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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-15
.REUF MAKES
AFFIDAVIT
.FRIsco's FORMER BOSS Tells
ALL ABOUT THE IMMUNITY
BUSINESS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IA
lengthy afidavit by Abraham Ruef.
disclosing considerable history of the
immunity contract entered into by the
State and Ruef in connection with
bribery cases and the alleged pressure
brought upon Ruef to induce him ito
tell all he knew" was read by Henry
Ach. chief counsel for Nthe former
political boss in the superior court yes
terday before Judge Lawler. The af-
fidayit was supplementary to one
made by Ruet last week.
1t relates how pressure was brought
upon him by the prosecution, by his
father, mother and sister and the Rev.
Job Nieto and Rev. Bernard Kahlen,
both of whom, besides District Attor.
ney; Eatsdon, Franels=J. Henry and
Special Agent w. j: Burns, urged him
to testify before the grand jury, "for
the good OF the community
The afidayit relates how Ruef final
ly, upon the most positive assurances
and guarantee of immunity and the
permission to withdraw his plea of
guilty, went before the grand jury and
testified as to what he knew of the
bribery Of municipal Officers.
Ruef alleys in his affidavlt that spe-
cial Detective Burns and Elsor w. j.
Biggy, Ruers special jailor. went SO
far in their assurances as to state to
him that If the prosecution would not
carry out Its agreement they would kill
any one of the party to the contract
who would, violate any part of the
agreement"
Afidavlts by Ruef's father and sis
ter were also read. They corroborated
Ruef's statements.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-15
A clean Fight.

A most remarkable fight has just
been closed against the proposed con.
stitutional amendment to prohibit the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors in West Virginia by the saloon
men Of the State. Notwithstanding
these men as a class are accused OF
caring little for the welfare of their
own souls and less for the souls OF the
many unfortunate victims of the drink
habit, It is to their great credit to
know that they conducted their fight
along cleaner lines than the tactics
employed by the advocates of the
amendment = or at least by some OF
those who worked for the passage Of
the amendment.
In the history of the country a par.
allel case is not found. Throughout
the fight the whlskey men have con.
Quoted themselves as gentlemen. True,
they have worked hard for the defeat
of the proposed legislation, but that
they made an honest fight cannot be
doubted. One person ventured a story
that the saloon interests had raised a
large sum to be used in corruptng tho
State Senate, but under oath he WINS
compelled to admit that 1t was not
true, so far as he knew. and that he
told die story for the effect It might
have in favor of the resolution. Now
he is wise as to what a boomerang Is
1t is about time for such charges to
be stopped in the state. In many parts
Of the country we have been greatly
misrepresented by stories going out
and those sent out concerning this
$4,000 corruption FIND, which the
Senate now knows never existed, will
do the State harm.
1t is to be regretted that person
chosen to lead good cause should be
guilty Of such detestable acts, which
proved most detrimental to the cause
he worked for and which grossly mis-.
represented the spirit of the people
who chose him to lead the fight. The
Temperance people are engaged in a
grand work. True, they usually look
at the question from one side only, but
generally their activity results In good,
But under a leader who, Is guilty Of
acts which cannot even be charged
against the less moral side, how can
they expect to win? Under such lead.
ership hey are certain % lose. The
Mai does not desire . become pen
scnaI Hat 4 certain rsn M west
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years. His record is an open book be-
years. His record is anopen book be-
fore the American people. Those who
believe in and trust in him-and their
name is leglon-will not be misled by
the campaign lies which are being
and will continue to be circulated
about him between now and next No
Vember. particularly between now and
the Republican national convention
in June. The issue is sharply defined.
The Harrimans, the STANDARD Oil peo-
pie, certain railroad interests all of
whom Mr.. Roosevelt has branded as
undesirable citizens, and whose mo-
nopolistic enterprises the President
has checked, are spending incalculable
sums of money to prevent continua-
ton of his policies and to secure the
nomination by the Republican party
of some man who, II not in sympathy
with them, will at least be SO far in
debted to them for his nomination that
he will not be free to utilize the ma
chInery of the courts against them.
The anti-administration forces can
not attack the President with the truth
and they are forced to employ false
hoods to discredit him and to defea.
the nomination of the one candidate
who, II nominated, will owe nothing to
the interests. Will the American peo-
pie be mislead by these falsehoods?
President Roosevelt does believe that
they will and no man knows the peo-
pie of this country better.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-15

