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The sun., 1908-03-31
ms ROBINSON CRUSOE BOAT.
Graham Can't Get II Out Of the Hotel He
HuIlt II In,

The rs foot gasolene launch that William
Graham has built on the second floor Of
Charles Z, Riley's hotel at Carroll street
and City Island avenue, on City Island, bids
fair to become famous, like Robinson
Crusoe's boat, which he built but could
not launch. Graham rented the floor and
built on it a boat too large to go out by the
windows. Then he decided to remove the
back wall
Mrs. Ophelia Vail, who owns the hotel
aud leases it to Riley objected and yester-
day she obtained from Justice O'Gorman
in the Supreme Court temporary inlunc-
tion restraining Riley and Graham from
tearing out the back or any other wall.
At the same time Mrs. Vail is informed
that the boat is great strain on the rafters
Of the hotel and she wants Graham 10 take
it 10 pieces and take II away from there.
This Graham says he can't and won't do.
Justice Hendriok will have TO decide the
knotty points involved.
The sun., 1908-03-31
BRACKETT AGAINST PARSONS.
says Hughess supporters Should Vote To-
day Against County Chairman.


ALBANY, March SO.--EX Senator Edgar T.
Bracket, president Of the Hughes State
League, called at the Executive chamber
to-day and while waiting to see the Gov
ernor expressed himself as believing that
those supporters Of the Hughes Presidential
candidacy in New York who are really
desirous Of seeing the Governor nominated
at Chicago should vote In the primaries to.
morrow in opposition TO the present control
Of the New York Republican county COM
mittee by Herbert Parsons. Mr., Bracket
declared that he had no business connected
with the Hughes League bringing him to-
day - sse the Governor. He said he was
in the city TO appear before the Court Of
Appeals,
Gov, Hughes will probably not get to
New York city to vote at the primaries to-
morrow He goes TO Herkimer this after
noon TO give an address tonight before the
Herkimer Board Of Trade and returns TO
Albany tomorrow. No request has been
made TO the Governor at this time TO call
on the proper authorities in New York city
TO see 10 it that the law Is strictly enforced
against repeating and intimidation at the
polls, and unless something formal comes
TO him il is unlikely that he will issue any
proclamation Of this sort.
Regarding published story that pressure
has been exerted to induce the Governor to
become a candidate for the Presidency
Gov. Hughes had nothing to say. II is
understood. however, that the rumors
have no basis Of truth, and that the Office
has never sought the Governor according
to the expressions Of his closest friends
When such a story was first given currency
some months ago the position OF the Gov
ernor was defined by his friends as antago-
The sun., 1908-03-31
REBUFF FOR SENATOR JEFF.
Democratic Candidate for Governor Tells
Him He Doesn't Want His Aid.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, March SO,-Senator
JEFF Davis wrote George W, Donaghey a
letter ON Saturday congratulating him upon
his nomination for Governor, saying that
he was glad & he Democracy had selected
a Davis man. notwithstanding he Davis
had supported Kirby, the other Davis man
Mr.. Donaghey replied to the Senator
to-day forcibly reminding him that he
did not want his assistance in the cam
paign. "And | want you 20 understand in
the beginning that ! will wear no man .
collar while I am Governor OF Arkansas
concludes Mr.. Donaghey.
The sun., 1908-03-31
PORK PRICES SOARING.
Meats Up From Thirty TO FIFTY Per Cent,
In 4 Few Days.

ST. LOUIS, March SO-Pork prices again
took a jump Of 20 per cent. in the whole
sale market to-day, making an advance Of
so per cent, in ten days. Retail prices
have advanced in the same ratio.
At the National Stock Yards il is said
that the receipts Of cattle and hogs have
fallen of one-half since the first Of the
year.
Pork tenderlons which cost is cents a
pound last week, sold for 25 cents in the
wholesale market to-day. Ribs and loins,
which we're offered for II cents a pound
last week, are now selling at 10 cents.
The 30 per cent raise in beef made last
week has not been taken of.
The sun., 1908-03-31
TUESDAY. MARcH 81, 1908.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, S9O,OOO,O 900.
BIn for That Amount Soon 60 lie Reported
Despite Leaders Protests.

WASHINGTON, March SO,-Twenty million
dollars for the construction Of public build
ings throughout the country will be au-
thorized in the omnibus bill soon 10 be
reported by the House Committee on Public
Buildings The House leaders tried 10
keep the appropriation to be carried In this
measure down TO SlO.OOo,OOO, but they
failed They are now grinding their teeth
in rage and bemoaning the day when they
consented TO the passage Of public build
ing bill at this session. A pool has been
formed however, and every State will be
recognized in the public building bill, and
the leaders must bow to the inevitable
The sun., 1908-03-31
FRANCE WON'T GIVE UP ROY.
Demand for His ENtrAdluOn on GlaClA
CaIlav Murder Charge Reaches Paris.
Special CdNe DeSpdteh 10 THE Sun.

