peoples National Bank will move
into the corner room by May 18th. It
makes one Of the finest banking rooms
in the State.
The Elkins tannery will enlarge It's
plant to double its capacity, the plans
having been made and the work will
start as soon as the weather becomes
settled. The Improvement will cost
100000, and the enlarged plant will
employ three hundred and fifty men.
In addition TO these large improve.
ments there are fifty houses being
erected and fully one hundred permits
have been issued, and It Is probable
that at least one hundred more resi-.
dences and business houses will be
built this year.
At least half a million dollars will
be spent in the city this year In perma.
nent improvements, and 1t will be the
most prosperous year in the history of
the city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-30
The Best Guaranty Of Merit
Is Open Publicity.

Every bottle Of Dr.. pierce's world.
famed medicines leaving the great labo.
ratory at buffalo, N. Y, has printed
upon It's wrapper all the ingredients
entering Into rs composition. This fact
alone places DR.. Pierce's Family Medi.
cincs IN q class all Ly themselves. They
cannot be classed with patent or secret
medicines because thoy are neither. This
Is why, 50 many unparalleled physicians
prescribe them and recommend them 10
their patients. They know what they
are composed Of, and that the ingredients
are those endorsed by the most eminent
medical authorities.
The further fact that neither DR..
Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery, tho
great stomach tonic. liver l%nv!gorator,
heart regulator and blood purifier, nor his
'FayOrlte Prescription for weak, over.
worked, broken-down, nervous women,
contains any alcohol, also entities them
70 q place MI by themselves.
Many years ago, DR.. Pierce discovered
That chemically pure glyccrine, OF proper
strength, Is q better solvent and presery.
alive OF the medicinal principles resid-
Ing In our indigenous, or native, medl.
clhai plants than Is alcohol: aid, further.
more, that IL possesses valuable medicinal
properties OF It's own, being dcmulcent,
hutrltire, antlseptic, and u most efficient
antlfernent.
Neither Of the above medicines con-
talns alcohol, or any harmful, habit
forming drug, as will be seen from o
glance at the formula printed on each
Doit!e wrapper. They are safe to use and
Not only do physicians prescribe the
above, nOn.secret medicines largely, but
The most intelligent people employ them
people who would not think OF using
the ordinary patent, or secret medicines.
Every Ingredient entering into the COM
position Of Dr.. Plerce's medicines has
the strongest kind Of an endorsement
from leading medical writers oil the
several schools Of practice. No other
medicines put up for like purposes has
any such prGtesStondt endorsement
Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation Is the cause Of
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. One Pellets Is q gentle
laxative. and two q mild cathartic, Drug.
gtsts sell them, and nothing Is sjuss u!
good. Easyto lake IS candy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-30
NOTICE.

To our Patrons:
Having served you for twenty.one
years past and as we are led to believe
a%cceptably, at least your continued
patronage is to us evidence Of that
fact, and for this II for no other rea.
son, We feel 1t a duty which we owe
to vol, to call attention to the many
.so.called prescriptions, that are being
advertised in the papers OF to-day.
They may or they may not be written
by reputable physicians in the locality
wherein they originate, but as to the
merit they possess no one knows Of,
and the physician whom It is claimed
may have used the same In his prac.
tice, II not a myth, Is unknown to the
practitioners Of this part OF the coun-
try, and the party who has such pre-.
scrlPtioRs filled, Is treadiHg on danger.
ols ground. He does not know wheth.
er such so.called Secret remedy
which Is not offlcinial and not found In
any Of the books by which a druggist
of repute In his business can be gov.
erned, hence the person who may IN.
vest In such prescription does not
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-30
Hatched Chickens by Fire.