to be 50 far.reaching. To preserve
the chief source of our remaining hard
wood supply is In itself important, but
when It is remembered that the wan
ton destruction of these forests is hay.
ing its devastating influence on the en-,
tire territory drained by the streams
which rise IN that chain OF noun
tains, impoverfshing the land, filling
the streams with silt or leaving them
dry. by turns, multiplying the number
of abandoned farms year by year. it
becomes unthinkable that any man
should fail to put an end to this de.
struction before 1t is too late.
The committee, It is understood, is
now ready to consider the bill and 1t
is hoped that every citizen of the
south will bring whatever influence
he can to bear upon the members Of
the agricultural committee to induce
them to yield to the wishes Of the peo'
pie in. this matter.
There was never a public question
In the south in which a greater mum.
Der OF people were more deeply or
more directly interested, and seldom
has there been so.much se1f-sacrificing
devotion to public cause. The hun.
dreds Of busy men who laid aside their
business and went to Washington re.
Gently at their own expense to furth.
er this bill was a strong evidence Of
the absorbing interest in the matter,
and it would be great misfortune II
their efforts were allowed to pass by
in vain.
The time is short. Unless the bill
is passed at this session 1t will be
too late. There will probably be no
forests to preserve If the appropriation
is not made at this time.
We must concentrate our attention
upon the agricultural committee. with
the most earnest appeal possible. and
we must do this at once.-Atlanta
Journal
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canister which can hardly faii to
nuncture tie Bran optimism There
are four maps showing llie states mn
der Democratic control il seg. 1886
1900 I'D 1901 The arEaig nment IS
something frightful's and would seem
to put MT. Bryan hors de combat in
the coming struggle. The book IS adj
dressed TO Mr.. Bryan and the style u
iIluStrsted in the following para
graphs:
Excepting Thomas Jefferson and
Andrew Jackson no other Democrat
has dominated his party so long or 50
completely as you, M Bryan.
"of the twenty-eight years Of JEFF
ferson's active leadership the party
was in power twentyfour. OF the six
teen of Jackson's active Leadership
the party was in proper twelve. Under
your leadership the party has not
been in power single day. a single
hour, single minute
On the first page Of the pamphlet
the following quotation is given from
i: Samuel. XXI. 2:
"And every one that was in dis
tress. and every one that was in debt.
and every one that was discontinued
gathered themselves unto him; and
he became a captain over them; ami
there were with him about four hun
dred men,"
The pamphlet closes with the fol-
lowing:
The vital fact confronting you and
the Democratic party Is this:
You cannot possibly be elected.
why. then. should you receive the
nomination?
(signed) THE WORLD.
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100
HILARIOUS
MAN WAS SHOT AT WEDDING Gel.
ERRATloN AND DEATH WAS
THE RE1tIT.

CLARRsBURG. Feb. 15.-As the re
suit of too much celebration at nup-
tial AFFAIR Antonio Pottzie, slavish
miner at Phoenixville, Is dead and two
men are in the county Jail awaiting
the action of the coroner's inquest.
Tuesday night a wedding was cele-
brated at PhoenixyilIe. The affair
proved to be most entertaining one.
The guests drank 70 their hearts con-
tent and after imbibing freely then
the celebration took an entirely diner.
emit turn.
When the celebration reached a hi.
larious state somebody shot Pottzie
in the right leg, between the knee and
thigh. He was removed to his board
ing house and the affair kept quiet. He
was believed to be rapidly recovering
but gangrene appeared and he died
Friday morning
AS soon as his death was announc-
ed Justice Flynn. of Wilsonburg, was
notified and he at once took action.
James Cereilo and Jane chlnillo
were arrested and are now in the
county jail awaiting the finding of the
coroner's inquest, which win begin
this morning by Justice Flynn. Last
night the acting coroner summoned
a jury which is composed of A. p.
Hall, o. P. Boughner. Camden Som
mers. John Duffy, William Geppert
and Marcellus Thompson, of Rey-
noldsville, and the inquest viii be be.
gun to-day at the Clfnord-osborne I'm
dertaking parlors.
The men arrested have always
borne good regulations and were en-
ployed at the mines there as machine
cutters. Both stoutly deny having any
connection with the affair.
Pottzie was SO years old and is sur
vived by wife and one child. who
live in Austria. He has been in this
country about two years and was CON
sidered to be 1aw-abidine man.
After the coroner's jury reports, its
findings some disposition will be made
of the body.
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Among the Editors
crisis In Forest Reserves.

