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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-30
DIVIDEND
OF -Four Per Cent. Is Declared Upon
Merchants Bank Stock.

A semi-annual dividend of four per
cent. was declared upon the stock of
the Merchants National bank by the
board of directors of the institution
Tuesday morning and $4,000 was
added TO the surplus fund. The
bank is enjoying a splendid business
and its condition indicates continu-
ed prosperity in the city and county.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-30
BIG FEE FOR A WOMAN

CHICAGO. June so-A Chicago
woman attorney has just received n
fee of 100000. She is Miss Mary E.
Miller. who successfully prosecuted a
suit OH behalf of the grandchildren of
the late William Bross for the distri-
button of the 100000 estate left BY
the decedent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-30
CLEVELAND MEMOIRS

NEW YORK, June 3O-Under or
ders of Mrs. Cleveland. work has be-
gun on the memoirs of the late Pres
ident, consisting of clippings from
newspapers and periodicals on his
death and funeral. The work will
require six months to complete
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-30
SURGEONS ELECT OFFICERS.

Dr. Franklin B. Smith, of Fred
erick. Md. was elected president of the
Baltimore q Ohio Association of Rail-
way Surgeons at the concluding ses-
sion of the associations nineteenth
annual convention at Chicago. DR..
7. A. Muryhy. Of Relay. Md, was
chosen ecretary-treasurer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-30
TO ATTEND CONVENTION

Miss villa Lee and Mrs. Grace Big
low. colored, will leave Wednesday
morning for New Castle, Pa, to at
tend the Women's Mite Missionary
Society convention 70 be held in that
place. They are both convention Of
ficers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-30
MOTHER DIES

W. L. Baker. Of the S. & r. laun-
dIy. has gone to Wheeling. having
been called there by the death OF his
mother, Mrs. Caroline BaikSr.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-30
SALE OF COACH HORSES

LONDON. June aO-The auction
sale Of 55 coach horses owned by AL
fred Vanderbilt, brought only st3,400
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-30

o. o. Sutton, who was in the city
Monday the guest Of his brother. F
o, Sutton, went to Martinsburg this
morning.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd E. Hornor, of
Lumberport, are In the city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-30

CONTINUED on page y
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-30
CIRCULATION

The Largest and Best In
ClarlSsburg
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20
Severe Storms Over the South.

MEMPHIS, TENN, Feb. 14.-Severe
wind and rain storms visited the
South and Southwest today, causing
loss of life and much damage to prop
erty. In Smith county, Texas, sew
,eral people were killed by a tornado,
including C. A. Francis and wife;
Mrs. w. Francis and her child, and a
negro name Nose Lee. Much dam
age was wrought by the storm, small
buildings and outhouses especially
suffering.
Many points in Mississippi report
damage by heavy winds and an un-
usual downpour of rain. At Moss
vile, near Laurel, several lives are
reported lost.
At Jackson, the heaviest rain ex-
perienced in years fell. It was ac-
companied by terrific wind and light
ming. >,
At Memphis, the downfall of rain
which has continued for three days,
ceased at 4 o'clock this afternoon,
and the weather is growing colder.
Wire communication with Hot
Springs, Shreveport, La, and Texas
points is completely Frustrated.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20
SOLD HIS SOUL FOR 81.
harassed Hungarian Buys It Back
Again For 500.

