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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-29
SHERMAN OSES
CANARD ADO HIM
Burke Attempted to Black.
mail Candidate for the
Vice Presidency.

UTICA. y. y, Oct 2s-Bcfore leav-
| ing here to resume his speaking tour
Thorough the state. James s. Shcr-
man. Republican vice presidential
candidate, gave out statement deal
Ling with the charges made public 10
the effect that Mr.. Sherman had bcc,
involved in an attempted deal In gov
eminent timber lurlds In New Mcxi-
co. with one Edmund Burke and
others. the company which they had
formed seeking to obtain possession
through sharp practice, at low flg-
ure, millions OF acres OF valuable
timber. Mr.. Sherman's statement is
as follows:
My attention has. been called 10
a sensational article in the New York
World. making charges against me in
connection with the New Mexico
Lumber and Development Company,
a corporation which has not been
In existence for some years. o care
full investigation shows 50 far as l
am concerned. the charges has no
substance whatever. and as to my
connection wit hthe enterprise the
fullest possible investigation and
|Ipupiclty are courteu.
The fact about 1t is briefly that
somc years ince Mr.. Burke present
II "a business proposition involving
t1e purchase OF timeber lands
in New Mexico, which we're not
United States property and the con-
strucion OF railroad. There were
ten gentlemen, think, who gave 5000
leach to form company and invests
gate the project. Experts were em-
ployed to inspect the property. Some
OF US visited the lands. SO there was
no secret about 1t. and on the other
hand the local papers had much TO
say of It at the time.
After looking into the matter
carefully and at length 1t was de-
cided that the lands available would
not yield a profit on the railroad con.
struction and development. The plan
was abandoned. the company. dlssolv.
ed, about half the sum invested was
4 paid back to each of US. and our
prospective connection with the en-
l terprise was ended.
Not one foot OF land or one dol
lars worth of United States property
Waa WILL III ally WY
There was no secrecy about 1t and no
need for any. ! never urged the pas
sage of any such bill as is referred to.
and die World article does not say
THAT 1 did. What Mr.. Burke or any
one else did. before or after our in
vestigation of the proposition, do
mot know. and If he or anybody else
attempted any. bribery business It was
without the knowledge. consent or APP
prevail of myself or any of my assoc
tciates in the enterprise. Tho whole
thing was a private enterprise which
as business men we investigated and
turned down half Q dozen years ago.
1T may be of interest In this con-
incction to say that later Mr.. Burke
wrote me saying that he was being
pressed to make statements which
would be calculated injurc me and
asked me TO see him in Chicago on a
date when was billed to speak
there. That letter was not even ac-
knowiedged. because had nothing to
pay or promise to prevent the dis
closure of of any public or private act
of mine. If he has found market
for tho wares the incident must go
along with what ] suppose is to be
expected In the last week of a cam.
ipaign.'
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-29
BIG CROWD
Hears Speakers at Republican Rally
Mt West Milford.

Senator Harvey W. Harmer and l..
Wade coffman, Republican candidate
Tor circuit clerk, were greeted by a
large and enthusiastic crowd of citi-
zens at the rally held at West Mil
ford SatNrday night. Other candi-
dates on the county ticket were pres
ent also. Issues of the campaign In
the county. state and nation were
ably presented by the speakers aud
their remarks were wen received.
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Tomalntain health mature man
or woman needs Just enough food to
repair the wsste and supply energy
and body heat The habitual con-
SUMPTION Of more food than is nee
essarYfor these purposes Is the prime
cause OF stomach troubles. rheuma-
ttsm and disorders of the, kindneys,
If troubled with indigestion revise
your diet. let reason and not appetite
controland take a few doses CT Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver. Tablets
and you will soon be all right again.
For sale by all dealers.
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JUMPED INTO RIVER
Third Attempt of Girl to Commit
Suicide is Successful.

EAST LIVERPOOL. o.. Oct. &C.
When Ella Davidson. aged is, made
the third attempt to take her life she
was successful. Failure in, love az
TAR was the cause. While she was
out in yacht with a party of friends
Yesterday afternoon she leaped into
the Ohio river where water is four
teen feet deep and was drowned. En-
forts to recover tho body have been
unsuccessful.
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MAIL CARRIER IN Tolls

wARpEsvlLLE, W. Va. Oct. go
Thomas Jenkins, a mail carrier, was
arrested on a warrant sworn out. By
the local postmaster. charging him
with robbing the mail pouch OF two
registered letters. Jenkins. carried
the mail from wardensvlile TO Star.
Va. 1t is claimed that he unlocked
the mail pouch with pad lock key,
which was found. Since the arrest
1t developed that there are five regis
tered letters missing.
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FOUND cnuncH DOORS IockIsp.

