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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27

Friday night. at Frisco. an import.
ant bout will be pulled of among the
feathers. Two old coast rivals will
meet again when Frankie Neil AMI
Abe Atell step in the ring. Frankie is
very confident of his ability to take
case of himself and is not afraid that
Abe can master him. He demonstrat,
ed this when honors were even in o
contest at Frisco July 4, 1906. The
bout will be for 20 rounds, 122 lbs
weight in at $3.50 p. m. which practi.
cally means weight in at ringsIde.
Spike" Robinson, who disputes owen
Moran's claims to the English feather.
weight championship title and whose
claim is generally recognized by Eng.
lish ring authorities, arrived in this
country Friday. and will probably be
matched with the winner of the Neil
Atell match.
An important contest will be pulled
on at New Orleans this week, as 1t will
start a revival of the light heavy
weight class the contest is between
Mike schreck and Tony Ross. who will
fight around 165 pounds. Marvin Hart.
re.entry into the squared ring will be
with the victor of this match.
The latest from England is that in
terest is growing intense over the
Burns-Palmer contest to take place
February 10th. Jack Palmer is show
ing up In the best form of his career
and Burns is not being selected as an
easy winner any longer. tits predict
ed that Burns will have to use all of
his science and ring generalship to
best Palmer in this mill and will have
to be strictly on his guard against him.
Kid Goodman and Matty Baldwin meet
at the Armony A. A. tomorrow night.
There is some talk of matching VIII
lie Lewis. who recently defeated Pat
OKefe. the Irish mIddlewcight, with
Billie Paple, meanwhile. Lewis will
fight Jim Donovan, the English mid
dleweight. at the sharkey A. A. on
Wednesday evening.
Tonight at New Kenslngton the
Welter championship of Western
Pennsylvania is to be decided when
Paul Moore and Null Bowser meet IN
what is predicted will be a gruellng
contest.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27

"LITTLE TIM" IS HONOR GUEST.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-"Little Tim"
sullivan. scion of New York's alder
manic royal family, who recently
achieved fresh fame by leading cru
sade against the public smoking of
cigarettes by women, will be the guest
of honor at great dinner to be given
by his admirers at the Knickerbocker
Hotel tonight. one thousand persons
will be fed at cost of $4,000, contrib.
uted by fifty of Little Tim'sP friends.
Nothing is talked of on the Bowery
today but Little Tins" feed, and
those who have been so fortunate as
to receive invitations have refrained
from eating for several days in order
to be in condition to do strict Justice
to the s5-a.plate layout.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27
COOKE DENIED
The Application for Writ of Habeas
Corpus Saturday and Must
Remain in Jail.

CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-Judge McEwen
Saturday denied an application for a
writ of habeas corpus in the case of
John A. Cooke. formerly clerk of the
Cooke county circuit court.
Cooke was some time ago convicted
of the misuse of the funds of the
county and was sentenced to the PEN
itentIary. He made a strenuous fight
through the higher courts and tried to
obtain ruling from the United States
Supreme Court, which, however. de-
clined to interfere. He then sought
relief through an application for a
writ of habeas corpus, which was de-
MED today, the court holding that the
conviction of Cooke was legal and
binding.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27

The contest for the 1903 convention
Of the American bowling congress has
dwIndled down from FIVE cities to De-
troit and Pittsburg. That Pittsburg
is making heavy preparation to be the
successful candidate is seen in the
fact that already 81 delegates have
been elected to attend and special
committees have been appointed to GOV.
er different fields of the battle. The
decision of the A. B. C. committee
Will be given on the last day of the
convention when 1T will name the city
and date of its choice.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27
oRpER % suaLlcArIoN.
oF WEST YIRGINlA

