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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
Check Artist
To Get rial
ST. LOUIS BANKER ARRIVES TIC
APPEAR AGAINST
CLARK.

PARKERsBURG, March s.-The
trial of F. H. Clark. alleged check ar
list. who Is now in the county Jail on
a charge Of forging a check of $500
on Fred GeIssing. of East st. Louis.
will be held at $50 this afternoon in
Squire Thomas court.
Mr.. Geisslng, the prosecuting wit
ness. arrived in the city yesterday
morning for the trial. He is stopping
at The Chancellor. Mr.. Geissing stat.
ed last evening that he did not know
the prisoner by name and in fact had
never heard OF him. He said that
perhaps he might know him when he
saw him, but not under the name of
F. H. Clark.
He was somewhat at loss to &C
count for the manner in which Clark
had spelled his name correctly. as he
said those who did not know him well
usually made mistake in the orthog'
raphy OF his name.
Mr.. Geisslng is a director of the
bank on which the check was given
by Clark, namely, the Southern I'LL
nois National Bank of East st. Louis,
He said that he presumed that Clark
had in some manner gotten hold of a
list OF directors OF the bank and had
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
ENJOYABLE Banquet.

A number of Fairmont people in the
employ of the Smith-Race Grocery
Company were in Morgantown satur-
day night and attended a banquet CIV
en- by the Morgantown branch Of the
firm in celebration Of the opening OF
the new warehouse. The banquet was
given in the Hunt Cafe and was at
tended by large number OF guests.
Mr.. L. G. Race was the toast master
and responses were made by c. B.
Fleming, R. A. Lough, H. F. Smith, 8.
E. Miller, A. Moore, Miss Rankin and
Miss MagilI. Covers were laid for the
following:
From the Morgantown branch-R.
A. Tough. manager; W. F. Simpson.
w. 5. Reed, C. f. Bergman, sales.
men; ]. R. Ely. o. o. Donley, Hiss
Susie Magill. office force; from the
FaIrmont branch-L. G. Race, gener-
al manager; H. F. Smith. secretary
and treasurer; A. Moore, C. B. Elem,
ing, Frank Kelley. Earl Pepper, J. T.
Wells. salesman; S. f. Miller, R. C.
Miller. Misses Bessie Rankin. Alberta
Bennington, Mary Russell. Office
force; guests: Mesdames r. A. Tough,
]. R Ely. S. Stewart, Mr.. w. G. Tough.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
NEXT"
TO ELKINS
GALLERY FLOOR OF SEM
GALLERY GLooR OF SEM
ATE WING.

WASHINGTON. March o. West
Virginia patriots who come to Wash
ington now for private talks with their
senators can either do some stair
climbing or take the elevators TO find
Senator Scott. Up to this time he has
been very handily situated on the
ground floor OF the senate wing. but
his rooms were small and he is glad
of the transfer to the larger rooms on
the upper or gallery floor next to the
rooms of Elkins. Possibly the faithful
ones, who do not always walk happily
under the Elkins banner will hesitate
about passing the Elkins door in order
10 see Scott, but as yet Uncle Steve
has no sentries to watch who seeks
Scott and evades entering the Elkins
rooms.
Scott is having a busy time of it
these days and his stand-pat tariff soul
is perturbed over the demands of tho
Taft boomers for rapid revision OF
the tariff. For short time last week
he had rest from political talk as he
was made thirty-third degree Mason
by the Masonic brethren of Washing
ton. Senator Warren. OF Wyoming.
was given the degree at the same time
and Scott is one of the very few Ma
sons in the country who have been Civ
en- such high place in Masonry.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
Returned To
Reformato DRY
FATHER OF GIRL WILL RETUR1
AND ENDEAvoR TO HAVE
COUPLE MARRIED.

cLARKsBURG, March 9dvssa
f. Bartlett. who was arrested hero m
day morning upon Information recelgs
ed from Mansfield, was taken hseks
there Saturday afternoon By Jarnss
Anderson. attendant of the Ohio site
Reformatory at Mansfield.
James Young, father Of the gin VIZ
had been living with Bartlett here
will take his daughter to MansHelas
and endeavor to have the couple nsar.
ried. Miss Young is now At the Hons
Hotel.
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tnken the nnme nom II.

taken the name from 1t.
at was very much averse to coming
clear from ST Louis to this city,"
said he. last evening. II have no mo-
tive for doing So other than that the
ends Of justice may be served. 1
have no personal interest in the mat
ter and could not lose anything by
failure to come"
Mr.. Geissing Is secretary and treas
urer of the Schaub Hardware and
Iron Company and is one of the most
prominent business men of East st.
Louis. which is a city of about 10000
Inhabitants.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
Big Dam Built
TO FURNISH WATER POWER FOR
CHAIN OF INDUSTRIES IN
NEW ENGLAND.

