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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
CUTTING AEERAY
Takes Place in a Quarrel Be.
tween Two Men Over
Land Trade.

BEcKLEY, Nov. 2S-At the homo
OF c. j. craddock. near cfrtsville.
John Slusher was attacked by c. j.
craddock, an old man. with knife,
land slusher received five different
cuts on his body.
The trouble between slusher and
Craddock arose over a settlement.
there being some difference between
them ina land trades sIusher was
son-in-law of Craddoek. and went
into craddock's home and started
trouble.
Craddock was taken before Squire
Maynor. who held him in $1,000
bond to answer indictment.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
CLASSIFIED SERVICE
All Fourth Glass Postmasters
Of a Number Of States
Are Now In.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. IL
All fourth class postmasters in the
States east OF the Mississippi river
and north of the Ohio river were to-
day placed in the classified service
by an executive order of the Prsei.
dent. Ohio and Indiana are includ-
ed in the States to which the order
applies
The order has ths effect of placing
$4,000 fourth class postmasters IN
fourteen States under civil service
rules.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
GIVES CHILD DOSE
AND KILLS HERSELF
Chicago Woman Administers
Carbolic Acid to Daughter
and Swallows Fatal Dose

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dec. IA wo-
man who registered at a local hotel
here as Mrs. Schmidt. OF Hot Springs.
Ark, but who was Identified as.
Theresa Lereg Errington. living on
Schiller street. Chicago, today adj
minlstered carbolic acid to her seven
year-old daughter. and then swallow
ed some of the drug herself.
When discovered the woman was
dead, and the child died later at a
hospital.
The husband of the woman Is Mich
olas P. Errington, and he is on the
way here from Chicago. He inform
ed the police his wife was on the way
to Hot Springs, where he was to join
them. He said his wife was in III
health.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
WHOLE FAMILY HELD
FOR MURDER OF man
Action Taken BY Officer as
Result of Dying Mans
Statement.
Statement.

BLuEFIELD. Nov. 9o-Lacy Rob-
'inson and wife have been held Ipr
the grand jury at WEIGH. W. Va.
charged with being accessories before
the fact to the murder OF John Black,
We'll, who was shot and killed at
Clarion last week by Warren and
Henry Robinson, sons OF the Robin
CONS. The boys. aged IA and 10
years respectively. were held. charged
with shooting Blackwell. who died
with severed spine. From his ante
mortem statement the police are led
to believe that Lacy Robinson pur-
chased guns and gave them to the
boys. ordering them to shoot Black
we'll, who 1t is said applied offensive
epithets to their father. The mother
also abused Blackwell on the day of
the shooting and warned him he
would be. killed before night. The
police claim to have clear case
against both father and mother. All
were employed by the j. b. 3. Coll
ller company as miners. The case
will come up at the January torn of
court and promises to be sensational.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
CREMATED
Are Three Children While
Their Mother is OUT
Milking the Cows.

FRANKLIN. Nov. 2s-word has
just been received here of the burn
ing OF the dwelling of Thomas Mey-
ers near Franklin. His two child
rem, aged three years: and nine
months, were cremated.
Meyers was away from home and
Mrs. Meyers left the children alone
when she went to milk the cows
some distance from the house. On
her return, upon opening the door,
she found the room mass Of flames.
1t was impossible to save the child-
rem.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
NAV COUNTY FEE LAW
IN EEEEfsr JANTrADv ,

Beginnihg January i. the new law
governing the fees of county officials
goes into effect. 1t requires that the
sheriff,-prosecuting attorney and clerk
of the county court and circuit courts
shall keep an accurate account of the
fees received.
OF special interest to the public is
the requirement that all fees, costs,
percentages, penalties and allowances
due the county clerk shall be collect
cd in advances, ,-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
DEAFNESS CANNOT RE c1rRED

by local applications, us they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
Deafness is caused by an infiamed con-
dition of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
infamed You have q rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing. and when 1t. Is en-
tirely closed. Deafness is the result,
ana unless the Inflammation can be TAX
en- out and this tube restored to It's nor
mai condition., hearing will be destroy
I'D forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by Catarrh. which is nothing
hut an infiamed condition OF the mucous
surfaces.
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
Fl. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Take Halls Fimily PMS for constipa-
ltOus
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
PILES. PILES. PILES.