PARIS, March SO.-The Government has
received a request from the United States
for the eXtradition Of Paul Roy who is
charged by his wife, Glseia Gala. the singer
with the murder Of his brother-in-law
George +. Carklns, near Portsmouth. n.
H., few weeks ago.
In official circles II ia not believed the re-
quest will be granted.
The sun., 1908-03-31
RIOT or PHILADELPHIA IDLE.
More Than Thousand Hunt Jobs on oscar
HammerStelnp New Opera House.

PHILADELPHIA, March SO,-Fifteen hum
dred idle men took part in ariot and threat
ened TO swarm over an iron fence surround
ing the Harrah property at Broad and
Poplar streets. where two score Of Italians
this morning began work on the excava-
ton for Oscar Hammerstein's new opera
house,
For half an hour the demonstration con.
tinued. and before the disorder could be
quieted details Of police charged the crowd
with riot clubs
The sun., 1908-03-31
RILEY GRAMMAR VERY SICK.
Famous Turf Plunger Reported to III
Dying OF Pneumonia.

SAN Francisco, March 3.-Riley Gran
nan, the famous turf plunger, is reported to
be dying Of pneumonia at Rawhide, New.
Grammar went TO the new gold camp with
the earliest rush Of locaters, but devoted
himself to gambling rather than prospecting
Two weeks ago Grammar won So, 900 at rou-
lette, breaking the bank for that night.
The sun., 1908-03-31
CONGRESSMAN GOIdfOEIe Taken I'll In the
House.

WASHINGTON, March 9O.-RepreSentative
Goldfogle Of New York became i'll in the
House of Representatives to-day and was
taken 10 his hotel in a carriage. His
physican says he is suffering from severe
case Of indigestion and from overwork
hut that his condition Ia not serious.
The sun., 1908-03-31
BOY DEVOURED BIZ WOLVES.
The Packs Are RAvenOus In Saskatchewan
This winter.

CANovA. SSsk., March SO-A boy named
Google was torn 10 pieces and devoured by
wolves last night eighteen miles north Of
here. The wolves are very rayenous and
dangerous this winter.
The sun., 1908-03-31

kaIu, RsstauranL It.ls PE. "a. nnesl down.
loWn. Open dh mldniGhS charming mudS SsaS
zoo -Adr.
The sun., 1908-03-31
NuFRE To TAEEJUNCu

WTTT-WN
And drink the Highest Types OF American Wines
II. r, Dewey a Sons Co. iS Fulton ST., New YORK.
-a,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27
SOME EASY oGEsT,oNs.

The Times had soma long but very
easy questions in its issue of this
m2rning which 1T desires lis to answer.
Tie first one is concerning Governor
Hughes veto Of the two cent fare bill
in New York. The Times seems to
think Governor Dawson ought to have
vetoed the two cent fare bill in this
State because Governor Hughes did
SO in New York and had he followed
the same course Of reasoning he
might have lone so. Governor Hughes
said he wasn't sure that the measure
was Just and hadn't time to fnvesti-
gate 1t within the number of days al.
iotted until the bill must be signed
or vetoed, hence he vetoed 1t. Our
opinion is that Governor Hughes
would MT have been wrong in signing
it, but Governor Hughes acted on his
own knowledge of conditions, not
even asking our opinion on the mas.
ter. That was very rash thing for
tsle New York Governor to dc, but he
did it, Just the same. The only real
interest we have in two cent fare IS
in West Virginia and It seems to b.
working oil right here and the people
are pleased with it. But the Times
has failed 10 say what It's party would
do in the matter OF repeating the law.
In the second question the Times
shoots wide Of tae mark. We have
not accused the Democratic candidate
OF trying to hold a meeting at Salem
or anywhere else on Sunday. Bad as
he Is we don't believe Louis Bennett
would try to hold public political
meeting on Sunday. Ed. Mills is the
only candidate we know Of who has
SO little regard for the Sabbath as
that.
Nobody has ever yet claimed that a
mistake in assessment might not be
made by an assessor or the Board OF
Public Works. The companies which
were enormously assessed in Pawpaw
district last year had a remedy at law,
but failed to bring the matter up at
the proper time, but. this gear the
Board Of It's own free will corrected
the mistake, which was no more than
right.
The owners of real estate are
not hurt by the new tax laws. neither
are the bankers, each simply paying
on their property At the true and &C.
tpal value. NO better plan Of essesa;
3nnent can be devised, which viii put
An forms 81 property On d parity;
than tIhestrpe and actpai value basis
ana no honest man has sny sIek com
ing when Distressed On TINT basis.
Nov, d to me last question. Al
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27

