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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24
TEXAS ATHLETIC MEET.
fBy s. ". Press nasoclatlon.

tBy s. W. Press hasocIation.)
DALLAS, Tex. April o4.-One of
the best track and field meets ever
held In the southwest will be that of
the Central Texas Athletic Association
scheduled for this city tomorrow.
The association Is the holder OF one
amateur worlds record. that of the
shot put. and II Is possible that one
or more others will be broken at TO-
morrnw's meet. Fourteen events are
included in the programme and the
PICK OF the amateur scholastic talent
OF Texas will be seen in action.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24
L. sAPPER WILL
CHANGE LOCATION.
Local Merchant Is Fitting UP Room
On Madison Street Where He
~ Moves. Soon.

J. L. sapper. who for several years
past has conducted a store at the. cor
ner of Jackson and Jefferson streets.
is preparing to move his entire stock
to 319 Madison street where he Is
having the room nicely fitted up and
will ( be ready for business May 1st.
Mr.. Sapper has been In business in
Fairmont for seven years and sbuilt5u up
o. good business In that time The
new location sis a good one and no no
evil cont tinue to have las hne,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24
hildren#P ed with Father
10 Spare Their Mothers Life

are sllsht The husband was dead
when cut down by the police.
The children were awakened by ths
iather striking the woman over the
head. Screaming they threw them.
selves across the mothers body. plead
Ing with the man to spare their moth.
ers life. Fleckensteln threw them
aside, struck his wife another blow.
then taking the children in his arms
ne kissed them goodbye. He then
hanged himself.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24
tBy United i Press.11

JoHNsToWN. Pa, April "a
While his wife and two little daurh.
ters lay sleeping in bed Lewis Fleck-
enstein. wealthy German resident
OF THIS city. entered the bedroom early
today and with hatchet. almost
scalped his wife. Then he went down
stairs and hanged himself. The wo-
man was rushed to.a hospital where
II is said her chances for recovery
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24

two parts: placing those who applaud.
ed the artistic for arts sake on the
one side. and those who applauded
naked sentiment for the sake OF vent:
ing an easily aroused feeling on the
other This done the Issue would be
squarely drawn and the decision easy.
The greater volume 6of tton
would nnqusst .pnably come from the
class last described. s. !.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24
NEGRO STOLE wHlskEY.

"a GRAFTON Va, April ,24.-Buc,s
1 Davis. a locnl negro character. walked
tnsS Bollnger's saloon on the main
street. and deliberately took two
sgnarts of Whiskey from the window.
He was seen going out by a bartender
and caught later, being placed under,
arrest Some time ago he robbed the
SofaessI :thss Bell iTeleph phone Company.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24
DR.. I. G. White 4H ighly
=Honored By President Roosevelt

MoRGANToWN, April 24.-Dr.I. C.
White. of this city, has received per
sonal letter bearing the autograph OF
President, Roosevelt. inviting him to
attend the Convention of Governors
which will be held on the 13. IA and
18th OF May at Washington. The invl
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24
May Save His Leg:
NEWS RELATIVE TO CONDITION
OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
MAY REASSuRlNG.

CHARLESTON, W. va. April ga
News from Hamlin, Lincoln county.
is little more reassuring in regarl
to the condition OF Attorney General
Clarke May. His physicians are more
hopeful that they may save his leg.
and have decided to postpone for sew
eral days at least amputation in the
hope that 1t may not be necessary.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24

tation is regarded as a great honor.
the list OF invited guests being limited
to the following: Grover Cleveland.
William Jennings Bryan. ]. j. Hill. An
drew Carnegie. E. H. Hartman. and
DR.. White. DIR. White will address the
convention on the subject. "The Fuel
Problem
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24
Falls e Report
STATING THAT. Ex-PREslDENr
;iSSsscLEVELAMD WAS DEAD WAS
4 ~ 81 SENTsoUTsTo

Bank cashiers and newspaper men
were notified this morning by Dell tele-
sphpneo perators that ex-PresIdent Gro
YER Cleveland had died at seven
O'clock. 1t was found out later that
the report was unfonnded.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24
W. M. M'C0Y DEAD
CITIZEN OF WHITE ROCK DIED
AT COOK HOSPITAL YES
TERDAY EVENING,

Mr.. w. NJ. Mccoy. OF White Rock.
this county. died yesterday afternoon
at Cook Hospital after brief illness.
Mr.. Mccoy was brought to the hos
pital on Wednesday in serious con-
lition from hernia. An operation
was performed but the patient was
unable to recover from the shock. De
ceased was &c years of age and lis sur.
ylved by his wife and several children.
His wife was MT his bedside when he
passed away.
III ,tt ~
John 81 Stump. aof fiParkersburg,
Was Il Tfsf ft6rs III ftie II Wa ara
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24

Miss Stella Metzgar, OF Clarksburs.
was in the city yesterday afternoon
the guest Of Miss Ida Stone.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
MEETING TONIGHT.