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
At rules held in the clerks once 81
he Circuit Court on the ilrst Mcnday
in January, 1908.
George DeBolt VS.. Red Rock Fuel Com.
pany. corporation; Log Ii: Rai-
lit. Ambros s. List, b. Forrest Hart
ley, Arthur "A. Fowler and GeofSe
DeBolt, directors Of said corporas
ton; Arthur A. Fowler, executor 81
Ambrose Fowler's estate; Adelaide
N. Brown. Ambrose s. list ii his
own right; Lee L. Malone. Logan
NJ. Bullitt. in his own right city
Bank of Wheeling, Corporations
Peoples Bank Of West vireinia
corporation: Sullivan Machlne
Company, a corporation: Gregg Gro
Gerry Company. corporation; Kane
and Keyser Hardware Company
corporation; Tllden B. Drummonds
doing business as t, B. Drummond
and Co. Fairmont Steel Company
corporation; Westinghouse Electric
and Machine Company, corpora
ton; Valley Grocery Company
corporation; Claude B. Outright
bury p. Russell and George IS
Smith. partners trading under Ii
firm name Of A. P. Russell q Cos
The Commonwealth Title INSURANCE
and Trust Company tr1,stee cor
poration, and Robert Dalzell. trns
tee.-In chancery.
The object OF this suit Is to restrain
and enjoin the president, vice presls
dent. directors, and all other offceE
agents and employees fired Rock Fuel
Company. from further proceeding or
interfering with the AFFAIRS or mi
property OF said company. or exercis
ing authority over the same, That
the Commonwealth Title and InsuE
ance Company, trustee. and Robert
Dalzell, trustee, be enjoined from ex
ercising any of the powers and duties
conferred upon them by deeds. Of
trust fully described in the bill hiled
in this cause. That all persons, firms
and corporations be enjoined from en-:
tering or prosecuting suits against I'll
Red Rock Fuel Company; that are
ceiver be appointed for Red Rock Fuet
Company to take charge OF all the
property and TO manage the attairs
onJ busfnouu ~ aa{d cornnarv fir,fisfs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27

ed the laurels of the match go to SUIT
ton. sutton will defend the 1872 line
billiard world championship against
Ora G. Morningstar in series of 10
games starting tonight.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27

Last Saturday night the final game
between Geo. Sutton, OF Chicago and
Geo. slosson. OF New York, in the 1872
line billiard world championship con-
test was played and slosson won that
game by a score of 500 to 251, but as
Sutton won six of the ten games play
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27
Piles Cured In 8 to IL pays,

PAZo OINTMENT IL guaranteed 70
cure any case of itching, Blind. bleed
ing, or Protruding Piles in 6 to II
days or money refunded. SOC.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27

me Jockey Club has decided on
March 20 as the opening date Of the
washington Jockey Club at Benning
aith ApriI 18th as the closing date.
me opening date of the Maryland
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27

To Cure a Gold In One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo ouinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money II it
fails to cure. E. w. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box. 25c.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27

Jockey club at Pimlieco. Baltimore,
will probably begin April 25.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-27
FOR RENT

FOR RENT - Furnished rooms Tor
light housekeeping or otherwise. ne
Hamilton street. Ct
FOR RENT-Furnished front room
all conveniences, 500 Walnut. r.
FOR RENT-House and fruit orchard.
adjoining street car and Fairmcnt, SIS.
a month. Attorney Losch. 800 JACOBS
building. i7s1ot.
FOR RENT or farnished roona
for light house keeping. no Locust,
avenue.
FOR RENT-Threc rooms suitable Tor
Hight house keeping; hot and cold VA.
ter gas and electric lights; min
utes' walk from Courthouse. ~ Non;
roe.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-02-02
BLUE GRASS BLADE.

during his regime. Prohibition is a
mere sumptuary law and was declared
by Abraham Lincoln to be a specie
OF intemperance In itself, in that
drunkenness was at one extreme and
prohibition at the other. The temper
ance movement originated in England
and was inaugurated by the Free
thinkers of that day. The church OPP
posed it. AS the movement became
more extensive the church took it up,
-espoused the cause as its own, and,
gong further, began to advocate alb
solute prohibition by law.
AS fundamental proposition it is
impossible to make men moral by
law, equally SO to make them religious
by law. Prohibition is force and force
naturally creates friction. This fric-
ton is productive OF evil results.
Known facts prove that clandestine
whiskey drinking is more prevalent
in prohibition states than in others.
1t is, after all, simply a question OF
appetite and men S appetite can never
be controlled or regulated by law.
Every man should be an ardent advo-
cate Of temperance but as to the fulfil
ity OF prohibition every man must be
left free to follow that course, which,
to him, appears to be right.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-02-02
FREETHOUGHT AND
PROHIBITION

