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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
Witness GiDen
Hard Gri11inq
In the Edwards Felony Case by
Attorney Law for the
Defendant.

In circuit court Wednesday morn
ing the trial of Richard L. Edwards.
charged with embezzlement of 5000
from the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company was resumed.
At 1890 O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing. the cross-examination of Mr..
Graham was begun, Attorney j. E.
Law conducting it. The latter gave
the witness terrible grilling in at
tempts to break down his testimony,
but the witness did not lose his COM
posure. In the afternoon the cross
examination of Mr.. Graham was re-
sumed.
B. L. Graham, clerk in the com
pany's office In New York, was the
first witness in the case. His testl-
mony related largely to the books of
the company and checks issued Aby
Mr.. Edwards, swell as over-drafts,
which he. for the company, claimed
We're irregular and the money they
called for not accounted for properly.
After the trial of the case began he
was on the stand until court closed
Tuesday evening at $3.50 o'clock.
W. r. Fultz pleaded guilty to a
misdemeanor Indictment and was
fined $40 and costs.
Order Of sale was made in the case
of George w shuttleworth against
James E. Morrison.
Report of sale was made in the
cause of of Elihu T. Parks ct. al
against Hiram Dawson ct. al.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
Concerning the Awful Mine
Explosion at Monongah and
Makes Recommendations.
Special to Telegram.

Special to Telegram.
FAIRMoNT, Jan. 15-The cor
oner's jury formed to investigate the
Monongah mine disaster. concluded
Its work today and adjourned after
rendering the following verdict:
State OF West Virginia,
County OF Marion, to-wit:
An inquest taken in Fairmont,
county OF Marion, State of West vir-
ginia, beginning at Monongah, De-
cember I, 1907. and concluded at
Fairmont, w. Va, on. the 18th day
of January, 1908, before E. S. Amos,
coroner of Said county, upon the
view OF the bodies of A. H. Morris,
Charley McKain. John NJ. McGraw
and about three hundred and fifty
other bodies then lying dead, the
jurors sworn to enquire when, how
and by what means the said A. II.
Morris, Charley McKain John NJ
McGraw and about three hundred and
fifty other persons same to their
deaths, upon their oaths do say:
That We find from the evidence in
our possession that A. H. Morris,
Charley Mccain, John McGraw and
about three hundred and fifty others
whose names are made a part Of the
record herein, came to their deaths
on the 6th day OF December. 1907.
by means of an explosion in Monon-
gah Mines Nos. and s. owned or
operated by the Fairmont Coal Com
lSany. which was caused by either
what is commonly known as a blown
out shot or by the igniting and ex-
ploding of powder in Mine No. s.
As to which caused the initial ex-
plosion the evidence and opinions OF
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
IN Chicago When Woman
Shoots Down Attorney
Samuel R. HamilI.
FOLLOWED ACROSS STATES
Consulted Lawyers With View
Of Bringing Suit for
Alleged Wrongs.
Tny Assooiated Prssa.1

CHICAGO, H., Jan. 15-The
case OF Mrs. Thomas Metcalf, who
last evening shot at Banker John H.
Walsh's attorney, Samuel R. Hamill,
in the federal building here, is paral-
ell strongly in some respects. to the
case Of Mrs. Annie M. Bradley, who
was recently acquitted in Washing
ton after killing Former Senator
Brown.
Mrs. Metcalf is a former resident
Of Hamil's home city, Terre Haute.
She and her husband we're one time
active in church work. She at diff
ferent times consulted lawyers here
with view of bringing suit against
Hamill for alleged wrongs she claim
ed she suffered at his hands. AS in
the case Of Brown, Mrs. Metcalf said
she followed Hamill across the con-
tinent.
Attorney Richter, of Walsh's coun-
sci, issued a statement relative to the
shooting on behalf of Hamill. in
which he said the trouble grew out
of claim which Mrs. Metcalf bellev-
ed she had against an estate in St.
Louis and which she wished to have
iusted by Hamill. In this connec-
Il IN, Richter said, Mrs. Metcalf be-
came frequent caller at Hamills
office the last few years.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
GREEK MURDERED
In B. & o. Yards ut Parkersburg and
Cothlng Set Afire.