The Royal Arch Chapter of ,Masons
will hold q specinl meeting tonight for
work in the Royal Arch degree. a
number of out-of.town visitors are ex-
pected. After the meeting a lunch and
smoker will be Eindulged in.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24

Born TO Mr.. md dlAfrs:sRaymondJA JAb-
battieehin on Wednesday.a GIRL
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-24
Increase
Battleships To 4
WASHINGTON SENATOR INTRO
DucES AMENDMENT TO MA
VAL BILL IN UPPER
ss HOUSE..

WASHINGTON. April 24.-As the
senate was about TO conclude consiL-
Grafton of the naval appropriation bill
yesterday Senator Piels (of Washing
toni. poposed an amendment fncreas-
Ing from two to four the number of
battleships TO be authorized. AS sew
eral senators desired to speak on the
amendment the further consideration
of the bill was postponed until to-
day.
An amendment to the naval bill was
adopted appropriating st1OO0.O00 to
begin construction on the two battle
ships authorized by the bill as 1t was
passed by the house.
The Amendment.
Senator Raynor. OF Maryland. spoke
yesterday on the constitutional right
OF States and executive encroach-
ment. He insisted that the commerce
act of the constitution had been In
ternretel as applying to the indus.
trial life OF the country and far
grenter degree than was contemplat-
ed by the trainers OF the constitu-
tion. He regretted the tendency Of
Democrats to look upon the president
MS their guide and declared that the
president could not be accepted as HIS
"Messiuh."
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22
SOME GOOD BUYS IN CITY
PROPERTY

Pair of lots between Sth and 9th
on Ouray $3.50.
Pair of lots between 10th and 18th
on Grand $500.
Pair of lots between 9th and 7th
on Teller $3.50.
Pair of lots between Sth and 9th
on Gunnison $3.50.
These are all fine locations for
building and can be bought on easy
terms.
Nearly new 7-room modern house
on White. price $500. $500 down
balance to suit purchaser. Can sell
furnished if desired.
Fine Groom modern house close
in on Ouray. Price, $500: u down.
New Groom modern house and
good barn on Rood. Price. $4,000.
$1,000 down balance monthly pay
ments.
New 5-room house on Teller Price.
$1,000. $500 down balance month
ly payments,
These houses are all well located
being between 9th and l1th.
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

For superintendent of Public In
struction:
MRS. KATHERINE NJ. COOK.
For Railroad Commissioners:
A. p. ANDERSON, w. l.. SEELY.
D. H. STALEY.
For Presidential Electors:
c. S. THOMAS, DIR. B. l.. JEFFER-
SON, S. N. WHEELER. DEX-
TER T. SAPP. T. ]. EAR
HART.
County Ticket.
For Treasurer:
MARCUS M. SHORES.
For Sheriff:
CHARLES F. SCHRADE.R.
For Clerk and Recorder:
THOMAS H. RAIDER.
For Judge:
WALTER S. SULLIVAN.
For Assessor:
d. w. NEWTON.
For Superintendent of Schools:
]. w. THOMPSON.
For Coroner:
DIR. II. S. HENDERSON.
For Surveyor:
JOHN F. O'MALLEY.
For Commissioners:
ALBERT BESSIRE, A. E. .HUMES-
TON.
For Representative:
WILLIAM WEISER.
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

Thomas RAIDER maintain the good luck that followed
railroad for he will walk
ing the Reuben
make him anything, the
Stars great Mr. RAIDER has been working like beaver
all that there simply the limit
little higher each Mr. Starr
the mety of MI RAIDER presuming against him.
how he running making each day Mr. RAIDER
cessfu engineer
will
successful clerks in the history of the
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