ploslVes and glass. each 10. Those in.
eustles paying The Largest annual pay
peg employe We're insurance. $1,000,
electsic power VA explosive $i.oo6s
non AMI steel sS2S. Then NAM ns.
eaEbcnatea bsysrage. anfiie oIi
and plumbing nd Nate FcFks
ray en- average 81 tom f06 Is
$500 annually while brewing ana dts.
tilling. cement snd plaster cFeanieiies,
drugs and machinery all pay 5000 81
more or over $50 per month average.
Those paying the smallest wage aver
age were hotel, s122; enssSms cloth.
Ing, $3.50: printing. szGS, and fruit,
growing. s271. while textiles, vehicles,
telephones, lauitdr yaHd brick and tile
pay an average Of between $500 and
$500 annually.
Work is supposed to be paid for &C,
cording to the degree Of Intelligence
necessary but we cannot think that
only low degree Of Intelligence IS re.
quired in telephones, custom tailoring,
printing and fruit growing These
figures may not interest every one,
bit they were very interesting 10
FRITZ.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27

stated before In discussing this same
Qaest lion. iae Republican platform
commits the candidates Is sttons
leeal optioH lew and the lbmlssioh
ct psohlbitipa tnsnslnent q III
STATE Constitution Ths RepabIicaa.
.eandidae for me State Senate stands
on one platform and We have MS word
Tor Il that he win carry out It's prcyis
sIons. He states that ali he asks in.
the matter y the prohibition amend
ment IS toSbe satisfied tflat ii Is prop
eriy drawn 50 as to be constitutional.
Having answered each question pro-
pounded by the Times we think It IS
now time forit to answer not by argu-
ment but clearly and sueclnctly, yes
or no, to the following questions which
have remained Unanswered t:r week
and a half now:
Should the Democrat sget in power
in this State, What would be their at.
tstude toward the new tax laws?
Would they repeal them in toto as has
been promised?
Where do you stand on the question
of county local option and the sub.
mlssfsn Of the prohibition amendment
to a vote Of the people?
Would you repeal the two cent fare
law, which your party opposed?
Do you consider that the public ser.
vice corporations are assessed too
high? If SO, h:w much? How would
you assess them?
Shall the people receive an answer
to these questions or will the Demo
Gratis go on as they have been going
and try to deceive the voters? A re.
fusal to answer can have but one in
depreciation and the people will know
what that is.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27

Itnow turns out that the men Judge
Taft sentenced to jail without a
hearing" as reported in Democratic
papers, had confessed to taking part
in attempted train wrecking. What
did these men think would happen to
the engineers. conductors. brakemen,
to say nothing of passengers. on the
trains whose passage was INSTRUCTED
by having railroad ties piled on the
track? 1t would seem that the oppo-
sition to Taft believes in anarcay.
judging from their Incorporate ut.
terances. Are the people ready to
vote against man because he sen.
fences guilty, confessed criminals to
Jail? That is going pretty strong
from our point Of view.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27
PeopLe'sForu,,1

New Use For Some Old Figures.
Editor West Nirginian:
To most people there is nothing so
dry as figures. but We must confess to
rather penchant for lingering" up
things. If set TO saving stove wood
we soon knew about how many strokes
OF the saw 1t would take to cut of a
certain sized stick or We knew how
many hills OF corn were in the row
we hoed, and later in life as a coal
miner we knew how many shovelfuis
of coal it took to fill car, or as a
railroader how unny blows OF the ham.
mer to drive spike, or walking track
how many rails between two given
points on the beat. Had our lines fall.
len in pleasanter places and IL we had
not found it absolutely necessary to
hustle continually for the wherewithal
to satisfy the needs of the inner and
outer man, we should probably have
been one of these amiable tlends who
figure up how long Ut would take an
express train to reach the nearest
star, how many pennies laid edge to
edge would reach around the earth,
and other matters for which hungry
public are yearning.T
Now, week or SO back The West
Virginian published some figures that
were interesting to us without regard
to any political significance they
might have, They were in regard To
the industrial growth in West Virgin
ia in the past ten years and were plac-
ed in four columns First, number Of
industries reported; second number
OF employees: third, yearly payroll,
and, fourth. capital invested. Now /
sharpened pencil sharp and added
two more columns, thus: by dividing
first into second added another be.
tween second and third columns, show.
ing average number employed in
each establishment and dividing sec.
ond into third added another between
third and fourth, average annual pay
per einploye In each industry" The
totals treated thus showed average
per establishment, all Industries, So
employees: average annual pay, ail IN.
dustrlcs, s4sl or about S41.OO per
month. The greatest number OF men
Per establishment Ia found in the nor.
teries with an average OF 1888 employees
per establishment. The next III order
are coal and coke, ss; iron and steel,
81, textile. 81. and lumber, la. The
smaller average number Of employees,
sreameries, csrbcnated beverages,
tloan Associations and water works. d.
EACH insurance and taalsing, 3 saehs
oil md gasl drugs. electric power.
Zee, eachs brewing and distiiIing,
| flour and feed and telephone. each &;
mercantile q; and amusements, ex-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27

