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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-15
Boom IS on l7o q
Scot Sec o1ldS Place

The boom for Senator Scot .sor Vice:
president, which has been gathering
force for the past few lays.ais becon..
Ing stronger right along and with !tas :.is;
arrival OF the delegations from the
various states his stock is rapidly risi
Ing. On the arrival OF the west Wiz,
gtnia delegates here the.y fou!sl a very
healthy boom on for their senator and
as fast as other5d delegates and big men
from the east came IN tbs talked
Scott and did all they could to push
his candidacy Amoss those who
we're most! insistent for, s:ott, and
who has done d: lot Of work for him Is
Dewey Hilles. Of New York, formerly
Of Barne esville.s and a g sood friend Of
the senator. IS IIilles and hisJ. .frleda
pushed this line of 4 talk arsong the
delegates from other states than West
Virginia with the result that by night.
II there was a boom going tile. Scott
way with Scott himself modestly de.
claring that he was not ambitions, but
appreciated the compliment It was
further urged in behalf Of Scott as a
vice presidential; candidate. that! he was
a soldier in the civil war and thnt
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Big ncredseslr1 \ azuat atioy1sRof {
Publ SerDiicse Corporat1iiot1as 81 t

CHARLEsTo ON, June s. So he val.
tation Aot the public utilitie les 1ns the
State got West Virginia has, accord.
Ing to- the ass ssessmen Is made by the.
board OF public works increased more
than $40 900 during the Syear BOB.
Clerk Carl gPriddy, who has stabuiated
the assessments. issued 4 statement,
showing the total valuation itof Y the
public utilities of the State for the
year 19os ITO be s252,57s. .472.1e.Hs The
total sassessmeati In 1907 was s242.:-
10s,304:s
s The board of public works, which.
has been busy fixing the sassessments
for several lays, & ad journed II Friday
and since that time the clerk has been
engaged In; reducing the work to show
the total valuation OF the g several
classes Of corporations in the State.
"a In the increaseEo of $40, ,465, 1871 Is
s1.3s5,9s2 90 which represents the as.
,sessments of the toll bride com.
panies exclusive OF railroad and car
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MoNT,EE NoNDAY. JUNE I57 TIaosE

{thisFwill 5be the last convention OF the
Republican party to give attention To
the veterans of that great .iggle.
5sss Al Delegates Get Busy.
After Hi1les had made a start with
tthe5 circle fot Scot admirers including
those from West Virginia, the few
delegates from West Virginia got busy
and began hosting the Scott sugges.
itlonall around the lobby Of the tavern:
The most surprised man OF the day
was Scott himself. He had given the
matter no thought although day after
day his associates on the national com.
mittee had been urging him to actually
begin a campaign. Those of est sVir.
iE!nia who began the talk for putting
Scott ajon the ticket, were Delegates
Hite and Teter.a@ and they drew sey-
srnour Edwards into the game, and U.
s. Marshall Elliott OF Parkersburg.
Joined In with the! suggestions. It was
especially pleasing to the West vi
;ginia delegates that ssthe mention of
Scott to big mem Of other states Met
With cordiaisresponse and usually with
the remark, "1VAy did you not put him
forward long ago e., 3i:3gg
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MISS SlSSON= }
~ 49, : =, - ~. - . r ~ 80, = q
DIED AT COOK HosPlTAL6LAsT
NIGHT AFTER AN~LlNGER.
j5Ss N IN G ILLNESS.

Miss Wilmonia Sisson, matron OF
Cook Hospital, died last evening at
that institution about seven o'clocl;
after an illness of:several weeks from
liberation OF the stomach with com
pltcations from gall stones. From tho
first Miss sisson's condition was seri.
Gus and about ten days ago she un'ler.
went. an operation as a last resort to.
ward fpro1ongingE her life. The opera.
tion was In itself successful but the
condition OF the patient wns such that
the Improvement was only temporary
and she continued to sink until the
end came at the hour stated above,
Miss SIsson was a resident of Culpep.
er, va, and had been at Cook Hospital
for the past two years. She had made
many friends during her residence
here TO whom her death has brought
much sorrow. She was cousin oi
Dr. John r. Cook and is survived by
her father, Mr.. William slsson, and
several sisters and brothers. II
"A sister, Miss oowann slsson, has
been at her bedside for the past few
weeks. The remains were prepared
for burial by ndertaker Cunningha n
and this evening wi Ill be sent to Cul
peper for lnterment. i: ss .ss
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2 POLlCE.CO i: {. Z !.