"Will you kindly answer in the
next issue of the Blade, the following
question, "Can a Freethinker advO-
cate prohibition
The above question is prcpounded
by an Illinois friend. The very basic
principle of Freethought is that the
individual shall not be bound by fixed,
or prescribed rules Of conduct upon
questions of sociology, religion or
politics, and under this principle the
individual so far as Freethought is
concerned, is left to follow the die
tates of his own conscience. Many
Freethinkers do advocate prohibition
and many oppose it. Recognizing the
distinction and the difference between
prohibition" and Temperance"
some Freethinkers advocate the latter
and oppose the former. SO far as the
Blade is concerned it believes in tenn
perance but does not believe in pro-
hibition. We realize that the late
editor Moore was an ardent prohhib-
Zionist. We did not entirely agree
with those views although we had no
right to oppose them in the Blade,
Blue-grass blade., 1908-02-02
POOR OLD KANSAS.

The sunfower state is said to be
going to Christ.
1t has already gone to hell.
Further, the church and it's blight
ing influence is altogether RESPONSE
BILE for the latest condition of affairs.
Many people will be able to recall
the collapse of the boom, back in the
eighties, when Wichita fell with a
crash. 1t was a calamity resulting
from an artificial initiation of property
values. Little by little the progress
sive element of that prairie town be-
gan to labor for Improvement and free
from speculative influences it began
to creep back into stability and
strength. Business revived. The peo-
pie were prosperous and happy. A
steady growth set in and Wichita be-
gan to make herself felt in the affairs
of the state.
Unfortunately, Wichita is also the
home of innumerable church cranks
who believe that every ordinance
should be passed by prayer and the
police force sent upon its daily round
signing the doxology These people con-
sidered it crime to buy a drink of
whiskey in an open saloon but favored
its purchase at wholesale through the
medium of lying statements signed in
a drug store. Chicken thieves were
not expected to visit a hen coop until
they had sent up petition to the
Blue-grass blade., 1908-02-02

broken and dead, the system is suicidal
and the Blade can heartily agree with
Mr. Witter in his indictment against
Sunday schools We cannot do better
than to close by quoting the following
forceful declaration made by this
writer He says, after laying down
his predicates:
''The time must inevitably come to
those young people who read and
think when they will awake to the
superfciality and falsity of such teach
ing, and when that awakening comes
the reaction will probably be more
radical than it would have been had
they been properly enlightened in the
first place. The pendulum will swing
so far that in rejecting these feeble
and narrow views of spiritual truths
they will in many cases be led to re-
ject all versions of it. That this is
real danger can be seen by daily OBJ
servation. 1t accounts for the abso-
lutte skepticism and agnosticism of
many, and it also accounts for the fact
often noted, that the most confirmed
infdels frequently spring from just
these marrow UNCONVENTIONAL schools
and influences that refuse obstinately
to open to the light of more modern
and better conceptions of the religious
life."
When Napoleon declared that the
word impossible" existed only in the
dictionary of fools, he had not been at
Blue-grass blade., 1908-02-02

throne of grace. The business rule
with the pseudo-pious was to give
long prayers on Sunday and short
weights on Monday. Church deacons
never hesitated to cheat in a horse
trade and the membership was of
class that would sell five and ten cent
cigars out of the same box.
Another misfortune for Wishita
lies in the fact that the women are
permitted to vote in all. municipal
contests, and as all the women belong
to one or other of the numerous
churches, the result can easily be i'm
agined. The parson got into politics
The women followed him. The par
son tapped his wings, stretched his
neck, and the foolish flock cackled.
The candidate who stood for the
church and for church rule got the
votes and landed the persimmon.
These are facts.
But look at the result!
With the church in political power
through the election of it's candidate
for Mayor, the town has entered upon
another collapse. With the church
debating and managing public ques-
tions and policies, there is an exodus
of the liberal and progressive element.
Unwilling to face such conditions
their future welfare depended upon
immigration. Houses are vacant. The
recent building epidemic has ceased.
A commercial darkness has settled up.
on the city more fearful than the
Egyptian gloom. The town is under
the thumb of the church and the
screw" is being applied with fanat-
zeal energy and zeal.
1t is recorded that one of the first
official acts performed by the ortho-
dox Mayor of Wichita was to dis
charge the old and experienced police
on the ground that they did not dis
play sufficient energy in trailing the
blind tiger and preventing the illegal
sale of liquor New men were put in
these positions of trust. The new men
were church members who knew no
more about police duty than they do
about infant damnation. They could
smell cornjuice but were totally I'M
able to recognize felony in broad
day light One of the worst results
of this condition of affairs is, accord
ing to the information at hand, that
the town is now infested with thieves
and thugs who boldly burglarize
homes right and left, many women be-
ing afraid to venture to their own
doors at night. Robberies are con-
stantly occurring and the people are
powerless to protect themselves
against these twin curses, a crime
nj dlala aitsr asal ala..s..l
Blue-grass blade., 1908-02-02