BRATTLEBoRo, VI, March .. ~
The construction of a big dam across
the Connecticut here is now well IN.
der way with the expectation II turn.
ing the waters Of New Enlland's
greatest river into New E!ngland's big,
gest electric plant. ~ means Of the
dam it is proposed 10 distribute the
water power within radius nclud'
ing parts of three States. The work
is being rushed to completion by a
force of $50 men, working day and
night.
The cost OF the dam will be more
than a million dollars. The water pow
err will be developed with the 10000
horse power and will benefit mainly
Brattleboro and Mt. Vernon,
More distant points ara lnclu'ied
within marketable radius Of 50 to
GO miles.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
Hostess TO Girls, Club.

Miss Irene Bowles was a most
charming hostess Saturday afternoon
to the Girls Club at her pretty home
on Fifth avenue. The guests enjoying
her hospitality were Misses Garrett
Wilson. Ada Stats, Kathryn Stats,
Misses Mae Cokeley, Clara Chain, En-
ma Holderby. Omogene Fontaine, Nan
Hawkins, Chloe Doolitt1e, Mrs. Fred
Observation-Disclosures Advertiser.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
MRS. ]. ENGLE. President
To Give oratorio.

The Fairmont Glea Club, comprising
a male chorus, and the Club Glee. Of
the Woman's Club, have decided to
join forces and soon will begin to re-
hearse oratorio chorus for concert
to be given some time in May. The
clubs desire the assistance OF all sing
esr who are interested in such work
to meet this evening at 1880 O'Clock at
Willard Hall.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
PILES CURED AT HOME BY
NEW ABSORPTION METHOD.

II you suffer from bleeding. lteaIns
blind or protruding Piles, ssud
your address. and / win tell you ls3s
to cure yourself at home by tiie heE
absorption treatment; and wiz aisa
send some OF this home treatment M
for trial, with references from yo6r
own locality If requested. Immediate
relief and permanent cure asaltS
Send no money. but tell 9th
this offer. Write to-day to Mrs Ii
Summers. Box P. NoEe Dame. md.
snhscrlhe Tor he We.t vI,rsin,..-.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09

with health, all things are happi'
ness, without 1t, other blessings can't
be enjoyed. we make health-for Hol'
listers Rocky Mountain Tea is health,
Try it; twill surely make you we'll
CSC, Tea or Tablets.-south Side Phar'
macy,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
Fire At Grafton
PUMP FACTORY TOTALLY DE-
STRoYED BY FLAMES
LAST NIGHT.

Grafton. was unfortunate last night
in having a fire in which the Grafton
Pump factory was totally destroyed,
The factory was situated in the heart
OF the city and the fire caused consid
cradle alarm. The plant destroyed was
owned and operated by the Grafton
Wood Working Company.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
In Honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin.

In Honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin.
In honor OF Mr.. and Mrs. B. L Mar
tin, Mr.. and Mrs. J. P Fleming enter
t7ined at dinner on Sunday at their
home in Pierpont avenue. Covers
were laid for the honor guests. Miss
Carrie Shore. Misses Eva Brand and
Virginia Fisher. Charles Cross, Carter
Fleming and the host and hostess.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
w. c. 7. U. Meeting.

There will be meeting OF the W.
C. T. U. in willard hall on Tuesday
evening at half past seven o'clock.
After the business meeting a social
hour will be held and refreshments
served. All ladies interested in the
work are especially urged to be pres
ent.
MRS. ]. ENGLE. President.
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win Nee. with Mrs. Arnes..