Williams Indian Pile Ointment will
cure Blind. Bleeding and Itching
Piles. 1t absorbs the tumors. aliays
itching at once. acts as poultice.
gives instant relief. Williams. Indian
Pile Ointment is prepared for Piles
and itching fthe private parts. Mail
by druggists. Mail SOC and s1.00.
Williams Mfg Co.. Props, Cleveland.
o. Sold by II. +. Burke.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
BoGGEss QUALITIES.

j. T. Boggess has qualified as adj
ministratcr of the estate of Lucinda
Borgess., deceased, giving bond of
500, with Lee Borgess. surety. Tho
appraisers of the estate are v. L..
Hornor. D. E. Mason and T. NJ.
Mason.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
ENDS his life
Lover Takes Carbolic Acid in
Yard Of His Sweet
Hearts Father.

coLUAiBuS. o.. Now 27-willlam
Sherman Farmhouse. 1s-year-old son
OF Mrs Lillian Farmhouse. died today
from the effects OF carbolic acid TAX
en- in the yard OF John Lane. Barn
house had. been paying attention to
one@ot Lanes daughters. The cause
Of the suicide Is not known.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
ARcHBoLD,s TESTIMONY.

NEW YORK, Dec. John D.
Archbold's testimony in the govern
ment s,iit against the Standard OIL
Company brought his narrative to-
day through the liquidation stage and
up to the holding period of the New
Jersey company.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
ALV0RD RESIGNS
As the President of the Anti
j Saloon League of West
Virginia.

A meeting of the trustees of the
-Anti-Saloon league has been called
for next Monday morning at Sisters
willie to accept the resignation Of
Theodore Avord as superintendent,
name his successor and take up work
preparatory to the fight In the legis-
lature this winer. Mr.. Alvord viii
continue with the Anti-saloon League
Iand 1t has been suggested that he be
made head of the legislation commit
tee.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
ENGINE EXPLODES
Killing Engineer and Fireman
and Fatally Injuring
a Brakeman.

PARSONS. Kan. Nov. e7-En-
gineer Frank Melville. and Fireman
Wolf, Of Dallas, Tex, We're killed and
Brakeman, Roe injured fatally. as the
result Of an explosion of a Missouri.
Kansas g Texas freight engine near
here today. IN
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03
q q NAT URE,'S CURE
/. FOR RHEUMATISM

condiuons
healthfl remedy as the and safest
irritating
blood weakening ouring the cirrula
then becomes unfit for noung the deposits
Of the muscles joints and bones the pain
Rheumatism To the trouble Dot
ash other strong minerals simply adding another
sspEs % m nanlng Nuaity ana perhaps In
for Rheumatism is 8 It is natures remedy disease made
heatu the roots hebe
and bs Of the forest fields and
of the OF Rheumatism pues the
and restores health and comfort who
this painful disease There is but DOSING
medicines to take s. S. S. Boof os
Rheumatism and any medical advice free. =
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03

Hives. eczema, Itch or salt rheun
sets you crazy. Can't bear the
touch Of your clothing. Doan's ONT
ment cures the most obstinate cases.
Why suffer. All druggists sell it.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03

Can't look wen. eat well or feel
well with impure blood feeding yonr
body Keep the blood pure with
Burdock Blood Bitters. Eat simply,
take exercise, keep clean and you
Will have long life.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03

Itching. bleeding, protruding or
blind piles yield to Doan's Ointment.
Chronic cases soon relieved. finally
cured. Druggists all ssll it.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03

Deputy Sheriff w. f. Leonard Is
here from Salem on official business.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-03