In experience eighteen years politics.
popuist rule have the republican
woe begone this readily
INTO the Golfers of the respective county hairmen that there almost
much scramble that position
office But beginning believe
the Mesa contingent
has not all Bill
of the the
least 1t oorn affairs
something yet before the end the
things lively about headquarters.
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President:
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Of Nahrnclca

TOT
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
of Nebraska.
For Vice President:
JOHN WORTH KERN
of Indiana.
For U. S. Senator for Colorado:
CHARLES ]. HUGHES. JR.
For Congressman at Large:
EDWARD T. TAYLOR.
For Congressman, First District
JUDGE A. w. RUCKER.
For Congressman, Second District:
JOHN A. MARTIN.
For Governor:
JOHN F. SHAFROTH.
For Lieutenant Governor:
S. R. FITZGERALD.
For Secretary of State:
]. B. PEARCE.
For Treasurer of State:
w. j. GALLIGAN
For Auditor of State:
ROADY KENEHAN
For Attorney General:
JOHN T. BARNETT
For Judges of Supreme Court:
s. II. WHITE, w. A. HILL, MORTON
S. BAILEY, GEORGE w. MUSSER.
For Regents of State University:
RALPH TALBOT, ETHELBERT AID
ANS.
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

We think that Mr. Shah much worried takes
iouy the charges of the republicans that he is loyal the
htude of Mr. Taft the Philippine
door policy
tempt have admit the of the islands free of all duty
Shat
oh and he has told the people he believes this industry
he
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

Do the county county fully that many
voting machines
Mesa county? And they they they
taking responsibility
American citizen without the
crime in the of the
ute time the voting BOOTH
precinct though the should follow
continuous 72O
minutes in day This calculation
missoners should have the good
the
their abandonment
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

Here in Colorado fortunately
had much of But when
Hughes Jr made the Auditorium Tuesday
decline of stocks securities
bonds than the total valuation of all the wealth
lies
fully realize
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

The Mesa Automobile Works is the
best equipped shop on the western
slope. All machinery is now in and
will serve any automobile in the city
or country at minutes notice. Phone
Junction 297.
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22
Threats Against Workmen

II ever the American workmen had
cratic ticket, he has in campaign.
Did fully realize the of the
paper last night concerning the threat of the
H did (and almost
did it not make blood boil
Vote for Bryan and will be
for the republican ticket successful your
10 per
If this not the railroad
shall be surprised to
else could
to become slave he will
usa the faces of those
liberation through the election William Jennings
democratic ticket.
To what lengths does wealth believe
national
toll and who have assisted mang that WEALTH. We greatly
whether there not drastic through
the New York Central punished attempt abridge
the freedom of the workmen
it is not anything else
we challenge
uphold such proceedings
Is wonder whatever
the socialist
corporations
In the election which
may apply remedy to such insult by casting their
great numbers aborng skilled and und
We reached that condition slavery
However, think this
once too often 1t is heritage from the
CT the republican for the election William
in the politics
He has learned that threats don't
election
publican party has and will do anything his u
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

1t hoped
United States senatorshp Guggnhem
opportunity to sell another senop 1t though that should
election result unfortunately that republican would
turned the assembly of Colorado just vote for that
the leaders will sell the
Hamlin, millionaire from Colorado Springs.
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

Pennsylvania be ashamed of than
that which
West
republican ticket that all will be discharged Further
he will shut down We do not believe the boycott
American but believe boycott of this manufactured
ducts by democrat country would bring that stubborn
realization of what his American citizen
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

No opportune than right present has presented
itself projects of the veythe High
Line canal the Orchard irrigation and the electric
railway and neurban Just imagine yourself how things
would hum with under and the
mountain water supply project thrown for good The only
with
much prosperity and much work being gotten under at and
the same time But yet baked at prosperity ana we hardly
think right the Of the biggest ad
county The thing do to keep
permit
chors to drag
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

We tip of the Big Five of Mesa
providing the purchase the voting machines has been stated
that of the republican BOSSES who greatly chgrnet
at the defeat nominees exclaimed
I'll fix them another time III show them that they cannot vote
scratched ticket easily hereafter This Big Five threat
been made good and the hedng has commenced The
question republicans soka will
We will undertake question the begin
republican politics
long
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