Harassed Hungarian Buys It Back
Again For 500.
A remarkable case, In which the ef-
fects of medieval superstition and sug-
gestion are curiously mingled. has
come under the notice of the doctors
Of the Rudolf hospital, In Vienna.
A Hungarian tradesman named
Weiss was recently admitted to the
hospital suffering from an illusion
which caused him continually to la
ment the loss of his salvation. 1t ap-
pears that some weeks before Weiss
was sitting with some friends In cof-
feehouse in Pressburg when the con-
versation turned on religion and fu-
ture life.
Weiss declared that there was no
such thing as a future life or saliva
ton, and added, II would sell my
chance of salvation for S."
, A Jew named Krauss accepted the
offer on condition that the transaction
was put in writing, A regular deed OF
sale conveying Weiss salvation In the
next world to Krauss was thereupoD
drawn up, executed by Weiss and
duly witnessed. Krauss took the deed
and handed over the 81 to Weiss. who
boasted that it had been easily earned.
A fortnight later Weiss lost his wife,
who was killed In carriage accident.
He regarded this accident as a sign OF
the divine anger at his impious bargain.
and the idea so preyed on his mind
that his reason gave way, and he was
taken to the hospital.
Professor 'Obermayer, who had
charge Of the case, on hearing this
story from the mans relatives, decid-
ed to try the effects Of counter sugges-
ton and advised Weiss relatives to re-
cover the deed of sale.
Krauss, however, declared that since
he had bought the other mans saliva
ton his own business had prospered
exceedingly, and he refused to give up
under $500. Weiss was unable to pay
this, but finally the chief rabbi OF
Pressburg, to whom the matter had
been reported, induced Krauss to hand
the deed back to the sick man on re-
ceipt Of 500.
The effect was most marked Weiss,
reassured as to the fate Of bis soul,
Immediately improved A new deed
was drawn up, in which Krauss SOL
EMMY reconveyed the other mans sal
vation to him. This was witnessed by
two doctors, and Weiss has now been
discharged as cured.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20
Liquor Question In Senate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-The liquor
question was injected into the con-
sideration of the criminal code bill in
the senate today when Senator Clay
of Georgia attacked a provision of
the bill which he declared changed
the existing law to the extent of per-
mitting the mailing of liquor into pro-
hibition States or counties. This was
brought about by leaving the pro-
hibition of that practice out OF the
law as revised by the code.
Liquor houses, "said Senator Clay,
'tare relying upon this change to en-
hance their business.
After considerable debate, on mo-
ton, the old law was substituted for
the revised sections with a penalty
added.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20
Hot Reply from Blease.

COLUMBIA, February Ex-senator
Blease arose to a question Of person
al privilege in the Senate to-day and
replied to the testimony by Lewis W.
Parker before the dispensary com
mission yesterday to the effect that
Samuel j. Lanahan told him that
Blease represented William Lanahan
s& Sons before the dispensary board.
Blease alleged a conspiracy between
Gov. Ansel, Mr.. Patton, of the COM
mission, Mr.. Parker and a newspaper
correspondent from Greenville to in
lure him politically. He read affida-
Wits from the Lanahans and others
eontradicting Mr.. Parker.
Mr.. Blease said: why did Parker
wait until Lanahan was dead? | do
not say that Parker is a liar, but Lam
ahan says Parker is a liar. ENan-
anan said that / was his agent he lied.
and if Parker says that was Lana
hans agent, he is a liar. The man
that will come to my face and tell me
that I was Lanahan's agent the world
will find out whether he and 1 are
both brave men or not.
'This summer Gov. Ansel will an
swer to the people for the conspiracy
between him and his Greenville allies
and newspaper correspondents. He
will not only answer politically, but
he will answer to me as man, face
to face, be he governor, or be he
what he may"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20
Have Formed q Club
Troubles:

WARSAW, IND. Feb. 10.-The Suf-
fering Papa club of Warsaw has Or
ganized with 81 members. Its object
is to accomplish certain domestic re-
forms. Among them, are:
Refusal to walk the floor at night
with a squalling infant.
Refusal to assist in the kitchen
when daughters are giving parties.
Cigarettes and pipes to be smoked
in any part of the house and in pres
ence of company"
Daughters beaux to be called down
when they get too gay.
w. F. Haish is master suffering
papa. There are junior and senior
S. P. and suffering papa goat.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20

The claim of the Carolina Glass
Company, of Columbia, against the
State dispensary commission is $2S,-
600. It has been shown that this con-
cern overcharged the State. Now,
let the commission make good. If it
will pursue the same policy in regard
to this Columbia concern that it has
with the liquor houses out of the
State we shall have no reason to
doubt it's good faith. Treat all alike,
no matter whether the 'grafters'
are from Ohio or South Carolina.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20
Jim Crow Law In Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA, Feb. 49,
The Jim Crow law went into effect
today on street cars and railroads
alike. The street cars are equipped
with movable signs only that being
all the provisions intended on the
part of the companies. There is no
law to prevent whites and blacks rid.
ing together on the rear platform OF
the cars and the conductors will not
attempt to separate them there. All
railroads have arranged their depots
and cars to comply with the law.
No trouble is anticipated on &C
count of the law.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20
Made q Record.