The Woman's Home Mission soci-
ETY. Of the First NJ. E. Church yal meet
on Tuesday evening at half after sew
en- o'clock at the home OF Mrs W.
E. Arnett at s2s Pike street The
meeting was announced to be held at
the home of Mrs. T. B. Carpenter, but
has been changed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09

Miss Edna and Jessie Jacobs, who
mad been the guests of friends in Nor
gantown. were the honor guests at an
entertainment on Friday evening Civ
en- by Miss Grace Hodges.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09
Oo0ooOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOO
MORE REASONS FOR
VOTING AGAINST LICENSE

2 per cent. who drink too much and
the : per cent. of total abstainers
would always vote on the same side.
But suppose they did Why should
the opposition be SO thoroughly alarm
ed and spend hundreds of dollars for
newspaper space lest this 10 per Cent.
should get together and out vote the
other 80 per cent:
The liquor traffic has come down to
us from time immemorial, the temper.
ance reform is but a century old; the
greatest and best century the world
has seen is the last century. Is 1t
strange that the century that gave us
the steamboat. the railroad. the tele-
graph. telephone and trolley car, that
multiplied church. colleges and hos
pitfalls, that gave us all that is great.
est and best in our civilization. should
also give us the Temperance reform?
But the loss of property and invest.
ments are involved. Seventeen pros.
porous men would be put out OF bust.
ness or untitled for business. Some
people are greatly indignant II their
business is injured who are well com
posed when they see others injured
or ruined by their business. We think
it time for the voters Of Fairmont to
consider not alone how seventeen men
might be injured by closing our sa.
looms; but how seventeen hundred
have been injured by keeping them
ope1.
What about the $1,000 revenue?
Any family, business or corporation
can learn to adjust their outlay 10
their income AS a rule what comes
easy goes easy. When the income is
cut down certain expenditures can be
cut down. Let us have no undue fears
lat this point. If the drinking men
alone-usually poor laboring men :
have been able to pay this $1,000
year after year, let us feel that the
whole number of taxpayers will be
able to manage it somehow.
Mark Twain tells OF man who
bought pig for $3.50, fed 1t $50 worth
said he made $1,000 on the hog, bu;
lost money on the corn. We are Toe
apt to count our profit on the hos
without counting the loss on the feed
We fail to consider such items as eX
ira police hire. cost OF boarding State
and city prisoners, criminal prosecn
lions, pauper bills. charity bills, etc
We may make $4,000 on our saloons
but evidently we lose $4,000 TO $to,gaI
on their feed.
ANTI LICENSE EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE.
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sTRoLLo ELEcTRocUTED.

ossINLNG. n. Y. March 9.-An.
tonic Strollo was electrocuted at Sing
Sing this morning for the murder OF
Antonio Torseillo.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09

AInsley's Automatic Brake Dog
Saves mine accidents. Had the Aims
ley Brake Dog been used at Monon.
gah mine said disaster would have
been averted. Address
AINsLEY AUTOMATIC BRAKE
DOG CO..
RI D. No. 25, smock, Pa.
snhnn.i,o L. .ha ruont uirptn,an
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09

During the legislative contest IN
Ohio on the local option bin Senator
n. NJ. Berry was asked what reason he
had for supporting the measure. When
told that he had many reasons, the in
oufrer asked him TO name one. The
senator said he could name twelve =
ten daughters and two sons. Men OF
Fatrmont, how many reasons have you
for voting NOR One such reason is
abundant, and If you haven't the one,
your neighbor's boy should be suftici-
emit to sway your vote.
Bat what good would 1t do to vote
the saloons out of Fairmont II We are
sim to have them in the small towns
nearby2 A great deal of good. The
farther away the saloon is from your
boy the better. But doubtless the citi-
gems Of these smaller towns have been
saying. what's the use for us to vote
the saloons out Of our town when they
have them in Fairmont. and it will not
take long to get them out of the small,
er places.
Two or three years ago, under the
auspices Of the W. C. T. u, the cool
people of Fairmont placed a drinking
fountain in the court house square.
What If that fountain. instead Of ful-
filling its mission of shaking the thirst
Of the people who throng our streets,
should have proven to be a source Of
sickness and disease, uniting men for
labor. and causing ten or twelve deaths
a year. and after repeated efforts To
regulate 1t had failed. would 1t seem
fanatical to agitate the removal Of it,
and would it be un-American to re-
move it If majority of our people
SO voted?
The writer of the saloon ad, in Sat
urday evenings paper gave us a good
bit of logic. quite as good as anything
we have seen in his hundred columns
Of arguments. He says:
THE right of man to drink If he
chooses is an inherited and God'siyen
right when he is placed on this earth
and because per cent. Of those who
drink are incorporate and because {
per cent. do not drink at all, should the
other 90 per cent. who enjoy the priv
iIeses be denied them?"
Now, neither prohibition nor local
option has ever thought OF any means
Of denying them the privilege Of the
saloon. except through the votes OF a
majority of the people. Nor has the
saloon ever feared any other agency.
It is by no means self-evident that th'
AAM
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-09

Postmaster 2. ]. Martin. of FaIrview
vas a visitor in Fairmont Sunday.
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e Y OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-28
VAST MULTITUDE
JOINS IN PARADE
People Of Toxic % Honor to
American Visitors.