Woman loves clear, rosy som-
plexion. Burdock Blood Bitte.s
ipurifies the blood, clears the skin,
restores rudy. sound health.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13

large number Of foreign Officers to
serve with the Turkish constabulary.
An italian general was placed in COM
mand Of the constabulary reorganiza-
ton scheme, and to him were attached
many Of the foreign officers. Tho
scheme proved Intellectual from the
beginning. Instead Of commanding the
gendarmerie in the field, the sultan
held, and imposed his view upon the
powers, that the foreign officers were
merely to act as instructors in schools
for aspirant constables. Six months,
a delay of tragic Importance to the
hunted Christian peasantry Of the
Macedonian highlands, was spent in
discussing the question whether the
European officers should wear Chris
tian caps or the Turkish fez.
In the meanwhile the willy sultan
was more than friendly. Those of the
foreign officers who could be reached
in that way were loaded with rich
presents. Some of these presents
were undeniably of kind that could
be easily converted into cash. Others
were given brilliant decorations and
honeyed speeches. It was quite no.
ticeable that many of the foreign Off
GERS soon began to exhibit very little
interest in the people whom they
were sent to protect. "A vermin-
stricken, NANCY lot" is the way one
of the officers was reported to have
described the Christian peasants at a
concert in Yildiz Kiosk, and shortly
afterward his wife appeared with d.
amond tiara, which Pera gossips
averred she had never been seen to
wear before.
l.; AS it has we'll been said, every one
81 the powers wishes to modify the
hpresent situation, but, unhappily, it
would appear that each one wished
to modify it for its personal adva'i-
tage, and, alas, profit. In a word the
news from Macedonia is that the
champions of Christendom have come
to blows, not with the assassins of the
sultan, who are seeking to destroy the
remnants of the congregation that st.
Paul loved, but among themselves
over a sordid question of political loot
Worlds Peace Imperfect.
However, the statements made in
the British parliament recently by
government officials in regard to the
Macedonian question go to show that
there was something in tho reports
telegraphed some days ago about the
possible disruption of the concert OF
the European powers and subsequent
trouble in the near east. The secre
tary for foreign affairs said emphat
ically that if Macedonia continued to
be neglected catastrophe would
follow.
1t is, indeed, time that effective re
form measures should be put in force
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
in Macedonia for the good of the
Christian inhabitants of the province.

in Macedonia for the good of the
Christian Inhabitants of the province.
A foreign general officer has been
in charge of the Macedonian
gendarmerie with other foreign off,
GERS under him, but supreme control
has remained in the hands of Turkish
officials. AS long as that is the case
real reform is out of the question.
The British government, recogniz-
ing that, raises the question whether
the time has not come for the appoint
ment of a Christian governor for
Macedonia. The sultan may be ex-
pected to resist such an appointment,
for he would see in it the prelude to
the loss of the province. Turkish his
tory has taught him that.
The secretary for foreign affairs
says the concert of powers must either
justify or stultify itself. That is, it
must either demand further conces-
sions of Turkey or split up. If 1t shall
do the latter, then Turkey will be OBJ.
durate and the peace of Europe may
be imperiled once more. Whether
any power is prepared to side With
Turkey and block reform in Mace.
donia remains to be seen. There have
been rumors that one or another
power would do this, but AZ yet moth
ing IS certain.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13

Marquis Of Argenson, Louis XV.'s
great minister, wrote: "The first
great change that will take place in
Europe will probably be the conquest
of Turkey. This empire grows weak
er because of it's bad government, and
because it is impossible that this gov
eminent should become better, and
quite sure that it will grow worse.
They are rising in the Ottoman en-
pire. Every day a feather falls from
the wings Of the Turkish eagle"
So it seemed to this far-sighted man
several centuries ago, but to-day there
is only one fact of the Balkan situa-
ton upon With all sane westerners
agree, andhat is the growing
strength of the Turkish military re-
sources, writes Stephen Bonsal in the
Philadelphia Ledger. That,is formid-
able body of trained and fanatical
men, some 100000 strong, that tram
pies the Christian peasants of Mace
donia under foot, and, after looking
the situation over. the intervening
powers of Christianity have not fallen
on this rugged host, but have fallen
out among themselves on a question
of railway concessions.
Thirst for Advantage.
The car of holy Russia and En-.
peror Joseph, who was called to rule
the holy Roman empire, are exchang'
ing letters, which, while the diplomat
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
BALKAN CRISIS
PROVOKED BY
POWERS GREED
ALLIANCE to Press Reforms Upon the Porte Crippled
by Inability of Christian Governments to Agree
Quarrel Among Themselves Over Loot and
elf-Interest-Peace of the World Imperfect