"Yo' said in yo' sermon, Brother
Dickey. dat Jonah wuz eat up by de
whale?"
81 sho' did"
"Well, den, how comes he live ter
tell itp"
That seemed to stagger the old man,
but he gathered himself together and
replied:
'Dats easy. You see, Jonah wuz de
fust fisherman, an he had ter make a
recordp-Atlanta Constitution.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20
An English View Of Robert e. Lex

An English Wow Of Robert E. Lee
General Robert e. Lie was indeed
fully Washington's equal as hero and
q gentleman and much bis superior as
g soldier. It is only in the larger polit-
ical or semipolidcal sphere that he
stands lower and there perhaps only
because his opportunities were 10
much smaller.-London Times Review
Of Trevelyan's History.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20
Inouisitiye.

Nell declare! That woman finds
out everything. l never knew any one
80 inquisitive. Belle-Thats right l
believe she would even pump an organ.
philadelphia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20
What Dropped.

II heard you let something drop In
the kitchen just now, Kate. Did you
break anythingT asked the Lady OF the
house when dinner was being served.
"Only one leg Of the chicken,
ma'amr replied the girl innocently.-
Charity.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20

It begins to look like some persons
are going to be convicted or at least
put to a whole lot Of trouble to ex-
plain their connection with the State
dispensary. Let the good work GO
on.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20

It might be interesting to know
why the senate changed its vote on
the repeal of the lien law. But we
can't explain it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20

Attorney General Lyon told Editor
Koester that he was an infamous
liar" and MIR. Koester says Mr.. Lyon
took a drink with him. When gentle
men meet compliments pass.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20

Attorney General Lyon called Ed
itor Koester dirty and Infamous
liar Editor K6ester says he does
not care to kill such ''vermin.", An
other instant of the retort courte-
Gus.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 70, 1905.

For the Columbia Record to read
the dispensary commission, Mr.. Lyon
or anybody else a lecture on ethics is
like the devil quoting Scripture.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20

Ifyous suffer with Indigestion, constipa-
ton, feel mean and cross, no strength or
appetite, your system is unhealthy. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea makes the
system strong and healthy. 35c, Tea or
tablets. H. F. Hoover.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20

Bad weather we're having agar
this week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-20

RArEs-$1.oo per year; 50 cents for
six months. Payable in advance.
ADVERTISEMENTS 90 per inch for
6rst insertion, SOC. for each subsequent
insertion Liberal contracts made tor
three, six, or twelve months. Want No
tees one cent word each insertion. Local
Notices Sc. per line first week, SC. after
wards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must
be paid for as regular advertising.
COMMUNICATIONS letters or on
subjects of general interest will be gladly
welcomed. Those of a personal nature
will not be published unless paid for.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-21

We call attention to the excellency of
our Cut Glass. For purity of color, rich
ness Of design, brilliancy Of finish and
exclusiveness Of patterns this line Of
American Cut Glass stands unequalled.
The assortment includes various kinds
of bowls, celery trays, naples, spoon
trays, olive dishes, oil bottles, knife rests,
tooth pick holders, individual salts, salts
and peppers, vases, sugars and creamers,
tumblers, water bottles and glasses,
water sets, tankards and candle sticks.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-21
Chatting Dishes

You must take a look at our
display Of chatting dishes in the
window. It is the most COM
plete assortment of these ever
useful articles yet shown in
Wenatchee.
A chatting dish will surely
please her for a present.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-09
SENATOR JONES DEAD.
Noted Arkansas Politician Passes
Away in Washington.