PARKERSBURG. Jan. 15-Pete
Kovellvis, a Greek laborer, was mur-
dered In the local B. & o. railroad
yards last night, by unknown per-
sons. having been dealt a death blow
on the head. and his clothes set afire,
~as found by Conductor Broadwater,
lying under a car. The murder is
supposed to have been committed by
three strange colored men who were
seen in the yards a short time before
the mans body was found.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
WHITE HOUSE DOES
mot KNOW ABOUT It
Positively Stated Nothing
Whatever is Known About
CorteIyou's Resignation.
ny Associated prssh.1

WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 15-
Secretary cortelyou is at his desk in
the treasury department today. At
the White House it is said positively
that nothing whatever is known as
to the secretary's reported resigna-
tion.
cortelyou said that the story that
he had resigned or would resign was
without foundation He has no Sc
rious differences with the President,
he declared.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
DEsMoINEs UT DEAD
Prominent Man of Morgantown Sue
cumbs to Typhoid Fever.

MoRGANTowN.> Jan. 15.-pes-
moines Utt surveyor for Sfononga-
heia county and engineer Of the city
Of Morgantown. died after a mallg-
nant attack of typhoid fever which
lasted only one week. He was 30
years old and is survived by wife
and one child. Mr.. UT was promi-
nent in the state national guard, be-
first lieutenant Of Company L.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
GETS HOME FoR noY

Humane Agent +. r. Stout inter
coded In behalf Of boy named
Gaugh, and instead Of sending him
to the reform school at Pruntytown,
he took him 10 Fairmont Wednesday
and placed him in a good home The
little fellow Is thirteen years old and
as bright as new silver dollar.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15

w. Stewart, Of Chicago, who recently
delivered a temperance lecture in the
Baptist church here, will deliver an
address at the Grand opera house
the coming Sunday afternoon at
O'clock. Admission VIII be free and
every one will he welcome. Mr..
Stewart is an cx-member of the iii
nols legislature and one of the finest
orators on the American platform.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15

The circuit court jurors are board
ing and sleeping at the Waldo hotel
while they are serving as such. The
cots used in the court room are un-
comfortable and the jury complained
to the court with the result that the
court instructed the deputies having
the jurors in charge to take them to a
hotel.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
THE MOUNTAIN GROWS.

Fleming Holden is home from Ala
bama and other southern states,
where he was employed several
months on a civil engineering crew.
He sees marked Improvement in the
city and says Plnnickinnick is con-
siderably higher than when he went
away.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
ray Associated Prsss.l

BoYERTowN, Pa. Jan. 15A-At
2 o'clock this afternoon 165 bodies
had been taken out of the ruins of
the opera house, and with the one
fireman killed and two persons dy-
ing of their injuries, make total
of 16s dead.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
AMERICAN OFFICERS
ARE ENTERTAINED
At Breakfast at Rio Janerio and
Are Guests at Garden
Party at Embassy.
ny Asaooiated press.I

RIO JANERIo, Jan. 15-The
American officers with the Pacific
feet were entertained today at break
fast at the residence of President
Penna, and this afternoon they win
be guests at garden party at the
American embassy The newspapers
this morning all comment favorabIy
upon the good behavior of the sail
ors who had shore liberty yesterday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
NEXT m 1ose.

Noting the article in yesterdays
Telegram stating there viii be i've
Saturdays in February this year,
Frank shuttleworth has made cal
culation, showing that this will oc-
cur next in 1895.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
NEW WITNESSES SWEAR
TE4AW CRAZY IN YOUTH
On Stand at This Trial They
All Tell Stories of
His Life.
[az Aanoeiatea Praar.1

NEW YORK. Jan. 15-Many wit
nesses. who were entirely new to the
case, testified at the trial of Harry
Thaw today. and told stories of his
eccentrlcities during the years i'm
mediately preceding the killing Of
Stanford White. They all declared
that he impressed them as being ir-
rational.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
OIL IN INTER- WELL

In the Wolf Summit field in this
county, the South Penn OIL Com
pany has drilled its No. on the s.
Nutter form through the fifth sand
and the hole has filed up 1906 feet
with fluid.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
BANKER STABBED
In a Lonely Road and Then
Robbed-No Clue to
the Robbers.
tBy Associated Pres4.1

