The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-18
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world. A three-year-old colt owned
by General Watts. OF Charleston, W.
Va, has broken all the trottIng rec
ords OF the world. giving him a
standing without precedent IL the
history Of the turf and putting him
above every other colt Of his age,
that ever raced in harness. Recent
~ in New York City in competition
at Madison Square Garden, in which
the worlds most noted driving
horses were entered, the highest
award, the gold cup and the flutter-
ing ribbon. went to the West viz,
GINA span driven by Mrs. Clarence
Watson. and today in their cosy
Fairmont stables. these horses
proudly wear the badge that attests
their equine aristocracy.
On LIES Great Stage
West Virginia has sent many IA
nous actors TO the great stage OF
life who cannot be mentioned in the
time at my command, Our state
sent Ohio four of her wisest and best
governors Alabama, Kansas, North
Dakota and Maryland have each re-
ceiyed from US an able chief exec
utiye.
Beneath the creeping ivy in the
old cemetery at Clarksburg. sleep the
first lovers married in the White
House, the bride being sister of
Dolly Madison, the bridegroo being
the Hon John G. Jackson, a one
time gallant congressman from Har-
rison county.
Felix Grundy, the great jurist of
Tennessee. Theodore Laidley. the ar
tillerist of the Mexican war. John
Stephenson, founder of Portland,
Ore. James Farley. the California
United States Senator Jess Thornton,
the Oregon Chief Justice, and stone
wall Jackson, were all at one time
West Virginia boys. Andrew Rowan,
of Monroe county, who carried Pre-
ident McRinley's message to Garcia
in Cuba, performed an act of hero
ism, says General Miles, "unequaled
in the annals of warfare" The story
of Rowan's courage was printed IN
nine languages and had circulation
of 100000 copies in three years.
Dudley Evans, now president of the
Wells-Fargo, one of the largest ex-
press companies of the world still
owns the old home farm in West vir-
ginia. Under the general manage
ment OF Thomas Fitzgerald, former
Fairmont boy, the great B. & o..
railroad reached the highest point in
its history as measured by its earn
ing and equipment for service. John
Brisben Walker was unsuccessful as
a West Virginia politician. but going
to New York and getting control of
the Cosmopolitan" he set new
pace for the magazine editors of the
world. Henry Bigler. the explorer,
who was with the party that discov-
cred gold in California, was Har-
rison county boy. Monongalia coun-
ty gave to Iowa her gifted United
States senator, Jonathan P. Dolliver.
The colored people are indebted TO
West Virginia for their greatest race
leader, Booker II. Washington.
State Acts Abroad
A West virginian organized the
Egyptian army and drilled the SOL
diers of the Khedlve on the soil over
which the sphinx and the pyramids
cast halo OF mystery. Pennsylvan-
MAS distinguished senator, Philander
Knox, the choice of his party in his
state for the presidency, and Govern
or Odell, OF lew York, who was help
ed to make presidents, were formerly
school boys in West Virginia, and 1t
would be hard to persuade us that
this experience could have been omit
ted in their preparation for great
careers. We have sent many of our
bravest and best to other states and
other lands but we have yet at home
an army of noble men and beautiful
women-intellectual and morally
the equal of any-who will guide our
ship Of state in the pathway of pro
gress, honor and righteousness. And
may tell you how generous Penn
sylyanla and the other states have
been with US. They have sent up
splendid citizens. men of brains.
Drawn and wealth upon whom 1t was
an honor and pleasure to pin the
badge of West Virginia citizenship.
Plttsburg is indeed a fitting place
to tell the story OF West Virginia.
This magnificent city which welcomes
the waters OF the Monongahela that
come, and give a God speed to the
waters OF the Ohio that go, occupies
position, strategic and unique
among our cities of the world.
Whether we ascend one river or de-
scend the other. history at once begin
to unroll her time-stained scrolls and
recite the fascinating story of a peo-
pie whose ancestors were wise enough
to choose from the natures domain
the richest and most wonderful OF
the habitations at the disposal of the
human family. One of these rivers
penetrate to the very heart OF West