From the New York Times.
Henry Faber, OF Jamaica. Queens
Borough, has invented a new meth.
cd of Matching chickens. He Is ten
years old and a son OF Lawyer Lean.
der Faber. They live at Alsop street
and Shelton avenue. Jamaica.
Other boys In the neighborhooi had
pigeons Or chickens or dogs, and some
had pet cats and toads. Henry had
none Of these things, but decided he
would possess some. He took the cool;
into his confidence. Obtaining two
esss he carefully wrapped them in
absorbent cotton and then wrapped
numerous rags around the cotton.
These he induced the cook 10 allow to
repose the kitchen fire for three
weeks. Henry's mother could not I'M.
aglne why he took such an interest In
the kitchen fire, but at the expiration
Of the three weeks, when faint peeps
were heard from the interior Of the
mass of cloths and cotton, Henry's
secret was out
Both eggs Matched out fine little
Plymouth Rock chicks. Henry says
he is going Into the chicken bust.
ness.
See our window display Of artist
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-30

Oil Blunt-Ah! Miss Nightingale,
that Winter Song was charming. It
carried me back to the days of my
childhood"
The slnser-l am SO glad You liked
II.
Old Blunt-Why, | could actually
hear the cattle believing, and old
windmill creaking, and the discorlant
winds bowling about the doors.-Tit.
Bits.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-30
FAV0RlT|SM N
WEST VIRGINIA
SEVERAL COMPANIES FILE
CHARGES AGAINST THE K. &
N. RAILROAD COMPANY.

WASHINGTON, April 99.-Charges
that gross fayoritism was being prac.
ticed in West Virginia as the result
Of control held in n coal company by
a railroad company were with the In.
terstate Commerce Commission today
by the Campbell Creek Coal Co., the
Columbus Iron G Steel Co., and several
other concerns. They charge discrim.
nation on the part of the Kanawha
& Michigan Railway Company, n ma.
jority of the stock Of which Is owned
by the Hooking Valley Railroad, which
latter corporation owns and controls
the Sunday Creek Coal Company.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-30
Hagenbaek
Wallace Show
OPENED THE SEASON AT PERU,
INDIANA ON LAST SAL
uRpAY!

I4EHtg5A -
PERU, Ind. April SO.-Thei Carl Ha!
genbeck and Great Wallace Combined
Shows opened the season here satur.
day giving two performances TO the
capacity Of the tents The show Is one
Of the largest ever organized and gave
the best Of satisfaction. The Hagen.
beck trained wild beasts, which have
heretofore been exhibited as an indl,
Yldual enterprise, form only a third
Of the new combination and every fea.
tnre Of it is deserving Of the highest
praise.
II required FIVE trains to move the
outfit to Marion as the show carries
rtearly twice as much parade para,
phernalia as a circus has ever carried
before. One feature Of the parade was
four hundred well matched dapple
grey horses which Were selected by
Col. B. E. Wallace personally.
The features Of the performance
were numerous. @Floppie,s a sea lion
which juggled a football on It's nose
while mounted on'a running steei, was
perhaps the most wonderful. II Is
~ -.H"H"
said the trainers baye been working
for more than two years on this act.
The lion which rode a horse and the
tiger riding a Looping elephant were
loudly %applauded. The performing po'
lar bears, the Les Rolandes. European
riding act, and. MerrIck's seventy.five
piece band were other features deserr.
Ing Of mention.
Thes how will so east exhibiting at
the principal cities In Indiana, Ohio
and West Virginia in May.
Mascot Disappears.
Jack" the amscot OF the second
advertising car Of the Habenbeck.W Wal.
lace Combined Shows, disappeared
while the billers were in Fort Wayne
Monday and as o result It was a blue
crowd Of billers which pulled out Tues.
day morning for Findlay. Jack" is
a bull dog which was picked up by the
Hagenbeck billers In Mexico last win.
ter and was an unusually sagacious
animal.
He had been with the car for sever.
al months now and had become a fix.
ture which makes his loss the more
regretted. He accompanied the blllers
on the Mexican tour, made the long
trip up TO Peru, Ind. where the com.
bined shows opened and has since
done watch duty on the car and acted
as special scout In locating the bill.
posters when It came time for the car
10 move to another city.
Along with his other accomplish.
ments Jack could talk. Strangers
have pretended that his utterances
were far from distinct but 10 the bill.
ers his every word was as plain as
could be. His talk resebled a growl
somewhat but when warned In ad.
vance even the unbelieving towner
would admit That he said wallace
and 81 won't" The boys tried to teach
him to say "Hagenbeck" but it was
too far away from his vocabulary and
the best Jack" would do was 10 growl
hog" which The Differs said lie had
%nicknamed the animal trainer owing to
his fondnes for the educated pigs back
with the show.
Jack" had one life to his credit
since he had been with the Hagen.
beck Wallace Shows. A blller return.
ed fro q country route out Of Logans.
port, lnd,,. and as the car had not yet
arrived lay down on the Wabash depot
for q nap. The station Is In the edge
of the city and the tired billposter
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-30