His Honor was greeted this morn.
Ing by two visitors who were anxious
to give assistance to the city by their
presence. II; q, B VI.
The first OF the callers was John
Lawrence. charged with being drunk.
Since John was drunk and really
drunk lie was given SO by Mayor
Neely. Having no money he will con.
ttnue as a city boarder.
The other prisoner was In sweede
charged with svngrancy. He likewise
was given SC, and he, because he also
was minus the necessary, will remain
with the city for n while. IS 4
John Doe was a young. man who
was found drunk Saturday. night by
the officers about the old mill. Doe
having the currency put up for his
appearance 9I5s y I. .;f3S
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] Mr. TAFT AS A GOLFER.

Lynch and Miss Edith Henry had
charge OF the service. 4.
" M. f.. Church; South.
IA pretty service Of songs and reel;
tatlons was rendered H at the N. 4 E.
Church, South. Sunday marning each;
performer acqulting himself with
much credit. The church was preetllyi
decorated in flowers and ferns and the
service was witnessed by a large con.
Igregation. i!5;;. i, s5!
r lrst Presbyterian Church.
.The Chlldren.s King was the title
OF a pretty service rendered at the
Presbyterian # Church last evening
The church was app ppropriately decorat.
u in q protusion OF palms and flow:
ers and the music and recstat tlons were
all well rendered. Miss Edith Pickett
drilled the children for the OCCASION
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COUNTY,
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Fighters. !. / /


# Saturday evening. so It seems. saw
e very interesting .keg party' at
Traction Park. and the results OF the!
AFFAIR are not all pleasurable:, From
what can be learned. 6 It seems that
81. C.$Lockhart, John Williams i and
two Connor brothers. all OF Everson,
had a keg OF beer at the park satur-
day evening, and after consuming
enough OF its contents to make them
''tighting drunk they started souts K,
hunt and make trouble. and It seems
as Il they succeeded. Armed with 4
sledge hammer and stones. they start.
ed out and made an attack. so It
seems, on every body whom they met
between the park and mine No. s.
u In all they attacked and injured,
eight men, some Of them quite serl-,
ously. q Ss tS.ss
& The injured.
Albert atkins. fan man at NO. IS
mine: beaten with stones and render,
ed unconscious; taken to his home at
jMonongnh. &. ~ I.
F-a
Thomas McGraw, trackman for,
Fairmont and clarlssburg Traction
Company; struck by stones.
James Willis. foreman of gang OF
traclimen: struck twice with sledgae;i
left arm injured. iSi.5 h 4
Two ira ckmen. orelgners; q; struck
by stones.
Three miners, foreigners; struck
by stones and sled
at mine No. they attacked Albert
Watkins. the fan man, and left him
in very serious condition. He was
taken to his home at ;AIonongah and
given treatment by DR.. }Bowcock. The
attack on Mr.. Watkins, and the other
men as well, seemed :: to have been
made without gprovocatton 81 ~ .Ii i;5
When the trouble was reported to;
the coal Offices at Monong gnll posse
consisting Of supt. "A. u. Ruckman,
Chief of Police Flndley, Oficerl sha-
yer and others started out and ar.
rested the men. Later one of them, S.
G. Lockhart, was released on bail.
the others being placed in the county
jail by Sheriff Furbee. Deputy Davis
and Officer Higglnbotham. Of Fair
mont, who went to Monongah and Sc
cured the prisoners. 4: II. ;9
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WOMAN

DIED SUDDENLY gYEsTERDAY
g53;a gs;SaS55lg WHILE EIPlcklNG PEAS.
Mrs. Cord ella Cunning ham, wife OF
Mr.: John Cunningh an. who resides
near near Worthington, died yesterday
cutie suddenly. Mrs. Cunningham who
was about 81 years old was In the
garden yesterday picking peas. when
the younger members sot the family
b! beard I. q noise. and running OUT found
that Mrs. Cunning ham had droppel
dead: Mrs. Cunning ham is well. known
in Fairmont. baving several relatives
here and lis "a sister5sto Mrs. Henry
Hamilton. The funeral services viii
be conducted this afternoon. Burial
at Cunningham cemetery on 'etrict;'s
Ridge at O'clock. 81 IA
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.Ii'IT a n IT7.T
] ORDERS
OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY YES
5'TERDAY-THREE@ LODGES RE- Il
5. MEMBERED THEIR DEAD. H