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Thc body
Of Frank Nunno, wealthy young
banker Of Westchester county, was
found today in a lonely road. near
Ardsley. He had been stabbed In
the neck and robbed. There is no
clue TO the robbers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
LOCKWOOD ANNOUNCES


PERU, Ind, Jan. 15.-George B.
Lockwood. private secretary to vice
President Fairbanks, today announc-
ed his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for congress in the elev-
enth district.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
BODIES FOUND
Alongside Railroad Tracks
ard Men May Have Fallen
From Train.
ray Associated Prssu.l

The bodies of Ira B. stetson. or
East Liverpool. O.. and Albert E.
Donovan, of New Rocheli, N. Y. were
found today besides the tracks of the
Pennsylvania railroad near here. It
is believed they fell from a train.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
NO ELECTION YET.

FRANFoRT. KY, Jan. 15-A bal
lot toQly at joint session for Unit
ed States Senator was without result.
Beckham received 66, Bradley 81 and
scattering 5. Two we're absent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
MEET TONIGHT.

The regular weekly meeting OF the
Harrison County Medical Society viii
be held at O'Clock this evening in
the Empire building.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
BASKET BALL SATURDAY NIGHT.

Salem college and Broaddus Insti-
tute will play game Of basket ball
at the Company X armory in Glen
Elk Saturdy night at s o'clock. An
admission of 25 cents will be charg-
ed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
my Associated Press.1

TERRE HAuTE, Ind. Jan. IS
No woman named Mrs. Thomas Met
calf can be located here. Inquiry
at Hamill's office here failed to dis
close any information.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
MRS. ADLER BETTER

The condition Of Mrs. Philip Adler
is improved. She has erysipelas.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET


j. CHICAGO. Jan. 15.-wheat 1.Os
Ia. corn SO Is. oats 81.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-15

Partly Cloudy WITH local Ham
aas foldshf Thursday c6idef
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-04
WILL explain
PLAN FURTHER

At the meeting OF the Promotion
Committee yesterday afternoon the
conclusion was reached that some mis-.
existed among some
of the members of the commercial
bodies In regard to what the Commit
tee intended should be the duties OF
the Industrial agent which 1t proposes
to employ, and It was decided that
representative OF the Promotionists
should whit on the trustees of the
Chamber OF Commerce and the Mer.
chants Association In order to make
the matter plain.
Answers were received to the call
tor suggestions made by. the committee
some time ago. Among the ones max.
ing suggestions were w. o. Smith.
George Davies. F. c. Miller, J. N. S.
Williams. w. NJ. Bray, r. J. Buchly
and +. w. Macfarlane. The committee
withdrew Its support from the agita-
ton to secure the repeal of the coast.
wise shipping laws as applied to pas
senger travel between Hawaii and the
mainland.
II was decided to buy 800 feet Of
Bonine's Hawaiian films for use by tho
Los Angeles branch.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-04

tractors that they would be able to
furnish ship of American, registry
for the service desired. The vessel
used was foreign ship. In the other
case which is made the subject Of
protest, through Representative Cal
der, of Brooklyn, the vessel while OF
foreign registry, Is owned, controlled,
and operated by an American firm.
It was pointed out in the reports to
the President that one of the com
plainants, whose protests led to the
acceptance of u bid from him tor coal
transportation. produced a ship OF
foreign registry for that purpose
when the time came. The desire of
the Navy Department is, and has al
ways been, to favor American ship
ping; but 1t may not do this when
the bids are exorbitant. or when
such domestic policy imposes tax
upon the Government. No further
action will be taken on the COM
plants which were sent to the Pres
ident.-Army and Navy Register.
A new special staff corps is sug.
gested for the Navy. Judge lAdvo-
cate General G. II. Campbell. U. s,
Navy, In his first annual report in
that capacity and after what he de-
scribes as "a short period of service.
in the Office, has recommended per-
manent corps of Judges advocate,
each member of which should be an
acknowledged authority on all points
of military and naval law for num-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-04