When Napoleon declared that the
word impossible" existed only in the
dictionary of fools, he had not been at
Waterloo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-13

statute books and that NO favors are
to be expected for those who break
the laws.
This shall be SO that the men
who conduct legitimate business
may understand that the government
is back of them and does not in
tend to do anything to Interfere
with their legitimate advancement"
Substantial Progress Ahead.
After the applause which met the
declaration had subsidized, Judge
Taft added:
1T is question of the definite
knowledge of the statutes and of
their clear undertaking which shall
make the honest progress of our
business possible. And that is, in
my belief. all that is necessary to
make that progress substantial and
enduring"
Judge Taft apologized for direct
ing his words into such serious dis
cussion.
Il know the difficulties that will
arise in my new care" he added,
land know that there will be ques-
tions which will arise that do not
know of now, and that times will
come when many of my friends here
will shake their heads and say poor
BILL but all ask is for suspension
of judgment until the situation may
be understood. It's decisions will
rest upon principles Of sound and
honest business policies which I have
outlined and its intricacies may
be ascertained and applied. These
details will, am sure, explain what
may appear to be errors of judgment
and mistakes
What Judge Taft said preceding
his plain business talk pleased the
club immensely. He told of the
many policies which had been die
tated to him by the local committee
men during the campaign, and then
of the whole object of being Presi-
dent, which was to enforce the laws
and give every honest endeavor a
fair opportunity, and to warn with
knowledge and prosecute with vigor
every apparent effort to evade the
laws and to affect prosperity by dis
honest business methods.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-13
Inauguration Gossip.

Washington Especially. Hon.
Frank Hitchcock, the chairman of
the National Republican Committee,
is expected to announce in a few
days the name of the chairman of
the executive committee which will
have general charge of the inaugural
ton of Mr.. Taft. 1t is believed that
Mr.. Hitchcock will appoint Lieuten-
ant General Henry c. Corbin. GEN
eral Corbin is one of Mr. Taft's
warmest friends. He is living in
Washington, and his long military
service and splendid administrative
and executive ability would make
him an ideal man for the place.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-13
FINANCIAL

News comes from Rhyolite that
the Montgomery-Shosh will en-
large its stamp mill.
Silver metal sold at 49h cents
an ounce.
New York. Philadelphia & Nor
folk Railroad directors declared a
semi-annual dividend of So.
President Knox, of the Montana
Tonopah Company. who has been in
Philadelphia, would not say definite
ly when he thought his company
could pay a dividend. There is still
debt ON the mill. part of which
has been leased to another company.
The Iron Trade Review" says:
Decided improvement has character
lied the pig iron market within a
few days. which. 1t is believed. in
dicates permanent change for the
better. The result of the Presiden-
tial election has cleared the atmos-
phere and moderate buying In all
lines is expected.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-13
Yields TO VII of the People

Lincoln, Neb. Especially William
j. Bryan issued the following state
ment:
1.-THE election has gone against US
by decisive majority. 1t is impos-
sible at the present time to say what
causes contributed most to the Re-
publican victory. We made our
fight upon platform which embod-
led what we believe to be good for
the American people, but it Is for
the people themselves to decide what
laws they desire and what methods
of government they prefer. have
faith that the publicity which we
asked for will yet commend itself
to the American people, that the
election of Senators by the people
will be secured, that the iniquities
of the trust will arouse an opposi-
tion that will result in the elimina-
ton of the principle Of private
monopoly. I am confident that the
people will see the necessity for the
labor legislation and the tariff re-
duction which our platform demand
ed. / am confident, too, that the
educational work done in this CAM
paign will result in securing greater
protection to bank depositors. The
above are the most prominent re-
forms for which we labored and
believe that these reforms will yet
come, together with more effective
regulation of railroads and independ-
ence for the Philippines.
81 desire to commend the work of
our national committee am en-
tirely satisfied with Mr.. Mack as the
chairman and with the members of
the committee ! do not see what
they could have done more than they
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-13
Foreign