rs Memorial services were observed
Sunday by three lodges Of the city,
the. railroad organizations, the knights
OF Pythies and the Modern Woodmen
Of the World. i.';.
Railroad Organizations M emorIal.
Z At the First Presbyterian Church at
three o'clock Sunday afternoon, Rev.
H.G. Stoetzer preached a special SER
mon to the organizations. He took as
his text. 1.-THE People Therefore that
stood by and heard 1t said that 1t
Thnndered and others said that an
Angel spake to Him." st. John. 1 2: 20.
Rev. Stoetzer's discourse was an able
enc and was heard with interest by
his audience which. was a large one.
The choir sang several appropriate Sc,
1ections. In the morning the lodge
healed by the Watson band. marched
to- tho various cemeteries where the
graves oflthe departed members were
decorated B! 4,
knights Of Pythlas. Ii;
AT the NJ. F. Church. South, on Sun.
g=.t1.8
day afternoon, the annual sermon t,
the knights of Pythias Lodge was
delivered by Rev. r. T. webb before !;
large congregation. .'Love the Full
fillment of the Law wns the subject
Of a strong sermon BY Rev. Webb
which was given close attention By
the large audience. After the ser
vice, the organization headed by the
Fifth ward school band marched tc
the cemeteries to strew flowers on the
graves OF the departed members.
Modern Woodmen Of The World.
2s The Modern Woolmen OF: the Wor1t
held their annual decoration d ay sun
day. when a large turn out OF the or
ganization visited the cemeteries tt
decorate the graves of the dead.
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& Mr.. AND MRS. WILLIAM II. TAFT.
Castle Hall Noun tain City lodge No
tsisS dQ x u nf . l;SS fYi-sis

, ~
The following notices are being sent
out by Mountain City Lodge No. is.
Knights OF Pythias, who will observe
the memorial duy Of the order on Sun.
day. June IA, 1908. s, "a .i's i's
!; The. .memoria! sermon will be preach,
ed by Rev. R. 7. Webb, OF the NJ. e
Church. South, at 8 p. M; decoration
services at the cemetaries at 4 p. III
You will please meet ut the Castle
Hall, promptly ut 2:3O o'clock to 4 Mt
tend the the sermon, after which we
will march to the graves o. our de
ceased brothers accompanied by the
Fifth Ward School Band. Bring flow
crs and badge siis5. "A s.,
S. sojouralng knights and friends o.
the lodge welcome. s5.s,
e I. g cnu,ItTTEE ID
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Columbia Here.

hess steamer Columbia ! OF the MO-
Ealela and Ohio Packet Company
ssbrongh ut large number of excursion:
sist sto{ thisScitys last evening. This
WAS theSt first excursion to this city
SthtsS season: The river excursions at
Sforded by this company: are a source
great pleasure. Yesterdays out.
ling gSwas ell atronlzed and IT Is like
That more will follow. 3
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5CHlLDREN|' DAY. !.
OBSERVED AT CHURCHES YES.
iis;iTERDAY-PRoGRAMMES iis; MES
s;sss CARRIED OUT.


Children's Day was fittingly obsery-
ed on Sunday in the various churches
OF the city and in every instance a de-
lightful program mme Of music and song
was rendered.
At the Nj r. Church. 4 !
At the M. .P. Church sunday morn
Ing; the Children's Day service was
delightfully."- carried out, when a SER
vice Of. songs and recitations was rem.
dered by the children in charge of Mr..
Clarence Klnsey and Mrs. r. !. C. Jones
and Miss Nell Layman. The chorus
work was under the direction OF Mr..
Kinsey and was excellent. the fresh
young voices OF the children singing
the beautiful carols and anthems made
a chorus not soon to be forgotten.
Those taking part in the recitation
service were Ada lKerns, Isoline Hess.
Edgar Barrett, Carter Jones II Jennette
Fletcher, Edna Harden, Earl Harden,
Mildred Meredith. Forrest s Knight,
Leoma Hess, Paul Fleming, Earle
Hartley Noble Laymnn n Lucil Ham
llton, Beatrice Lyons, Ruth Dunning-
ton. Neyai swisher: Miss Katherine
Hough sang a beautiful solo, Suffer
Little Children = l5 1
"A pretty feature of the service was
the presentation Of framed pictures
to the school OF Aunt Carrie Shore
and the late Mr.. Carter Dunnington.
Aunt Carrie had taught for many
years in 3the primary d apartment nt
the Sunday school and the department
could have found no more appropriate
gift nor one which would have been
more appreciated than a picture oi
Aunt Carrie. Miss Lucille Hamilton
nn, behalf of the class carried the pic
ture5 forward whore Hon: r. w. Flen,:
ling In a brief spee ech$ presented sits and
| the picture Of Mr.. Dunnington, a gift
from the Mems Bible Class, to the
school; epresente ed by Rev. j. G
Broomfleld. tg HI rs
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suits Instituted.