Former United States Senator James
*. Jones of Arkansas died at his home
in Washington at the age of sixty
nine. Heart failure was the immediate
cause of death, which came within a
day after the ex-senator was stricken.
AT the time of his death Senator Jones
was pacticing law in partnership with
his son, James X. Jones, Jr.
i. Senator Jones was born in Marshall
County, Miss, Sept. %, 1899, received
classical education, was a private
soldier during the Civil War on the
losing side, lived on his plantation
after the close of the war until 1873.
when he commenced the practice of
law, ana the same year was elecSed to
the Senate of the state Of Arkansas.
The next stapin the political ladder
came IN 1880, when he was elected in
the Garfield-liancock year as Repre-
sentative to Congress- 1t was not until
Carlisle of Kentucky was elected
Speaker that Jones came forth from OBJ
security and was made a member OF the
Ways and Means Committee of the
House. In 1886 he was elected to the
Senate and took his seat in 1887.
For eighteen years thereafter Sena-
tor Jones was a national character and
a power in the councils of the Demo
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-09
Mrs. Eddy's Latest Card,

In the current number of the Christian
Science Sentinel Of Boston, Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy, head of the Christian
Science church. notices the current ru-
mors about her failing health with for.
NAL statement to the public, saying that
since she is watched "as one watches a
criminal or sick Derson, she begs to
say III her own behalf shat she is neither
and that to be criticised by daily drive
or a stay at home lis superfiuous" II
further recommends that when she does
the latter the curious should be resigned
to the fact that she is minding her own
business, and recommends this surprising
privilege to all her dear friends and enc
miles, To her beloved students" she
gives assurance that she is Giving. low
ing acting, enjoying" and adds that the
Christian Scientist thrives on adversely
and concluding: Justice, honesty, can
not be abjured; their vitality involve life,
calm. irresistible, eternal"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-09
CHICAGO

iusiness in the aggregate diseloses a
steatHer basls and responds promptly to
improved weather conditions. The volume
OF payments through the banks again
makes an encouraging comparison. and
trading defaults are close to the normal
Much satisfaction is derived from the
better outlook in leading manufactures.
furnace and finished mill products being
in renewed demand Seasonable mer-
chandise was sharply stimulated by the
heat wave. the principal retail lines max
ing extended sales Of mems and women's
wear, while jobbers had many rush orders
for reassortment from both city and coun-
try. Cotton goods move more freely on
lower prices and wholesale stocks undergo
the desired reduction. Food products re-
aect well sustained absorption, shipments
OF hardware and builders supplies make a
nearer approach to those Of year ago,
and there IS increased interior demands
for farm tools, wire and wagons.
Bank clearings, S216.460. 1Oi. exceed
those of year ago. when the week in
eluded only five business days by l0.l per
cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number % against rs last week and
Il year ago. Those with liabilities over
$4,000 number s against last week and
in l9O1.-DuL's Review of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-09
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

CASTOR Faivre has been convicted in
New York City of selling Easter chicks on
the ground that the act was cruelty to
animals.
President Roosevelt is left $4,000 by a
will just recovered which purports to have
been made by the late Benjamin f. Had
ley. an eccentric recluse of Somerviile.
Mass.
The Postmaster General has ordered
that postofices now existing outside the
corporate limits of large cities snail here
after be branch poss5fhces, under juristiie-
tion Of the main Office
That sake. a japanese liquor. should b
classed as a wine and taxed as such, was
the decision of the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals in San Francisco in
suit involving the payment of 10000 in
duty to the government
Miss Adele Clemente, aged II. de-
scendant Of Millet. painter Of The An
gelus' and The Man with the Hoe" is
an exhibitor at the New York School Of
Design exhibition.
Mich 2 recent performance at For1's
Opera House IN Baltimore. KeIlar. the
magician, close. mas professional career
He is 80 years Of age and has been be-
fore the public more than forty years
IL is estimated that 1000 actors and
actresses were out Of wcvk in New York
in the height of the present season. The
coming summer promises 10 be one Of the
hardest in years for members of Lac ysro-
fession- A few days ago the actors fuAd
was reported 70 have deficit Of $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-09
MAY sAPP's suiroR FREED.
school Teacher Acquitted ON Charge
of Murder