Upon the agricultural committee Of
the house depends in large measure
the success of the present movement
to establish the Appalachian forest re-
serve, in the interest of which large
and representative delegation of citi-
zens recently made special visit
to Washington.
Little by little the opposition to the
measure has been yielding to argu-
ment, until now 1t is practically GER
tain that the fate Of the measure rests
in the hands of the agricultural COM
mittee. The members of that commit
tee are Messrs. Scott, Haugen, Has
kins, Lorimer, Cocks tof New York;,
Cole, Pollard, Gilhams, Mclaughlin tof
Michigan). Hawley, Cook (of Colo
rado), Weeks, Lamb, Lever, Beall tof
Texas), Rucker standley Heflln and
Andrus.
These are they whose names will
constitute the honor roll If the meas.
ure is adopted and the Appalachian
forest is preserved, and upon the dere-
llct members OF that committee must
fall large measure Of the response;
bllity in case Of failure,
1t is dimcuIt TO understand how any
member OF this committee could pos
sibly oppose an appropriation, CONS
MARI veIy small. when ie estiits are
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-15

All West Virginia will join with
the people of Clarksburg in the fol.
lowing sentiment expressed by the
Clarksburg Telegram:
Announcement Of Judge Nathan
Gon's full restoration to health. after
several weeks rest and vacation from
official duties, meets a pleasing vel.
come here. All Carksburg is happy
to know that its most illustrious son
will return from the east as hale and
hearty as ever and re-enter upon the
activities characteristic of his useful
and busy life"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-15
FIRE
AT huntsville
FAIRMoNT BOY INJURED WHILE
TRYING TO SAVE VALuA-
BILE PAPERS.


At Burnsvllle, Braxton county. last
night the Veneer Mills, owned by D.
H. Gownlng, of Syracuse, N. Y. was
totally destroyed by fire. The origin
is unknown and no cause can be as
signed.
The FIRE was discovered by the night
Waterman at $3.50 o'clock He was
making his usual rounds and upon
reaching the second floor found 1t all
ablaze. He sounded the alarm, but as
the town has mo IRE department as
sistance was next to impossible.
The entire town turned out to aid
in fighting the FIRE, but as the building
was frame structure 1t soon yielded
to the flames and fell mass Of ruins.
A bucket brigade, according to re-
ports, was formed and succeeded In
saving the adjoining buildings but to
save the mills was an impossibility.
The building was and stock was val
ued at 100000 and was covered by
$4,000 Insurance.
The loss, while keenly felt Is worse
because fifty men are thrown ont OF
employment, and It may be some time
before they are able TO get work The:
employees an reside at BufnsyiIle and
being without employment VIII doubt
less inaithe task 81 supporting HieiE
fafniiiesa aim cult on
The ogne 81 the iailIsw was notified
lRs night pit 81 laf 20 answer has
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FireDrill IN School

y E y & 4 O. II
HUNTINGTON. Feb. IL. When SUI
perintendent Foulk and Messrs:
derson Mobus and Ashworth visited
Holderby school yesterday norniug
on their tour of inspection they were
not merely pleased with what they
saw-astonished is the more fitting
expression.
Fire drill at Holderby is as near
'ly matter of perfection as could
be thought possible. When the yisi
ttors reached Holderby school and Ell
erything was in readiness for the IRE
drill test, the gong was sounded and
in little more than half q niihute
fortytwo seconds. as counted BY ono
of the spectators, every one OF the $50
pupils was out OF the building The
success of this experiment was great
Iy pleasing to the superintendent and
visiting members Of the board and
all warmly congratulated Miss La
lance. the principal OF Holderbg. upgsl
the perfection Of the system employed
The visitors proceeded from IIol-
derby to burlington school. where an
other test was Witnessed At 8pfti1ig
tom while the hreidrill sss gLsen sue
eesstnlly. the training there was found
to be something behind that In eyi-
dence at Holderby. and principal.
teachers and school ofnclals win CO.
operate to bring it up to the highest
possible standard.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-15