Rs.a .ss pa.ly West vlss.slan.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-30
MRS. fRAzERDEAD
iwEEE NoWR RoReAeToWRw os
MAN Passed Away YEsIEB.
DAY AFTERNOON

pay AFTERNOON
MoRGASToWN, April GA teie:
gram, conveying The sad news that
Mrs. Leila J. Frazer, wife Of General
James g; Frazer. was dying from the
effect Of an attack Of acute pneumo.
mic fever at Mudlayia, Kramer, In.
diana, was received this morning by
the friends OF General and Mrs. Fra.
ger from DR.. Frederick ]. Walker, the
physician who Is attending Mrs. Fra;
ger.
Word was received from Muilayia
Sunday night, and a telegram was dis.
patched to Martinsburg where General
Frazer was stopping on a business
visit. He at once left for the west and
arrived In Pittsburg this morning only
TO find that ne could not get? a train
for Indiana until O'clock this after
noon.
He got into COMMUNICATION with
Mudlayia and was informed that his
wife could not possibly live until he
arrived there Tuesday morning. Aft.
er he had received this message he
called up his office here and tried to
repeat the message. but broke down
and could scarcely talk.
The alarming condition Of Mrs.
Frazer's health did not develop until
Friday, and was entirely unexpected.
DR.. Walter wrote 10 General Frazer
Friday that Mrs. Frazer was Just a
little worse and that she had had q
slight attack Of tonsiiitis. When
she went to MudlayIa two weeks ago
she. expected to return In a short
time. She went for the purpose Of
undergoing treatment for Inifamma.
tory rheumatism.
About four o'clock a message came
stating that she was dead.
Mrs. Frazer was born in Norwich,
England, So years ago. Her maid.
en- name was Miss Leila Jesse Cronp
In 1890 she came to this country on
a visit to her sister, Mrs. Parry, Of
Charleston, South Carolina, and while
here stopped In Martinsburg, West
Virginia, TO visit her cousin, Mrs.
Rlackbird Hughes. While in Mar.
tinsburg, she met Mr.. Frazer, and
within six months they married.
After their wedding, II years ago
next May, they crossed The ocean and
spent some time visiting all the cap.
itals on the Continent. When they
returned from their honeymoon they
settled In Martinsburg and made
their home there until they moved
10 Morgantown In 1898. Since that
time they have been prominent In
Morgantown society and .have'become
acquainted with the majority Of the
people here,
Their one son, Carroll, is now In
London, England, attending school.
Carroll is about &c years old. Their
daughter, Margaret, died in 1886
when not quite a year old. Mrs. Fra.
zer's parents are both dead.
General and Mrs. Frazer have cross.
cd the ocean three times since they
made their first visit to the Cont.
nent. Mrs. Frazer had been interest.
ed in outdoor life and particularly In
northern life. She has made several
trips 10 the Labrador coast and has
been interested in Peary's trips to the
North Pole. For the benefit Of the
Royal Deep Sea Mission she had Com.
mander Robert E. Peary lecture in
Commencement hall only n short time
ago. She was one of the organizers
and leaders of the Civic club and Is
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-26
WESTMINSTER Theatre