Z & y
States attorney Dunkle saia5ae expect
ed to rest the prosecution mis- atter7
noon, the examination ofwltaes ba
ing confined principally to NE estab-
1lshment of corroboratiye eyiaence
Watcher the defendant win take the
witness stand in his own defense %
the Indictment charging hinMith mis-
appropriation Of $l44. 900 insSohas stilI
in doubt. Montgomefyts cgpnsel rs-
fused to discuss the naltteSsand seem
ed undecidstl In court preaicte'l
the defense would require \ little time
Take LAXATIVE BRoAIo oninine'
Tablets. Druggists refund mosey 70
IT fails to cure, 81 w. GROVES sip-
nature Is on each box sse
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27
BRYAN HAS a
VARIETY OF N0sTRUMs

Governor Hughes in his Lin
coin speech said:
"NEr. Bryan has announced
himself in favor OF the extermi-
nation Of trusts.
TO c5terminate them he Of
fers a variety OF remedies. He
has a large assortment of rene
dies, so that If you do not like
one you may try another, and
so on until you find one that
pleases your fancy.
But, Analysing all Of them,
you find that he makes three
proposals which he thinks suit
able aud practicable in limiting
the power Of corporations. In
the first place. he says, Let us
prohibit the duplication OF d.
rectors in competing corpora
tions-that Is. make It unlawful
for a director IN one concern to
be n director In another This
is a very pretty theory. But is
it workable7
"You know quite well II a man
owned the majority of stock in
a number OF corporations he
would have such directors as he
wanted, and whether there was
any duplication or not the effect
would be the same. We'll, II
you don't like that says Mr..
Bryan, here is another pro
posal.
LET us go through the tariff
schedules and put on the free
list the things that are being
manufactured by the trusts.
That will destroy Them True
enough, but would It not also
destroy the weaker manufactur-
eFs in the same line who are
lighting against the trusts and
who. being small, have the least
power to resist. Well, then,
I says Mr.. Bryan, here's another
that's bound to win. Let's cut
down the output Of each monop-
oily to 30 per cent
Another pretty but wholly
fanciful theory. I shy that an
attempt to regulate manufac.
lures by percentages would en-
tail such a complicated system
Of bureaus that government
would be obnuxIously bureaus
< cratic. All these schemes areIans
attempt to ring about refoFm
by magic. sij
recognize the Drat0ricaii
Powers and believe tirmly insthe
sincerity OF the Democratic citii
dldate but j believe Just as
firmly that an enforcement 81
lis principles would,end IN dis-
asier.'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27