County Superintendent Geo. s. Ar
mold, of Mineral county, has prepared
list of teachers Of his county anil
their postofice addresses. 1t makes an
interesting news article in the Noun
tain Echo and is valuable for refer
ence. We note the names of several
well known teachers on the list.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-15

The Grafton Sentinel speaks of the
West virginian's "BIg Four" as fol-
lows:
Hon. George. A. Laughlin. of
Wheeling; Hon. Charles F. Teter, of
Philippi; Hon. Charles. w. Dillon, ex-
tax commissioner. and Hon. Taylor
vinson. have been named as West
vIrginia's big four to the Chicago
convention. Well, they would fill the
bill all right. They are all deserv-
ing party workers and are entitled to
share in the party honors."
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The MAP OF RAYANIsM.

The New York World has tust issued
a most interesting pamphlet which
,it names, 1.-THE Map of Bryanism-
Twelve Years of Demagogy and De-
feat-An Appeal to Independent Dem
ocratic Thought" The pamphlet con-
tains forty.fye pages of grape and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-15

Tirsmia. styled she leader Of the Anti
Saloon party. may IS wen climb down
ana lit the prohlhltioniats have credit
Tor lie work they have been doing III
he State Ri ayeral years. HAD the
Rrohibitionists led this hght il niight
have lost but Il would have been q
clean night Charleston nan.
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been received. 1t is not known wheth-
er or not the mills VIII berehuilt.
James K. Ford, Of this city, Wa
burnt about the head and arms while
trying to save some valuable papers
from the once. His injuries while
serious are not considered dangerous
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-15

Vaughn JoIliff, who is attending W.
and j.. is home for a few days
Miss blanche Price hasgone to her
home at New straightssllIe, Ohio, TO-
spend week.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-15

Royal, and on arrival of the steamer
in the local port Captain George Urp-
man gave out orders for all wharf
spectators to hunt trees. as the steer
had given the crew considerable trou-
Bile on the way up the river.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-15
WAN TED

LANpY cANvAssERs W. tsTEp
Good money. Apply between a q.
and s p, m. 100 Easement Ypgt Blds:l
Fairmont avenue
WANTED-A good cook WAGES. 81
per week. No washing OF ironing For
information call at the West yirsinian
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-05
MAN-EATING TIGERS.

About 1000 men were eaten by
tigers in India between 1900 and
1904. A large proportion of these
unfortunates perished during periods
of famine. when the beasts are made
bold by hunger and are driven TO the
plains in search of water The deaths
caused by tigers in India constitute
81 per cent of the whole number due
TO wild beasts. All tigers are not
man eaters, but when tiger has
once tasted mans flesh he will not
be content until he has had more of
it. Where flocks and herds abound,
however, man is rarely "A victim of
the tiger. An old man eater is usual
ly very clever and tricky and can
avoid the most skillful hunters. 1t
is affirmed that single tiger in
southern India has killed 200 men
and that one in the Himalayas has
killed more than 300.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-05
WILL Be GREATEST
EVER HELD IN CITY
Arrangements Practically Completed for Entertainment of
Notable Visitors and Hundreds Of Guests
at the Great Banquet

will be with the party that will come
from the Capital City Arrangements
are under way for reception at one
of the hotels in honor of the ladies
as only men will be guests at the
banquet.
Last night at the regular meeting
of the board of directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce arrangements for
the banquet were further perfected.
1t was announced that Judge
Shackleford had accepted the invita-
tion to act as POSTMASTER.
\ committee consisting of Werner
y. Reed. Horace T. DeLong and |. n.
Bunting was appointed to meet and
welcome the party of newspapermen,
railway officials and ladies, on their
arrival from Denver.
The program is not yet entirely
completed.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-05