Toxic, Oct. 22.-The reception to
the officers and men OF the American
battleship fleet reached climax here
A spontaneous outburst of enthusi-
asm, in which $4,000 of the populace
participated, crowned the unbroken
series of luncheons, dinners, balls and
garden parties that have marked the
five days since the warships anchored
in Yokohama harbor The people of
Toxic did honor to their American
visitors in a demonstration that
sclipsed any in the history Of the
city, not even excepting the oelsbra-
tiuns that have followed the most sig
nal successes Of tho Japanese army or
navy.
A torchlight procession, arranged as
= surprise, was the concluding feature
OF the day. For nearly six hours the
principal streets were packed with
the paraders, who numbered upwards
OF $4,000 and who found their way
through the city like crooked river
of running fire. Every one in the vast
multitude carried a lantern and in ad.
dition Japanese and American flags
At intervals there were huge illu-
minated designs of costly and striking
Oriental design. Included in the line
were dozens of bands OF music, large
and small, and a corps of buglers
from the Japanese army and naval
stations.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-28
BidweIIs Given a Term in the
PenitentiaIy.
Invented A "COLD' MOTOR
Men Convicted of Securing I'm
mense Sum of Money by
Alleged SWindIe.

Chicago, Oct. 24.--Benson F. Bid
well, who is seventy-three years OF
age, and his son Charles were sen
fenced to a term of from one to ter
years in the penitentiary by Judge
Chetlain. They were charged with
obtaining hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars by means of swindle revolv
ing around an alleged cold" motor
The two Bidwells begged for more
time in which 70 secure money to take
the case to the supreme court, but the
court insisted on passing sentence
However, the prisoners will be kept in
the county Jail for q time to allow
them better opportunity to secure
funds to appeal their case The elder
Ridwell when asked by the court II
he had anything to say answered
dramatically:
Il say honestly that I have never
stolen one dollar, nor one cent, Of the
Bidwell Electric ccmpanys money
They charged me with the same thine
In Philadelphia when invented the
trolley car, but now it is running IL
every city in the world. l invented
the electric fan, but being too poor
could not take out patent and l was
deprived of the fruits of my work
The cold motor will develop just as
we'll and it will be used Throughout
the world after l am under the soi
and forgotten
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-28
$4,000 SHORTAGE
IN THE C|TY'S CASH
Experts Make a Discovery at
San Francisco.

San Francisco, Oct. 24.-In the en-
deavor to fix the responsibility for a
shortage of $37 500 in the city treas
ury committee of investigation has
made the unexpected discovery that
funds to the extent of 100000 more
are missing and criminal prosecution
is foreshadowed in the detention by
the authorities of James C. Tomally,
for several years bOokkeeper in the
Office.
For nearly two years it has been
known that there was shortage in
the treasury Office of $4,000. Offcials
of that Office all disclaimed RESPONSE.
bility and an effort was made to con
meet the missing money with Ed
Smith, former tax collector, who is
serving time in the penitentiary for
forgery It was not until State Con-
troller Nye instituted an action to re-
cover $4,000 of the states money in
Guided in the missing funds that any
legal steps were taken to clear up
the mystery.
Expert accountants were employed
and in their report they have uncoy-
cred total shortage of $4,000 and
declared that the money was taken
during the term of Former City Treas
urer Charles A. Bantel An expert in
hand writing declared that the books
had been altered and Tomally was
summoned and subjected to an exam
ination that lasted five hours Up to
the last, it is said, he declared his In
rocence He is now in custody.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-28
Notice of Sale by Referee.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a
Judgment of the District Court for Brown Coun--
ty, Minnesota, in PARTITION proceedings rem
dered on October II, 1908 in favor of Franziska
Boesch, formerly Franziska Mueller, Olga Nav
er, formerly Olga Mueller and Fred Mueller
and against Lima Mueller and also to all other
persons unknown having or claiming an inter
est in the property described in the complaint
herein appointing the undersigned referee and
directing the sale of the real property herein
after at described, copy Of which Judgment GER
delivered to me, will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder, for cash, at the front door
of the Court House in the City of New Ulm.
Brown County, Minnesota, on the 9th day of
November 1908 at 10 o. clock in the forenoon all
the right title and interest Of all the parties
tate of Franzska Boesch in and to the follow,
ing described real property situated in Brown
County, Minnesota, to-wit:
Lot number Eight 90 in Block number One
hundred and five QO5) North of Center Street
in the City of New Ulm.
Dated at New Ulm, Mimi October 10, 1908.
S. A. GEORGE,
Referee in Partition PROCEEDINGS
ALBERT STEINHAUSER,
Attorney for Judgment Plaintiffs,
4Z4' New Ulm, Mimi
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ESCAPES FROM NIGHT RIDERS
Judge Taylor Safe After Awful Ex-
perience.