Bank Of hMannington VS.. C.. Manley3
.Holbcrt. Intermediate Court, debt; !:
July rules. W. .sHaymond attorney
for rplaintlff. e. n s l.s
3 Ella Walton vs.. blackwell Walton.
Intermediate Court, chancery; July
rules. George y. Ralphsnider,s attor-
ney for plaintiff. y. !, II
Marriage Licenses.
Walter G. satterfield and Stella
G.McGinnis.S y 4. x q
w. A. Estep and Ella Harr.
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!. Carnival This Week.

The carnival that has been ope1ut-
Ing at tenth street along the belt
line in this city for the last week has
decided to stay until Thursday OF this
week. The manager is well pleased
with the way; Fairmont people turned
out to the show. i; s3
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5Attcnded i M, ana q PIcrie.

Attended W. and %. Picnic.
u Lawrence Cunning CHAM has returned
form eellng where ION Saturday he
attended a and picnic Miss
Genevieyeg Cunning who accom-
lanied him Is now the guest OF friends
in washington, Pa. (:
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THIRD
TERM. / [
GHOST / 0 ] ! ) I 4
o,ll1t C'o,'li..
1ltionE lF7al ( and
.Sc,dr,es.SiI 4 J, !, ], 4 Faftitess. e

SfByS United Press.)

G9S.J
CHICAGp IN !. June d :. .5s.ts. he most
:: nervous lot sotS sure thing men / ever.
4 ssaW.ss This EXPIRE sion; appropos of,
the manag gers mad & Z today, By
= ally lead ers possesses elements II Of
truth: Not witt standing they claim
more than seven hundred assured
votes for their eand, date on the flrst
ballot Taftites today are riding as
careful ili ace sas though they expect.
sedl gas neck and neck finish. Every
where is como ceded the much smooted,
question of the Vice presidency to be
sEsettleds i've minutes long distance
2Rashin gtonS SconY ersatton. How'll will.
be sett led its IA mat tterSo 81 little concern
~ tile Taft people: 81 cts settle the
mat Of presld ency first." Is the
answer 70 all uestlons. All l5ef..
forts lay aside the ghost third
term proposit ton here have failed.
This tlcul az spook seems to sur
1--we with are ersistency. TAFT men.
laugh atSit hut their laug ghs are STACEY,
: tnirth1es efforts.
The eeutive council sof3 the SAmerI.
can Labors Fed eratlo lon to-day complet.,
ssd Its draft sofs the gplanks desired By.
labor leaders in the Republican plat.
fssnis t5is to be presented to the resolu-
tIon;s committee Jas soon 8as the mem.
bersS shall have been selected to.mor-
TOW Uncle joe Cannon was rein.
forced tod ay ina his figh gainst: the.
santtin1 1Hnc ction@ @ feature ~ proposed BY.
Rapubl bliean platform as Z framed
Wale Ellis and o. K. "a by Prest.
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Taft.
ePanls Norton appeared on the scene
/ and tsoncez SCI: about working up sen.
setiment not My against this plank but,
Sagainst any movement that would
commit the party to further attacks
sssRon ilroad nterests. President Com:
y spers5 that he is ssnot disturbed over
the fact that Speaker Cannon has
come post haste $to Chtcago for tho
purpose of removing the anti.in1unc.
ton board from the plat form. He pro
sSfessess to- be confld lent that It will go
IA am yWay y and that it Will be a good
s,F
The city with a thousand gates
Issmades good Its name to-day when real
lsSsinsad al1l = army Of Republican hosts
S5,m1arched ma in: Train load after train
load spou ourel nto athe q city. The tlrst
arrivals was the famous old Blaine
Glubs OF Cincinnati, about 400 strong.
attireds lin frock conts and Z gray plug
Each man was armed with q
sbung starter. AS the d CATION head
band swung down Michigan
avenue the Republican mecca at
tie Annex the Buckeye Boosters were
ssEgiYen real ovation !. Later a Kentucky
alton sarrl we'd with Kansas City
h and Colo do scontinge gents close on its
ishee1s 4: y n X a
IssS This morning more 81 than ever II
5ss lfoked AS though Fairbanks would be
rafte1 s5fos second place on the Re,
srnblican ticket All; events and de
opments in the last "a hours seem
'stto trend In that direction. There Is
title card bout It In the public cor
II q trllors, but behind the scenes effective
work Is sheing done IA S$ii
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Baptist c chur.ch.
At the NJ p. Church.