There is now no doubt that the 9Th
annual banquet of the Grand June
tion Chamber of Commerce, to be
held at Margery hall on Thursday
night, December / o. will he the great
est and most brilliant banquet ever
held on the western slope.
The arrangements are working out
admirably. That there will he a dis
tinguished and notable array of
guests OF honor there can be no ques-
tion, and. judging by the interest
manifested. at least ESQ or 300
guests will be seated around the ban
quet tables on the evening of De
cember 10.
Late yesterday afternoon Secretary
Aupperle of the Chamber of Com
merce, received telephone messages
from Denver stating that a number
of the leading newspapermen and
railroad officials of Denver will be in
Grand Junction to take in the ban
quet. Invitations sent out by Secre-
tary Aupperle. for the Chamber of
Commerce. to Fred Bonfils. one of
the owners of the Denver Post; Will
lam Stapleton, editor of the Denver
Republican, Edward Keating, a brill
liant member of the staff of the Den
Yer News and Samuel Lewis, "A re-
markably talented special writer on
the Denver Times, and Clarence Ly-
man, of the publicity department of
the Rio Grande system, and Lee
Haney. advertising manager for the
Colorado Midland railroad. have been
accepted.
These gentlemen will all come TO
the city on Colorado Midland train
No 1903, due to reach here at noon
Thursday. Lee Haney and General
Manager Speers. of the Midland, will
be in charge of the party. George
W. Vallery, general manager of the
Midland. will probably be here.
Invitations have also been extend
ed to many other newsbapermen and
railway officials and il is hoped that
they will accept.
1t is hardly probable that Former
Senator Thomas NJ. Patterson will
be able to be present
Frank c. Goudy. of Denver. will
be here without fail. He is an able
and interesting speaker.
| Officials of the reclamation service
and number of other men of state
prominence will be present.
Winifred Black, the noted specia
writer on the Denver Post and
number of other ladies from Denve
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-05
ACCIDENT TO THE TRAIN.

As a result of the engine and ten
der jumping the track and running
along ON the ties for quite II long
distance, the train from up the Mon
trose line did not reach the city last
night until about II O'Clock, being
five hours behind time.
II seems that mt point only II few
miles the other side of Whitewater
the engine left the rails hut Slided
along on the ties for some moments
Before il was noticed that the engine
was off the rails as the track is very
rough along there any way. A delay
of about three hours was required in
order to get the engine back on the
rails.
The Colorado Springs football team
was on the train.
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Report of H. S. Groves.
Q whom il may concern:

To whom Il may concern:
This is to certify that l had charge
of the stalking for Werner u. Reed S
big orchard near Iona, Colorado, in
the spring of 1908 and that the nurs-
cry stock was bought from the Utah
Nursery company of Salt Lake City,
Utah, was billed to me, (they having
no agent here), and was hauled to
Reeds fruit farm No. /; and, fur
ther. that the first forty acres was
planted from said Utah Nursery COM
pany's ock, and this forty acres
shows the best growth and stand of
any tract of said orchard, there being
only twelve trees on the entire forty
acres that did not grow.
II. S. GROVES.
Fruita, Colo, Dec. 3. 1908.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-05
To Consumers of Electricity and Gas

Our office will be open tonight and
Monday night until 9 O'Clock. to ac-
commodate users of electricity and
gas who cannot call during the day
to settle their accounts.
No discount allowed after the 9Th
of the month.
THE GRAND JUNCTION ELECTRIC
GAS & MFG. Co.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-05

Werner Il. Reed has had prepared
for him by A. l.. Fellows. one of the
states most expert engineers and the
man who laid out the Uncompahgre
tunnel, Typographical map of the
country from Fruita 10 Mack. The
map shows that all of that section
will be most easily drained and that
the country also between Iona and
Palisade can be drained with equal
facility. Mr.. Reed is having these
maps in sufficiently large numbers
to use for the well being of the val
ley.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-05

Last night at the odd Fellows En-
campment the following officers were
elected: Chief Patriarch. Walter NJ.
Merrill; Senior Warden. d. G.. Rice;
Junior Warden, George Toupain
High Priset, l.. NJ. Ireland Scribe,
T. Lutes; Treasurer, ID. n. Wheeler.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-05

The day has been one of the bust
est and liveliest the city has eX-
perienced in great while. Business
in all lines has been very brisk and
the streets in the business section
have been crowded all day long The
threatening weather did not seem to
keep the country people and people
from surrounding towns from COM
ing into the city. 1t has been the
first real big Christmas shopping day
of the season in Grand Junction.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-05

There is lots or money wasted b.
using the cheapest furnace. We d.
not sell the cheapest, but the best.
j. H. Lane.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-05

S. b. Kunnerand, Arwin Edwards
and John Phillips left this morning
for their homes in El Paso, Tex, over
the narrow gauge.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-05

Your home LACKS health, comfort
and selling value without modern
bath room. See j. Z. Mckenzie for
estimate. Phone Red 151.