YORK. Pa. Oct. se.--Rev. W. j,
Houck, of Washington. d. c., appoint
ed week ago pastor of tho Allison,
Memorial United Brethren church TO,
succeed the Rev. r. Rhoads. found
the church doors locked against him.
The congregation want their old pas
tor back.
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Ladies' Suits

dictators The coats display the stylish long lines, are
single breasted and have semi-6tted backs notch coll
lars, drectoe pockets and plain striped satin Innings
The skirts made the new gored models, trimmed
with 8-inch fold gracefully narrowing up the sides
and decorated with buttons. These suits are made of
good materials. In all the leading shades
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MILLION
Bushels of Coal Started Out
of Kanawha With
Rise of Waters.

GALLIPoLIs, o.. Oct. 2s-The
sudden rise in the New river district
resulting from the heavy rains per-
NIT the shipment Of more than a mil.
lion bushels of Kanawha coal to the
South. iAll coal packets between
Gallipolis, Cincinnati and Louisville
have resumed their trips.
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MRS. PARKS HoSoREp.

Mrs. Frances p. Parks. of Fair.
mont. State president of the wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union OF
West Virginia, has been highly hon.
ored at Denver, Colo, at the nation
al meeting of the w. G. 7. U. She
has been elected corresponding secre-
.tary of the National Union, the sec
ond highest Office in the organixa-
ton.
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$3.50 to So. SO
Ladies' Waists

Our waist department is now showing some pretty
designs in silks and nets are excellent copies of the
prominent Partisan modstes creations, suitable for all
occasions. Specially priced.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-29

+. u, Robinson. OF New Afartips-
vile, was visitor here Wednesday.
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Ladies, Skirts

We will place on sale three large shipments Of Skirts,
were bought at anunexpectedly moderate figure They
are shown in Voiles, Panamas, Worsteds, Serges.
Broadcloths, Silks Chiffon Silk. Made up in thenew-
est models. The coors are black, blue. brown, grey
and tan. Don't miss this opportunity you want a
separate skirt ALL sizes
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-29
Morcrhan Enoueh Too Mucb

Weston, W. Va. Oct. %, 1908.
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$1.98 to $3.50
Millinery

One hundred pattern Hats secured from large i'm
porter in New York at price far below cost of mater
ials Every is different and the trimmings are the
very best that could be used Large and small shapes
and all colors These Hats would cost elsewhere up
to $1,000. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-11-11

Toxic, Japan.-The reception &C.
corded the American Atlantic fleet by
the Government and people Of Japan
Is conceded by the American naval
officers to be the heartiest and most
perfectly carried out of the many re-
ceptions received by the fleet since 1t
sailed from Hampton Roads. Rear
Admiral Sperry said that he was ut
terly unable to say how it had been
accomplished, but that the welcome
given the fleet and its officers and
men here had been so carefully
planned and carried out to the most
minute details that lasting impression
has been stamped upon the mind OF
every American who has witnessed
it.
It is impossible to doubt the sim
certify Of the Japanese. The Ameri-
can officers and sailors are already
beginning to understand the fact that
the evident desire on the part of the
japanese for the friendship of Amer
lea is not founded upon opportunism,
but finds it's source in a sincere wish
to show that such friendship, at.least
on the part of the Japanese, has ex-
listed always, and that this visit Of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-11-11

New 70 City.-After spending
fourteen months on an investigation
along the canal one regarding the
allegations that have been brought
against certain officials in the employ
of the Canal Commission, ]. H.. Col
Inns returned from Colon, en- route
for Washington, D. c., to make his
report. He declined to discuss 1t be-
fore submitting it to the authorities.
Mr.. Collins said last month was a
record one for the amount OF money
sent to the United States by men en-
ployed along the canal. He found
them all in good spirits and fond of
baseball, bowling, tennis, rowing,
and all kinds Of healthy outdoor
sports. Gambling is not popular nor
drinking to any extent, Mr.. Collins
found, and this had been so marked
during the last year that many OF
the saloon and gambling house pro-
prietors in Colon and Panama have
closed up and gone to pastures new.
The health of the employees as a
whole was good, he said, and the
labor conditions at the present time
satisfactory. Excellent food at cost
price is sent down by the Canal Com
mission twice a week for the en-
ployes and their families.
"Just before leaving Panama.
said Mr.. Collins, II met Baron Won
Tuber. He was sent out by the
Smithsonian Institution to study the
conditions of the San Bias Indians,
who live in the interior Of the Re-
public Of Panama, about seventy
miles up the coast on the Pacific
side. He told some of the most
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WILDLY WELCOMED TO JAPAN.
Yokohama Crowded and Bedecked
in Fleets Honor.