If you are looking for choice fruit
lands. we have 40 acres. part in al
falfa, with water right. at $40 per
acre. See Gray. 337 Main street.
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

surely cannot be true that the state committee of the republican
party conceded the defeat of the
abandoned of defeat speakers
have this
Really
in the G.. O. P.
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

Fruit lands! Fruit lands! Look
at this, Raw lands. with water
rights, in 5-acre tracts and up, at
$40 per acre. See Gray. 33.7 Main
street.
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

The visit of the Red White and Blue special added goody
of the democratic
Charles j. Hughes Jr is of the admits copperng by
anything that the opposition present.
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

If you want an absolutely pure
Olive Oil, telephone Junction 124.
Hilbert & RicKs
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

&. Comfortable. attractive rigs good
horses. courteous treatment. rea asonable
prices-Barton & Terrill. the liverymen.
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22

1t is understood that Senator DeLong will Hughes charge
against the sixteenth assembly that sold itself
sold senatorship Excuse us do not further
The daily sentinel., 1908-10-22
HELLO There

few choice tots on Rood and
White avenues. Small payment
down: balance in monthly INSTALL
ments. Come quick. for they won't
last long.
A fine 7-room modern house; close
IN; laundry: barn; two lots. An ex-
ceptional bargain. Only $4,000.
91s acres: all in orchard; mostly
bearing; good buildings; full water
Wight. Only $500.
A few snaps on Orchard mesa on
easy terms.
We write Are insurance and loan
money on real estate.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-10-15
MONr FREDERICK COUNTY, MD.
The Man Who Heard Voices
The Amazing Career OF Frank w. Sardford.
BY F. I. ANDERSON.

1t became Sandf:rd's dream to es.
Cablish Kingdom in the Holy Land.
and make it the centre of his scheme
Of world evangelzation. The gift Of
house in Jerusalem, and at Joppa
broad acres on which a city could
thrive, furthered the idea, ard he
hastened TO acquire vessels. There
are three sailing ships in the "feet." I"
They comprise the Kingdom Yacht
Club" which some of the followers
thought a sportive title. For that
matter, there are dozen horses in
Sandford's stables that can trot 2.20
or better.
The secret of the remarkable rise
of Sandford is his infinite personal
force. His gray eyes have been de-
scribed as magnetic. He has been
called a paranoiac by several alien
lists, yet none of them have been able
to give a satisfactory explanation OF
his extraordinary hold on his follow.
ers.
He is insistent, persistent, despotlc.
He will brook no opposition to his
will, which Is absolute law at Shiloh
which has been absolute law since
the day, fifteen years ago, when ho
turned the first spadeful Of sand on
the hilltop. His whole life has been
one of intense indvidualism. In his
baseball days he was the absolute
boss Of the team; in his college days
his companions had to stand with
him or fall before him. When an
idea obtained ascendancy in his mind,
he worked 1t out to its conclusion as
he saw the conclusion. He did not
seek, nor did he accept, advice.
Coupled with this intense egotsm the
development of the belief that he,
like Moses, Mohammed and Jean
d Arc, was divinely inspired, and had
direct communication from the Deity,
that the voices he heard were as real
as the whispering leaves of the trees
in the forest, where he prayed and
communed, and you have an explana.
tion of the man. The one idea that
he was sent obsessed him. Nothing
could daunt him. Fierce at times,
gentle as a weeping woman at others.
he pleaded, entreated, begged.
stormed and ragged. Intensely hU.
man, with humor, with none of the
sordid spirit that has marked his pro.
totypes, he was a man above all to
his people. His unlimited self-confi.
dence caused his followers not to
limit their confidence in him.
The psychology of the contagion OF
faith that met him is not difficult Of
analysis. 1t IS a state Of mind COM
mon in country communities, similar.
though more advanced, to the hys.
teria Of a Georgia negro camp meet.
ing. The French describe it as a
"Folie a Dieux," term for which we
have no eGuivalent.-Frcm Harper's
Weekly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-10-15
An Old Law.

The late Albert Pell, Conserva.
tive member Of Parliament, who de.
voted his life to the betterment Of
agriculture, the prevention of cattle
disease and the administration of the
poor laws, was man of ready wit.
1t is stated in a recently published
volume of "reminiscences of MI. Pell
that during an election he was asked
If he was not the member who had
made the law which commanded poor
men to support their parents.
"No,' he raped out, that is an
older law. 1t was written by God
Almighty on two tables of stone and
brought down from Mount Sinai; and
as far as l can make out, Thomas, it
is the stone and not the law that has
got into your heart. '-Y outh's Com
paniou.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-10-15
Auto Cars to STAY.