On the other hand, Austria has the
right to build her railway, or rather
the gaps in the present system. 1t is
q right that was granted by an article
of the Berlin treaty, and it has not
lapsed simply because the Austrian
government has allowed the matter
to lie in allegiance for so many years.
The other rumored Austrian project of
building a road from her Bosnian.
Herzegovina system to the Adriatic
and then down the coast to Montene.
gro, and ultimately to Greece, is a
sound idea, and one that would pay
for itself handsomely, at least so fa1
as Cattaro, and probably there is nc
idea of pushing the road much fur
Their in the immediate future.
Ready for Roads.
Under the fostering care of Herr
Won Kallay, the provinces of Bosnia
of Herzegovina, and in a measure, too
Dalmatia have flourished under Aus
trian rule and development. They are
ready for railways, and many more O
them. Ten years ago the complaint O
little Servia and the veto of Russi:
would, of course, have brought thest
projects to an -untimely end, but to
day the balance of power in the nea
east has changed as greatly as it ha'
in the far east, and the protests arr
more likely to fall to the ground thai
are the projected railways.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
bringing the agents of the powers to
act with unanimity or even in good
faith

bringing the agents of the powers to
act with unanimfty or even in good
faith.
However, at least, the Muerzsteg pro-
gram created two organs of control,
or buffers between the Turkish au-
thorities and the Christian peasants
of Macedonia. Two civil agents, one
Mons. Demerik, . a Russian. and the
other Herr Won Muller, an Austrian,
were authorized to and expected 10
control the action of the Turkish au-
thorities. They were expected to
shadow the inspector general. to indi.
cate to him the reforms which they
thought would prove helpful, and to
listen attentively to the complaints
of the Christian inhabitants. They
were ordered and authorized to inves-
tigate all complaints that were
brought to their attention, but unfor-
tunately the investigation had always
to be held in the presence Of a Turk
ish functionary-in other words under
circumstances where no. Christian
peasant, after 600 years Of Turkish su-
premacy, would dare to tell the truth.
Something more than moral support
was required to make the slave Of cen.
turtles stand up and defend himself.
In addition to the restraint of the
civil agents, there were appointed q
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13

&c forms are still observed, recall the
wordy wars of railway kings. The al
lance or entente between the powers
which was to press reforms upon the
porte that would make it possible for
the Christian subjects of the porte
to live in peace and yet live Christian
lives, has been disrupted by the greed
of gain and the thirst for political ad-
vantage experienced by the powers,
which have in the last decade plumed
themselves upon exercising mandate
in Macedonia which they had received
from outraged humanity
1t is pitiful end of the reform
decade, and the best that can be said
of the situation is that to-day the
Christian peasants are not much worse
of than they were before, and that
those who have survived their hard
experiences are probably much wiser
than they were when they began their
political schooling under such august
patronage. Taking the optimistic
view. the Turkish soldier is not al
ways brute and the Turkish effendi
not always thief. Looking backward
now, the more than decimated peas
antry of the Macedonian highlands
doubtless recall the pleasant days of
before the uprising, the days when
they had not heard of Pan-Slav or a
Pan-Hellenic propaganda, when they
didn't know whether they were Servi-
ans, Roumanians, Bulgarians or
Greeks, and didn't much care.
The Railway Row.
The railway row is clearly pretext
for and not the cause of the split in
the joint Macedonian policy of Russia
and Austria. Russia has not even the
remotest intention of building a rail-
way from the Danube to the Adriatic,
and if she had the intention, she has
not the money. This road would cost
millions, and goes through a difficult
and what railway men call very
lean" country. 1t would never pay;
that is, not within the ken of the
present generation, and could only
serve a political purpose which Russia
will be unable TO pursue for many
years to come.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
inspector general Of tn. disturbed