The Bowery Burlesquers are this week
attraction at the Westminster theatre
Ihey present a queer mixture OF mirth
and melody. very queer and complicated
indeed so far as the hucor is concerned
Yet the show on the whole is very salts
factory and furnishes a good evening $
entertainment
1t is In the musical part however, the
"Burlesquers' excel. The chorus is large
and made pof pretty girls. who render
several good ensemble numbers very ef-
fectively
The show is something OF n novelty In
that II does not have an olio. Several good
sketches are worked into the three farces
into which II is divided The most popular
of these with the audience was that OF
Ernest Racket and Clara Douglas show
ing "Fitz in full dress" They sang sew
eral catchy songs.
There are three scenes shown In the
show, on the Bowery. the artists studio
and the Essex Market Police court.
The principal character in the farces is
Ben Jansen as Isaac Cloyinski. who is
running for judge, Mr.Jansen's work Is ef-
fective. although his support is for the
most part indifferent
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-26
GOOD WIRELESS
WORK ON PACIFIC

Washington. Nov. 26-Possibly electrical
conditions over the vast Pacific ocean are
more favorable for wireless telegraph
work than elsewhere but IL is certain that
with apparatus with small power COM
pared to the giant transmitters employed
In the Atlantic wireless telegraph service,
the army transports on the Pacific have
been extraordinarily successful In main
tanning communication. The Thomas pick
ed up the naval station at San Francisco
recently while she was 400 miles distant,
but even better, on the same trip. that
transport caught message from the ma
val station at Sitka, distant In straight
line 200 miles. the best performance yet
recorded by the wireless ahoat.
Meanwhile the army signal corps is hav
ing an equal degree of success with the
development of the new small portable
wireless apparatus intended for use In the
field and recently communication was
maintained from the White Lot in this
city to Indian Head. Md. 26 miles distant
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-26
SPEAKER CANNON
MUCH SOUGHT AFTER

Washington. Nov. 26-Speaker Cannon
is dividing his time these days between
his dentist and the members of the house
who are seeking committee assignments,
The afternoons are given to the mem
bers. but while he listens carefully to all
of them, he has not so far made any
promises. The speaker Is hopeful of COM
pleting his assignments before the Christ
mas holidays.
The Fffty-ninth congress had been in
session only seven days when the speak
ers announcement was made, the time
being the briefest ever taken by a speak
er In filling the committees, except in the
forty-third congress, when only four
days were required. In the Fifty-eighth
congress 26 days were required. but that
congress convened early in November.
leaving the speaker less time for prep
a.ration in advance of the meeting than
he had in 1906, and will have this year.
Speaker Henderson took only eight days
to form the committees for the Fifty
seventh congress The longest time taken
in recent years for this necessary preIimf-
nary work was l3l days, which Speaker
Reed allowed to eapse before naming
the committees for the Fifty-ffth con-
gress, the delay being due to the tariff
fight of 1897. In the Forty-second congress
Speaker Blaine consumed over nine
months time after congress convened in
selecting his committeeman. There was
almost as much delay in the Fortieth.
when the fight against President John
son was in progress.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-26
AT THE THEATRES
IMPERIAL THEATRE

To those who want TO spend a little
more than two hours and forget the trials
and tribulations OF life. Just call at the
purchase ticket for Edwin D. Miners
Americans. who are at this popular
amusement resort for the week. The two
large audiences that greeted this company
yesterday came away feeling that they
had received the full value for their
money, and while there We're no sensa-
tonal features. presented there was at
the same time something that made one
feel that every member Of the company
was interested in his or her part and did
all that was possible to carry out the OBJ
tect OF the management. which was to en-
tertain and that i'm a clean and interest
ing way. The performance begins with a
conception called Mixed Pickles" with
William III. Ward and a pretty and well
formed young lady, who is announced on
the bill as Mozelle as the leading charac-
ters. who are assisted by a number OF
comedians and a corps of young ladies'
This is given in two acts, the last being
after the olo. The sister La Tour, who are
billed as Calfornias favorite come
diennes, open the olio with serio-comic
songs and dances. and they are recalled
a number of times Next is the Worlds
Comedy Four and three encores were
awarded them for their efforts and they
are followed by William III. Ward e. Co.
in a sketch called when the Devil Comes
to Town" and the only thing that can be
said OF this is that 1t should be head
liner. Mozelle also appears in fire dance.
which is pleasing and the last in the olio
is Miss Bessie Steiger in illustrated songs
and she makes a hit.
This week amateurs night will be held
on Friday evening instead of Thursday
evening" The Dreamand Burlesquers
with Dave Marion, the popular come
dian, will be the attraction next week.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-26
KEITH's THEATRE