Der OF years" The Judge advocate
general says: 81 believe that It
would be for the best interests OF the
service II there were small crops of
officers In the navy, well versed In
naval law, similar to the Judge ad-
yocate generals department OF the
army. A corps Of twelve officers, six
In the ONCE OF the Judge advocate
general, one at, each of the four more
important, navy yards, to act as
judges advocate of the couSts In SEES
sion there. where an average or from
twenty to forty Casss are, tried zach
month, and one on .ths stan of the
commander Up chief Of both the At
lantio fleet and Pacific feet. would be
sufficient to carry on, all the work OF
this nature. In addition to'an exam
ination such AZ might be prescribed
by the department. one OF the requi-
sites for admission to lsuch q corps
should be sea service OF q, number
OF years, insuring a knowledge OF ma
val customs and unwritten laws. and
the members Of the corps should al
ternate on sea duty to keep In close
touch with conditions as they exist
on board ship" Army land Navy
Register. Gee ',.-t
Rear Admiral Richard C. Hollyday.
U. s. Navy, chief OF the bureau of
yards and docks, returned ia Wash
ington on Saturday from his trip Of
inspection which INCLUDED visits to
: the navy yards at Bremerton and
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-04

Mare Island and the new naval sta
tion In Hawaii. He found every
thing progressing satisfactorily AT
Pearl Harbor, where Captain c. p.
Rees IL commandant and Civil Engi-
neer c. w. Parks il in charge of tho
work. The Hawaiians are enthusi-
astic supporters Of the project and
the public sentiment is entirely in
favor of encouraging and aiding the
military and naval representatives In
the establishment in Hawaii of ade-
quate works of defense and means of
naval repair and supply. There is
already a railroad touching the naval
reservation and an electric line will
probably be extended from Honolulu
to that place. thus afrording two
competing lines for the handling OF
freight and passengers. The condi-
lions at Bremerton and Mare Island
were found to be satisfactory also.
and the bureau chief in his public
land private communication with lead
Ting business men and representatives
OF the various chambers of commerce,
took occasion to impress upon the
people OF Washington and California
the necessity of unity OF work instead
of the rivalry and conflict which has
really impeded the development by
the Government of both the Mare ISL
and and Bremerton establishments
Army and Navy Register. ...,
A special board of Army officers
has been detailed to select the loca.
ton OF quarters. barracks. and other
buildings which will form the con-
struction Of, the new permanent gar
rison in the Hawaiian Islands. Pre-
liminary to this investigation by the
special board, OF which Colonel W. s.
Schuyler. 9Th Cavalry, is the presi-
dent. immediate provision for shell
tering two squadrons of the 5th Cav
airy. ordered to duty in the Hawaii
an Islands. will be made by Captain
Joseph c. Cashier, OF the quartermas
ter department. who will be relieved
from duty as constructing quarter
master at Fort Yellowstone. Wyo., by
Lieut.. G. c. Smith, Capt. Cashier has
been In Washington this week con-
sulting with the quartermaster gen.
eral In regard to the establishment
Of a cantonment in the Hawaiian ST.
ands In anticipation Of the arrival In
the Islands Of the troops of the 5th
Cavalry. Capt. Cashier is member
Of the special board which will Sc
lect the location of the buildings of
the permanent garrison, which will
be designed and constructed with an
ultimate view Of accommodating a
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-04
LEPER IN LOS ANGELES.

Los Angeles, Nov. 23.-,Iourneying
all the way from Mexico to Los Ange-
les to learn what was the matter with
him. Trenada Ortega. a Mexican. Is
today confined In the county hospital.
begging still to be told what is his oil.
ment Rnd why people are stunning
him. The physicians declare he Is a
victim OF deprosy.
This makes two lepers in the county
hospital. Mrs. Elizabeth Wardell. the
other victim. having been brought here
from Tombstone, A. T. The hospital
authorities are quoted as saying that
both will be deported to Mexico. that
being the place where they contracted
the disease.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-04

regiment of cavalry, a regiment OF
field artillery, two sQuadrons of cav
airy, II company of engineers, com
pany of signal corps, and hospital
corps detachment.--Army and Navy
Register.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-04