general OF the disturbed
provinces.
The moment Hilmi Pasha arrived at
Salonica to assume his herculean task
the late Count Lamsdorff, the Russian
minister for foreign affairs. set out
for visit to the capitals Of the Balkan
peninsula. He visited Sofia and Bel
grade, and advised the Servians as
we'll as the Bulgarians to cultivate
the more peaceful and above all more
lawabiding methods in their Mace
DOMAIN propaganda.
Count Lamsdofff then proceeded to
Vienna, where he had many confer
ences with Count Goluchowski, the
Austro- Hungarian minister of foreign
affairs. Together they drew up an
other program of reforms, which
was, OF course, Immediately accepted
by the porte in February, 1903. The
details Of the proposed reforms are
unimportant here and now. They
never passed beyond the paper stage.
The integrity of the sultan's domin-
ions and his unimpaired sovereignty
were safeguarded by them, and in
their proposals the powers remained
we'll within the limits of policy de.
fined by that important article % of
the treaty of Berlin.
A Bloody Instruction.
The result of the application of
these paper reforms did not remain in
doubt for more than a week. Instead
of the pacification and a peace ap
preaching that of paradise, which the
bureaucratic Russian count prophe
sled would descend upon the blood
drenched land, came the most blutk1y
and formidable instruction thatsfss
rebellion-ridden country had teYel
seen. It required 100000 of the best
troops of the Ottoman forces to up
hold Turkish authority, and even with
this tremendous display of force, the
Turks made but little Roadway against
the insNrrection until the fall. wher
many of The Bulgarian bands, yielding
rather before the onset of winter thar
of the Turks, withdrew across the
frontier.
To bolster up their shattered pres
tige in the Balkans, in consequence
of the summers bloody work, thu
car of Russia and the emperor o
Austria met at Muerzsteg in October
AS result of this imperial conference
the Intervention of Europe in Mace
DOMAIN affairs became for the frs
time direct, but the results of tn
new course fell far short of expecta
tions, in the first place because of tn,
wonderful ability of Hilmi Pasha t,
checkmate every move made by tn,
agents of the powers, and in the sec
ond because of the well-nigh insupera
bic difficulty that was experienced ii
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13

God as King
hears and answers,
the petitions Of
b is S u b ] e c t s.
Prayerlessness ig-
nores the ruler of
the universe by
refusing to petit
ton him. The
prayerless me- IN
has placed him
self outside the
pale Of civiliza-
ton by denying
to the ruler the
right to hear the
petitiOns of his
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13

The story of the so.called reforms
in Macedonia is sad and a sordid
one. Officially, at least, all Christen-
dom with long pull and pull alto
gether," has been unequal to the task
o. making the sick man of Europe sit
UP, or of bringing the "unspeakable
Turk" to book. In England alone of
all the great powers interested, and,
Indeed, morally responsible for the
horrors of daily and hourly occurrence
in the luckless vilayets, is there any
appreciation of the dreadful situation.
Almost weekly the Macedonian COM
mittee, Of which Lord Newton and Mr..
Quincy are the most active members,
publish statistics setting forth as
plainly as cold figures can make them,
that the present laissez faire policy
OF the powers has only served to repro
duce tableau of what in the iron age
TIE world must have been.
England Hampered.
The English humanitarians are ham,
pcred in their work by the undeniable
fact that through the action of the
earl of Beaconsfield and Lord Sails
bury at'the Berlin congress, when they
thwarted Ignatieff's plan of greater
Bulgaria, including free Macedonia,
England is primarily responsible for
the present status of affairs. They
are further hampered by the presence
in Constantinople of an incompetent
ambassador, who has given undeniable
proofs of his want of capacity in such
important posts as he has occupied in
Sofia, in Pekin and in st. Petersburg.
The first whisper of reform-in
what we call Macedonia-came in vir-
tue of the accord of 1879 between Aus
tsia and Russia, and their recognition
by other European states as the pow
ers most directly concerned. The ad-
vice Of the powers was accepted
gracefully|it always is-by the sui
tan, and with the purpose of forestall-
ing any possible drastic action the
sultan himself drew up a program Of
reforms. and appointed that adroit
diplomatist and profound student Of
human nature. Hussein Hilmi Pasha.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13


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