Samuel Whitlow, charged with the muir
der of May Sapp. Sept. p, 1907, was
declared not guilty. in lcla, Kan. The
jury was out thirty-six hours. The first
votes were 8 to 3 for acquittal. Miss
May Sapp ives the daughter of ]. n.
Sapp, a wealthy and highly respected
farmer of Moran, Kan, and niece of
Col. William Sapp, the widely known
Democratic politician. Whitlow had been
the schoolmaster at Moran, and after Miss
Sapp entered the little school an affection
sprsng up between the two. Even after
Wnitlow's marriage their relations con-
tirued. On the night of Sept. %, 1907,
Miss Sapp left the home of her father at
,aeran, saying that .she was going for a
walk. A few minutes lster her mother
heard cry from the back yard of the
Sapp residence, and then the voice of her
daughter calling in distressed voice,
'Oh, mother. mother.' Rushing into the
yard, Mrs. ssatp stumbled over the pros
trate form OK sar daughter The girls
throat had been cut from ear to ear, and
she died within a few min ties. The State
alleged that Whitlow became tired of
Miss Sapp, and, making an appointment
with her, as had been his custom. muir
dered her. Whitlow set up the plea that
he had met Miss Sapp, but that she had
killed herself
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-09

The extent to which the State courts
shall give due faith and credit to the
decisions of other State courts, as requir-
ed by the constitution, is defined in a
decision of the Supreme Court, to 4, in
the case of cotton future deal at vicks-
burg. The dealer was wiped out by a
decline and the broker sued him for the
sum due over margin deposited. In Mis-
sissippi the laws againss stock gambling
prevented collection, but a Judgment
was got in Missouri. This, however. was
not recognized by the Mississippi courts,
but in this course the Supreme Court
takes the opposite view. at least major
ity of it holding that the Missouri judg-
ment should be given full force in Mis-
sissipni.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-09
NEW YORK.

Weather. crop and trade reports are
irregular There are some rather less re-
assuring advices'from some sections as to
leading crops. due mainly TO excessive
rainfall in wide areas bad roads are
necessary result of this. and trade in
affected sections naturally has suffered.
In other places, where few days of
warm. forcing Gather have interviewed,
trade is better. and in instances being due
TO reductions, which have resulted in large
stocks of goods being cleaned up. Taken
as whole. the eastern and central west
ern States send best reports as to final
distribution. In some primary lines of
distribution the better feeling noted some
time ago has become more widespread.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending May IS number 263,
against 2S4 last week, 142 in the like
week of 1907 127 in 1906. l54 in 1908.
and 1914 in 1904. Business failures in
Canada for the week number 81, as
against 80 last week and IA in this week
of 1907.-Bradstreet' Commercial Re-
port
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-09
BABY SAFE AS CARS RUN OVERT
Little Julia Wefgle Central Figure
i'm Remarkable Escape.

Little Julia Weig1e Central Figure
in Remarkable Escape.
One little Chicago girl baby has been
run over by an entire train of cars and
yet left practically uninjured. This re-
markable child is Julia Weigle, who has
attained the age of 2 years and still lives
with her father and mother at their home
at 2195 North Forty-ninth avenue, in
spite OF her experience with an express
on the Northwestern railroad. Julia was
playing in sandpile close beside the
railroad tracks near her home when the
train rushed by. The suction from the
swiftly flying engine dragged the little
girl under the wheels and the Mortified
engineer, watching the accident from his
cab high above the iron drivers, pushed
the throttle and stopped the ten heavy
passenger cars, expecting nothing else
than to find the mangled body of the tiny
girl back between the rails. But Julia
had been pulled by the wind suction
completely into the center of tie track
and there she had lain, too astonished to
move, until the whole train passed over
her. A few scratches on her chubby legs
and shoulders, cut lip and barked fore
head were her only hurts,