A pretty Child dren's Day: service was
;rende dered aati the First Baptist Church
Sunday. orning, !, conslst sting % songs
and recitations: The schurch was sselab.
orately decorated I'M blooming plants
and cut flowers and formed d ting
back ground for the many little folks
who Stook part IN the servic Miss
Amy Eliason assisted rs.A thur
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Closed.

Closed. isSS;i
The Fairmont Window Glass factory
closed for the summer. Work at the
plant ceased Friday night at mid.
night. The fire Just closed was the
most successful one in & the history
OF the local plant The out look for
tie fall opening Iis very encouiag cling e
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!. 4
Mr. GeorgeE Amos and familyzsnr
moving from heir gresld dence on Fair
mont !, aayennes % the etrS count trys home On
k Tie Aorsanto plke. 1IS a1 \
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Mrs. Windsor and son. John were
syF9fstttng triehds at Tlnne elltoa yester,
say s1 llnh AEHhlss
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IMlUCH.5.M!!ONEY | j / ]! 4 !
ii BEING Raj ED 10 q DEVISE
q 2 Ian s sSTo g DODGE !;

\. N Y1oRFs June 5.-T7Millions Of
collars Il IS stated I'm sporting circles
has been raised BY: sporting men to
SdlscoyeT means by5 viii Ichi the Agnaw-:
Hart law may be legally doa sed and
twelve ofs sth q most noted lawyers in
New York have been retained to de-
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Mr and Mrs. Charles NV. Evans
were the guests Mrs Evan parents.
et q Herman Ill Oh arlh
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MRS. g. Gilman and children,
William Parry and argaret, went 4 to
Faynesbnrg, Pa. esterday to- visit
the fofmer's parents, /, DR.. and Mrs.
william Parry.
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Trouble Coming.

Antonio FAngottif was arrested this
morning mo on aswarrant by Constable
John s mixer: IAN gottl a Isl charged
with Ssland derlnE the Italian consul. !. g.
Caldara. w
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and Mrs, Lee ID. Morgan, or
ldmore are visit ding friends In The
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sasssriss fors ths Tsst yhsInlan.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
Furthermore. Switzerland has

Furthermore. Switzerland has a
special opportunity for making such
public services pay. II is the out
door playground of Europe. 1t is
visited annually by thousands and
tens of thousands of travellers for
pleasure-people with money to
spend. The entertainment of the
stranger-for proper cash consid
eraticn-has been raised there to the
level Of fine art, experiences in which
is probably more widely diffused
through the populace than in any
other country on earth.
But with all these advantages
Switzerland, which has been held up
to us by our most ardent reformers
as a model of government purity
and efficiency, is unable to make rail-
ways pay under public ownership
Nor is Belgium, though a hive of
industry originating a vast traffic in
addition to an enormous transit OF
trade, able to make railways pay
under public ownership.
not in human nature to work as
hard for a government as for pri-
vate employer. The government Of
fetal, no matter what his zeal and
honesty, cannot in the nature of
things get as much work for the
wages as the employer whose own
pocket is directly affected if THE
business does not pay This is a
consideration too groveling and prac-
teal for high-souled reformers to
take into account. But it exists.
The lesson of it's existence is one
that the very practical and thrifty
people of Belgium and Switzerland
are learning by experience. Ameri-
cans have plenty of experience If
the SAME kind from which to learn
hot so vast as that of government
owned railways, but of the same
kind. Careful comparison of mu-
nicipally owned electric light plants
and street railways with others is
a profitable field of study.
When all is said and done, the
American way of letting every man
do the best he honestly can for him
self-and SO doing the best for ev-
erybody-will probably be found the
most economical in the end-or, at
least until the millennium comes,
human nature ceases to be what it
is, and we are all angels.-Inter-
Ocean.