Thanksgiving week is certainly a gala
time at Keith's, as far as the number and
quality of headliners seen there goes The
originality and eaborateness OF the act
by the Novellos entities them TO a posi-
tion at the head Of the excellent bill. The
troupe has been connected with Barnum
x Baley's circus, and is a miniature cir
Gus IN itself. elephants, dogs, horses. aero
bats, clowns and all the other accessories
being present. The act will probably APP
peal with greatest force TO the younger
element, although their elders will also
find ample enjoyment i'm witnessing this
miniature circus.
a number also at the top Of the bill
that Is OF exceptional interest is THE
Comstock Mystery" a playlet in which
appears Charlotte Parry, an accomplished
actress. and leading lady of a number OF
stock companies. The plot of the play
hinges on the murder of a rich banker,
Miss Parry appearing on the stage i'm
seven different disguises. impersonating
seven characters connected with the play.
The distinctly different makeup. voice
and manner which Miss Parry uses i'm
playing the various roles. and the amaz-
Ing swiftness with which she changes
from one to another, all but make one
believe that she has double TO help her.
Raymond and Caverly. German dialect
comedians, appear in a dialogue. Their
dancing is distinctly refreshing.
DAISY Harcourt, an English character
coincidence, is clever pretty and grace
fuL With these assets she proves enter
tanning in some character work Of a real
~ high order. Her singing of "He Has
Never Been There Before" scored an inn
mediate hit with the audience
The kratons display skill and dexterity
of no mean order I'm an original panto-
mime hoop act. which is decidedly anus
Ing and entertaining
I.alla Selhini. az "The Partisan Bathing
Beauty" fully sustained her reputation.
Harry Corson Clarke and company. in
a playlet entitled strategy" received
and fully merited the heartiest approval
Harry Corson Clarke as ''Mr. Williams"
gave a decidedly successful presentation
OF his part. as did Davenport Marshall as
Jack Collins and Margaret Dale Owens as
Mrs. Williams
Ed Gray. the Tall Tale Teller" is not
new here. His act was fully up to the
standard he has set in his previous an
pcarances In this city
Others on the bill arc: The Hurleys
gymnasts; Leo ST. Elmo. comedy instru-
mentalist, Wise & Milton. colored COM
edians and dancers; Harvey and Field
brothers. singers and dancers: Patsy
Doyle, monologuist, and the Keith travel
views.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-26
NICKEL THEATRE

The Nickel Theatres program for the
first three days OF this week includes some
exceptionally fine pictures, the kind that
even the most blase amusement-seeker
will enjoy heartily. ope-af-t the funniest
pictures the Nickel has is "A Wife Want
ed, which was one big scream from start
TO finish. 1t shows how a man who ad-
vertises for a wife is overwhelmed with
applicants. from whom he tries to run
away But after an exciting and hilar-
iously funny chase he Is captured. but the
captor, after seeing how many children
he has. doesn't want him, in spite OF the
long chase she had 20 get him. The mys-
terious jump from one side OF the pond
10 the other has everyone shouting. The
lnnkeeper's Daughter" was q stirring
dramatic picture OF how a man who makes
love to another mans wife Is Justly pun
ished. What a Pipe Did" Ia very funny,
as Is THE Cupboard the story of a
mans hiding from his jealous wife I'm p
CUPBOARD and then being carried away "a
all sorts Of funny places. In spite Of his
protests THE Baboon" is an interesting
picture of how a woman, stolen by a
balloon. grows UP I'm the wilderness Of the
Jungle TO live and act Just like baboon.
There is not a dull moment during all Of
these pictures
Bob Alden and the Nickel quartette
sang the new Indian song, 'Napanee. -
with telling effect. winning hearty ap-
plause. and Miss Duhaime scohed with the
catchy little song. i've Got Ny Fingers
Crossed You Can't Touch Me" This pro-
gram runs only the first three days OF the
week. The program is changed on Thurs
day for the remainder of the week. and on
Thanksgiving Day the theatre will open
at $3.50 and remain open until 1890 that
night.