(
Tiptonyille, Tenn, Oct. 21.-Un-
harmed, save numerous scratches re-
ceived in thirty-hour trip through
unfamiliar woods and the fatigue In
cident to the trip without food and
the mental strain, Judge r. Zachary
Taylor reached here after mirac-
ulous escape from night riders at Reel
Foot lake. who murdered his partner,
Captain Quentin Rankin.
Judge Taylor's escape is due to a
daring dash for liberty while the
night riders were disputing among
themselves the best way to kill him.
During the heat OF the discussion Colo
mel Taylor broke for freedom. Dash
ing-a few yards to the bank of shall
low inlet of Reel Foot lake he plunged
in.
A fusillade of bullets followed the
fugitive, whose figure was dimly dis
cerned in the growing dawn of APP
preaching daylight Wading and swim
ming the aged attorney pushed for
ward. Bullets and small shot fell on
every side, but none struck him. Near
the bank opposite the firing night rid
ers Judge Taylor threw up his hands
and pitched forward heavily over a
log and lay inert. Hundreds of shots
were fired into the log by the night
riders, but not one penetrated far
enough to injure him
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-28
LONG BALLOON FLIGHT.
Los Angeles Aeronaut and His Wife
Would Fly Across the Continent.

Los Angeles Aeronaut and HIS Wife
Would Fly Across the Continent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Ferris, Los An
geles balloon enthusiasts. will shortly
undertake most unique aerial trip,
race across the continent. Mr.. Ferris
plans to have a number of balloons
start from Los Angeles in the latter
part of October and sail as far east
ward as possible. His beautiful wife
has agreed to accompany him in one
Of the balloons 1t is expected that no
fewer than a dozen amateur aeronaufs
will embark on this journey.
The United States. with which Lieu
tenant Lahm won the James Gordon
Bennett cup, is now owned by Dick
Ferris The America. which finished
second in the st. Louis international
races, will also enter the competition.
Starting from Los Angeles. it is PLAN
ned to sail across Arizona. New Mex
leo and into Texas, thence northeast
toward the great lakes or toward the
great basin in Salt Lake and thence
north or continued northeast.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
State of Minnesota,1
County of Brown.

State of Minnesota,1
County of Brown.
District Court,
Ninth Judicial District.
Security Trust Company,
Charles Eidam, ]. H. Carrie
ton, w. A. Dennison, Far
mers Savings Bank of
Grimes, Iowa, George Lane,
E: J: S, Davis; and Lars
ROsneSS Defendants
Notice is hereby given that under and
by virtue of judgment and decree, signed
on the ist day Of September 1905. a tran
script of which said jud gment and decree.
certified by the clerk of said court, has
been delivered to me, with instructions to
Sheriff of said County of Brown, viii on
Friday the Goth day of October 1908, at ten
O'clock in the forenoon of said day, at thes
in the City of New Ulm, in said County.
duly offer for sale, and sell at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder therefor for
cash, the premises and real estate de-
scribed in said Judgment and decree,
tOwit:-
Thatcertain tract or parcel of land lying
and being in the County of Brown and
State Of Minnesota, described as follows:
The Southeast quarter IS E ~ of Sec
ton Twenty go, in Township One Hun
dred and ID Eight uos) North of Range Thir-
therefrom one acre in the form of a square
in the Southeast corner thereof, contain
ing One Hundred and Fifty-nine (159)
acres, more or less. according to the u. s.
amount which shall at the date of said
sale be due on said judgment and decree.
D ssss September 1lt II 1903; us
Sheriff of Brown COUNTY, Minnesota.
AMBROSE TIGHE,
Attorney for Plaintiff. ST. Paul. MINI