Both France and Germany are
manifesting conciliatory spirit and
readiness to accept arbitration of
questions involved in the Casablanca
incident. Italy and Austria-Hungary
advised the Germans to be prudent.
Editor Harden, of Berlin, who ex-
posed the German count CLIQUE. has
boldly told Emperor William that he
had better either curb his tendency
TO engage in controversial politics or
abdicate the throne.
Fayetta Morgan, daughter of ]. l..
Morgan, of Marion. N. c., eloped with
w. p. Craig and they were married
at Canterbury, Eng.
The German coasting steamer
Archimedes has been wrecked and 10
Of her crew drowned.
The long-standing dispute between
the d6Aa6n operatives of Manchester.
Engiaha and their employers has
been sel&ad.
The volcano of villa RIGA, in Val
diva province. Chile. has been In
violent eruption.
The second squadron of the Amer
lean battleship fleet sailed from
Annoy, China. to Olongapo, in the
Philippines, 70 join the first SQUAD
ron in target practice. Among the
court officials at Picking there is a
feeling Of humiliation that the en-
tire feet. instead of squadron, did
not visit China.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-13
Mr.. Taft Outlines A Vigorous Policy

Cincinnati Especially. Speaking
to the4 Cincinnati Commercial Club.
of which he has been a member for
Is years, William Howard Taft
brought every member of the club
to his feet in his address. sounding
the keynote of prosperity for the
country for the next four years.
Every business man who is obey
ing the law may go ahead with all
the energy in his possession; every
enterprise which is within the stat
utes may proceed without fear of
interference from the administration,
when acting legally; but all interests
within the Jurisdiction of the federal
government may expect a rigid en-
forcement of the laws against dis
honest methods" was the keynote
of what Mr.. Taft said.
To Show No Favors.
Judge Taft told in a way which
no one has written of the human
side of the campaign:
II have been the subject of a
coterie of bosses,' he declared with
the greatest good humor, which the
demands of left me no duty but
to respond to the calls from six
o'clock in the morning to midnight,
to the calls of the populace and
if did not respond, the crowd, af-
ter one minute, made a mighty
shout: 'Hurrah for Bryant
Seriously" he declared, ''the in
dications are already apparent and
the hopes which I entertain are that
the business communities and the
investors of both foreign nations and
among our people will take heart in
carrying out the great enterprises
which have been projected and must
be carried to termination If the
country is to reach it's full need
of prosperity and business standing.
Business men are to he shown
the lines of legality and are to be
directed in keeping within these
lines, which have been emphasized
during the last four years. Bust
ness men shall know that they are
to conform to the laws upon the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-13
BIG FIRE AT ORANGE.
Business Section OF The Town Prac-
tically Wiped Out.

Richmond, Va. Especially .-Prac-
tically the entire business section of
Orange, Va, was destroyed by fire,
which started in Ricketts, drug
store at 5 o'clock A. M. Fourteen
buildings, including the Baptist
Church and three dwellings,, were
burned, the total loss being estimat-
ed at from $4,000 to 100000.
The exact amount of insurance is
unkncwn.
The structures destroyed were
Ricketts, drug store, Ware & Watts
hardware establishment, two ware
houses belonging to c. A. Gaines,
the Barlow Land Agency, Rawlings
grocery store; Emil Levy, dry
goods; Sol Cohen, dry goods; Waite
& Chewing. housefurnishings the
Baptist Church and three dwellings,
one of which was occupied by Mrs.
Mcdonald
From the drug store the flames
which spread rapidly took north
erly course, the entire block being
Quilted. The blaze crossed over the
railroad track, taking in the tele-
graph tower and then reaching over
to the Chewing store and the Bap-
tist Church.