Marsh swallows 10000 cubic feet OF
earth on Northwestern Pacific cutoff.
Richard Fitz-Henry leaves for China
to accept position in college at Cheng
Tu.
Nomadic sea lion from Spring Val.
ley reservoir wanders into roadhouse
saloon; mountaineers rush to sign the
pledge.
Eethel Neville Love Hartnett begins
suit to annul marriage
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-04

having a blue field bearing thirteen
white stars. while the remainder Of
the pennant is scarlet. The truck of
the stan for general officers, artillery
district commanders and post COM
manders above the rank of captain
will be u gilt ball and for post COM
manders Of lower grade to be fiat.
Army officers interested in getting
better horses for the service learn
with satisfaction of the promising re-
suits of the first installment of ami
mails acquired for the new remount
depot at Fort Reno, Okla. This is
the beginning of u system of remOunt
depots, located In the horse-breed-
ing sections of the country, with the
idea OF obtaining for the Army the
special kinds of horses needed, in
Guiding draft animals, fast runners,
and polo ponies. The ponies are for
training cavalrymen in mounted ath-
letics and for use of cadets at West
Point. The first horses to be pur-
chased came from Montana, being
specifically selected by an officer who
made round of visits among the
ranches for the purpose. 1t was
hoped that other horses would be OBJ
tanned in the East, but the market
there is too high, although the
horses are considered admirably suit
ed for the most part. There has been
so much complaint of the horses fur
nished the Army that 1t has been de-
cided to extend the new system as
rapidly as possible and get rid Of
the method of buying animals by
contract. Although the purchasing
officers have been experts in the Sc
lection of horses, 1t is impossible SO
far to obtain Just the horses desired,
and Il Is believed that the training
OF young horses will produce more
efficient cavalry, which will, In the
end, be more economical to maintain n.
Complaints hvae been made this
week to the President concerning the
award of contract under the bureau
OF equipment of the Navy Depart
ment for the transportation of coal to
firms which will make use of foreign
bottoms. The investigation which
was promptly held by Assistant Sec
rotary Newberry, by direction of the
President. serves to again call atten-
tion to the difficulty encountered by
the naval authorities in obtaining
American vessels for this purpose, de-
spite the claim that, thousands Of
tons of American shipping, steam ant
sail, are and long have been lying
idle In the ports of our Atlanti,
coast" Every effort Is made by the
Navy Department to confine thes,
contracts to American ships. One o.
the recent contracts awarded was ey
identity In the good faith of the con
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-04
What Army and Navy f:
Folks Are Doing:

In order To minimize the risk of
infection being carried aboard the
Thomas when she left Manila, the
enlisted men who sailed on her We're
forced to undergo rigid quarantine,
the soldiers at Fort Mckinley, the
sick at the division hospital, and the
marine contingent at Cavite all went
from these quarantine stations to the
transport direct when the five days
test was completed. First and sec
ond-class passengers were not quar-
antined beyond the usual precautions
at Mariveles.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-04

The bill states that the increase shall
apply to officers named in the fore
going paragraph" and the midship-
men are not named in the bill until
after the section providing for the in
crease, and therefore It has been de-
cided that they cannot get the in
crease until they are commissioned
as ensigns and go on regular duty.
Mess rations will shortly be served
to soldiers in pill or tablet form
while on the march or in field SER
vice, II experiments that are being
conducted by Commissary General
Sharpe of the Army prove successful.
The scheme is to have coffee, sugar,
salt and pepper all put up in tabloid
form, each in a separate tablet. EX-
periments are being conducted in the
Army laboratories to determine the
proper method of concentration and
the making of tablets or pills. Tin
ned bacon is new item in the en-
Iith idtiouS. ne
ment is endeavoring to obtain the
latter staple, put up in cans stamped
from whole tin, and which contain
no solder, a form of can used by the
Swedish troops with success. .
Boat flags and pennants have been
provided for the use of officers of the
Army when making official visits by
water. For general officers rectan-
gular flag of scarlet bunting is pro-
vided. The rank of the officer Is in
dictated by white stars on the flag
one star for brigadier general, two
stars for n major general. and three
stars for lieutenant general. Ar
tillery district commanders display a
smaller flag of similar color and
shape showing also the crossed can
non insignia in yellow. Post COM
manders show triangular bunting