cneered the statement But Is this
statement sound How mang Demo
erals we're present who pss 5sxes on
yalnabl prapeft iitch p5ing iheln 10
ealntn and which are WITHOUT any
lticoms ii Il mot arnfngs iat XII
es the tax but aSalue. T1e 1wneY 81.
every vacant Sl1t II Fairmpnt could
have more Fight to complain Of taxes
tbecaus. they earn nothing than Hen
rySG. Davis. s!io pays htg tax out Of
the earnings and has So per cent Of
the earnings left.
About the only other mares nest
Nj. Gosnwell could fnd was the iasar-
anee law passed in 1907. This, he
said, made such change in the law
that while formerly the insured could
recover the full amount of his policy
in case Of total loss by IRE, that I'm.
der the new law the company could
have the privilege of rebuilding the
house, or replacing the loss as good
as It was before The fire.
Mr.. cornwell regarded this new Law
as being for the benefit OF the compa.
MES, and stated taat an insurance man
had told him they hal had the law
changed" Mr. c9rn%elrs interpreter
ton OF the new Law in this respect has
not been Investigated. but the journal
Of the house and senate for 1907 has
been inspected and it is found that this
insurance Law he complains about orig
mated in the Senate; that every Dem
ocrat elected to the Senate voted
for the law included Adam Littlepage,
late candidate for the nomination for
governor and now candidate for Sec
rotary Of State on the Democratic
ticket; Senator Jake Fisher. Senator
Gray Silver Senator VIM. Campbell.
and that greatest of all Democratic
State leaders, who has led their fights
against tax reform and other measures
in the Legislature for many years. Sen.
ator r. F. Kidd. what has Mr.. Corn.
well and the Democratic parlv to say
now? II the insurance agent was
right when he told Mr.. Cornwell I'VE
had the law changed" did not the III.
surance agents remark indict The
Democratic senators and tine Demo-
/ cratic party as much as the Republic
can? And II, as intimated. tho bill
was corruptly passed, are mt those
Democrats as guilty as the Republi-
cans? See Senate Journal, 1907, p.
IA.
Nor is this all. When the bill went
to the House, every Democratic mem
Der Of that body Except one. a Mr..
Dean, from BraSton county, who wise
ly seemed TO vote mo" on everything
he didn't @aeFstand) voted to sas-
pend the constitutional rule which re-.
qnired fine bill to be read on three
separate days, SO that it might be read
three times and passed in one and the
same day. See House Journal. p. col.
So It may be remarked that even
Mr.. cornwell with all his ability as a
lawyer, public speaker and statesman,
could not make much Of a showing for
his party this campaign, If he would
take time to tell all the truth. His au-
dience would not have applauded him
and his party quite so much II It had
known or II he had taken the pains
to have told them all the facts.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27
A MESSAGE FROM I
presdn.la canalda.s Makes pLaIn HIa Possn as

Presidential plain His Position ctistaH
decidedly interesting letter from the ii
candidate published the number the s
ious Chicago follows:
August III mos
Editor Of the Home
Dear Mr. inquiry as
castian building Of successful The
question others which be this
First Christian that o. holds ideal
compliance with the given by and who
those who
happen
actersis question.
Coming now 70 inquiry should Can char
huidng Of The
longer become that other In
and Importance and thar
NE hs vaether the
politics the thing
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27
SECOND TRIAL
WILL Be BRIEF
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY MAY NOT
TAKE THE STAND IN HIS
OWN DEFENSE.
fBy United prelss.l

PITTsBuRG. Pa Oct. 27.-The sec.
ond trial of William Montgomery, fo.-
mer cashier Of the Allegheny National
Bank, which was resumed this morn
ing in the United States District Court
before Judge James s. Young, prom
ises to be as brief as the first. United
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27

The Times never mentioned the big
frost at Llttletcn on Saturday even
ing. It has published two papers
since that time. Is it possible spc1 a
killing freeze as that SO near home
would not be even mentioned In such
a live paper as The Democrats have In
Fairmont?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27

D. Green, who writes for the Times
from Middle Det's Run, ought to spell
his first name out In fun. far he Ger.
tainly does have that appearance.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27
NsTRlcTs IN MA
ny FOR 1904

~ FOR 1904
S1sos.
cling made by the
e the people as to
taxes this year,
Nk people are so
" years the DEM
wing, "walt till
xes Will be high
"a false cry. In
Us to the falIaey
40 l-a .... .HH.
IN we give here.
he various dis
n Marion ceun.
+ under the old
2 ent year. Com.
figure out for
taxes have
lew tax laws.
books in the
as follows:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-27
.EX-GOY. WHITE
IS OPTIMISTIC
SAYS STATE AND NATIONAL TIC.
kET WILL WIN EASILY in
WEST VIRGINIA.

/ WHEELING. Oct, 27.-Ex Governor
A. B. White was in the city Inst even
ing on his way home from a tour Of
speaking throughout the State. Mr..
White states that he has seven ap-
pointments for speaking before Inc
election, and will, indeed, be very
busy. He goes to Wood county to.
day, and from there will take trip
throughout the State, having engage.
ments IN, Hancock county. at Sisters
vile, Morgantown, Fairmont and sew.
eral other places.
Mr.. White states that the outlook.
for Republican victory is very fine. 1t
is much better than It has been in
some other campaigns, and since 1900,
The outlook has never been brighter.
He thinks that the party will have
walkover, and things look much bet.
ter than in either 1896 or 1894.
The State ticket Will keep pace with
the national and wherever he has Wis.
tied, MIR W.T. sees no appreciable
difference between the two. A good
clean majority is expected. Both the
State and national tickets will go
through with about an even vote.