The motor car has come to stay
Its speed has come to stay, for the
ability to travel in a road vehicle at
rate of twenty-five, or even in EN-.
ergencies seventy-five miles an hour,
is a modern improvement of general
benefit. How to reconcile speed with
safety, how to obtain the motors
utility without disturbing the rights
of Others who have equal standing
on the road, is a question really more
practically urgent than many of the
subjects which have position in polit.
ical platforms. Drastic laws like
those of Austria amount to prohibi-
tion, destruction of valuable property
and social backwardness. A progres.
sive people will not tolerate such
laws. but something must be done to
harmonize the conflicting interests
and rights of the highway.-Pbiladel-
phia Record.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-10-15
MAIWA'S REVENGE
ALLAN 0UATERMAIN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE.
By H. RIDER HAGGARD.

Author Of "She," "King solomon's Mines" Etc.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-10-15
CHAPTER VIII.
MAIwA is AVENGED.

The Impi formed up.
Alas! an hour before, It had been
stronger by a third than It was now.
Then Nala detached two hundred
men to collect and attend to the in
jured, and at my suggestion issued a
stringent order that none Of the
cnemy's wounded. and above all. no
women or children were to be killed,
us is the savage custom among African
natives.
On the contrary. they were to be al,
lowed to send word to their women
that they might come In to nurse them,
And fear nothing, for Nala made war
npon Wambe, the Urant and not on
the Matuku tribe.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-10-15

WHAT MAKES A BOY POPULAR.
What makes a boy popular? Sure.
ly It IS manliness, says a man who
knows. During the war how many
schools and colleges followed popu-
lar boys? These young leaders were
the manly boys whose hearts could
be trusted. The boy who respects his
mother has leadership in him. The
boy who is careful OF his sister is a
knight. The boy who will never VIC.
late his word, and who will pledge
his honor to his own hurt and change
mot, will have the confidence Of his
friends. The boy who will never hurt
1.-THE feelings of anyone will one day
find himself possessing all sympathy.
If you want to be popular boy, be
too manly and generous and unselfish
to seek to be popular.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-10-15

There has Just been discovered at
Chilvers Cotton the old font which for
merly did service In the parish church
there and at which the Warwickshire
novelist. George Eliot" marian
Evans), was baptized. The original
of one of her most famous characters,
the Rev. Amos Barton. often used this
font, and many Of the persons Inn
mortalized in Scenes of Clerical
Life" received their names at IT,
London Standard.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-10-15

The inhabitants of the United King
dom post 44,00O,00O letters every
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29

NVYHAT are the two greatest emotions that
w dwell III the human breast. What two
emotions have shaped the deStnIes OF
tons a of individuals from the earliest times to
the very present; What two emotions have been
the causes of the with which the pages of his
tory red and all the leagues of peace and brother
l. union What two emotions have furnished
practically all the material to literature and art .
And finally. what two emotions keep the wheel OF
life forever turning and the old ferry1nan Charon
constantly rowing
These are not new riddles OF the Sphinx: for he
Who may read the answer. They are love and
hate. Love and hate are the two poles of all life
animal and vegeta BILE, we'll as human love
the positive pole of attraction: hate, the negative
pole of repuSion Indeed, may go even further
and say that these two emotions are the poles OF
the universe: for do not find attraction and re-
Dulson among bodies of lnanlmate matter. What
example the attraction of the lodestone tor
ron and Natures adherence of vacuum. but
particular manifestations of Cosmlc love on the one
hand and cosmic hate on the other, Study. If you
will the manifold aspects of the universe and you
will find that throug hout it all love Is the hidden
motor force behind the ana bollc upbuildng pro-
Cesses of life. and hate the motor force behind the
catabolic destructive processes of death. The
order of Nature is not. Professor William James
contends mere Their doing and undoing with
out end d" On the contrary it man1ests spiritual
intent, tendency to eliminate the ugly and the
evil and gradually to become more beautiful, more
good and more perfect. The macrocosm. universe
ike the microcosm. man, to use terms common III
medieval philosophy. has its loves and hates. its
desires and good intentions.