Yokohama, Japan.-The American
battleship feet enjoyed a wild wei
come by the Japanese. A feature OF
the naval reception was that the
Americans were matched ship for
ship blythe Mikado's navy.
Decorations were everywhere,
ashore and a1oat, and in every di-
rection the Japanese were eager to
show their good will to the visitors.
There was a great display OF day fire.
works of all sorts of designs. The
streets were fairly damned with thou
sands upon thousands of natives,
many of whom had come from a dis
lance, and on every side could be
heard expressions of good will. e.
The customary formal calls were
made by Vice-Admiral Baron Ijuin,
commanding the reception squadron.
and Rear-Admiral Sperry. The lat
ter also called upon NJ. Mitsuhash1,
Mayor of Yokohama, and Baron Sufu,
Governor of Kanagawa prefecture,
who subsequently returned the visits
on board the Connecticut.
The delay in the arrival of the
fleet caused some curtailment In the
program prepared for it's reception,
but everything possible will be, done
to make the vista memorable me-.
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SWAN N A HAIL OF BULLETS
Aged Lawyer Escaped Tennessee
Night Riders.
Owed Into Reelfoot Lake While
Lynchers Planned His Death and
Got Away Without a Wound.

Tiptonville, Tenn.-Colonel f. q.
Taylor, who was taken from Walnut
Log, Tenn, at night by Night Riders
and who, it was feared, had been
murdered, as was Captain Rankin,
his law partner, arrived here unhurt
but suffering from shock and the
hardships Of two days in the woods
without food.
Colonel Taylor said that after the
mob had hanged Rankin and had
riddled his body with bullets there
was some discussion among them as
to what should be done with Taylor.
Some wanted to hang him and shoot
him up, but others thought it might
serve their purpose better to hold him
as a hostage until they could exact a
be free fishing water.
While the discussion was going on
Taylor, who is nearly seventy years
old, but spry as a much younger man,
was left unattended a few feet away.
Suddenly an inspiration came to
the old man. Knowing that most Of
the mob's pistols had been emptied
into Rankin's body he decided to
make a break for freedom. He was
standing near a deep arm of Reelfoot
Lake about fifty yards across and
very deep. No sooner had he con.
ceived the idea than he dived into
the water, and, swimming below the
surface, came up a log not far
from the opposite bank. He hid be-
hind this log and escaped the first
volley that was fired at him. Then
he ducked again and did not come up
again till he was almost at the shore.
Hundreds Of shots were fired, but
there was little light to guide the
Night Riders aim and not n of the
bullets hit him. Reaching the shore
he got behind a stump, where he re-
NAMED till the shooting ceased.
Then he made as good time as he
could through the forest.
When daylight came he got his
bearings from the sun, but was afraid
to return to Walnut Log for fear he
would be captured again. Turning
toward the west, he made his way to
the cabin of a woodman. where he
got food and rested until morning,
when he came here.
He left for his home in Trenton,
having sent word to his family that
he was safe.
"I guess the world will regard me
as lucky, but after all I simply played
a trick that any one in the heat OF
battle with the odds against him
might play" was the modest state
ment made by Colonel Taylor. He
said he learned some of his tricks in
the Civil War, at which time he had
some experience with sharpshooters.
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KILLS GIRL AND HIMSELF
SeweII SIeuman, Millionaire, Tele.
phones News and Cuts Wires.
Omaha Man Found Dead With Eva
Hart-Leaves Wife and Three
Children-Run Bucket Shops.

Omaha, Neb.-Sewell Sleuman, re-
puted to be worth $1,O00,000, and
well known throughout the West as a
broker, after telephoning a warning
to a friend, shot and killed Eva Hart,
whose company he had been keeping
for some time and then took his own
life. The shooting took place at the
home of Miss Hart, at No. 1904 Bur-
dett street, whittier the two had
driven in an automobile a short time
before the tragedy. Although it &C.
Cured about 11.15 o'clock, it was
not discovered until an hour later
by a special officer who was sent to
the Hart home at the request Of j.
P. Comstock, Mr.. Sleuman's office
manager.
About II o'clock Comstock re-
ceived a telephone message from
Sleuman, in which the latter re-
1uested Comstock to communicate
with his brother in Hastings, Neb.,
and inform MIN that a terrible trag-
edy" was "about to occur" Com
stock quickly called up the police
station and told them of what he had
heard. The night sergeant attempted
to reach the Hart home by. telephone,
but was told by the telephone GEN.
trail office that the receiver was of
the hook and that the place could
not be called.
An officer was quickly sent to the
Hart home, and as he approached the
house met Miss Harris brother, who
was just returning from the theatre
The two entered the house together,
and found Sleuman and Miss Hart
lying on the floor of the front parlor,
both dead.
Sleuman had an invalid wife in
Hastings, Neb. He had become well
known in the West because of his de-
fance of the Chicago Board of Trade,
which had tried in many ways to
prevent him from using its quota
ions on grain and provisions. He
had two offices in this city, where his
headquarters were situated, and
about twenty branch offices scattered
over Nebraska and Missouri.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-11-11
SNOW BLOCKS TRAFFIC
Heavy Fall in Rocky Mountains
Causes Six Fatalities.
One Man Frozen to Death and Others
Killed by Live Wires and Col
Iisions in Colorado.

D~enver.--A storm, accompanied by
rain and snow, has prevailed in
northeastern Colorado for nearly for
ty-eight hours. Heavy snow in the
mountains has done considerable
damage to wires and blocked steam
aud electric lines.
Six accidental deaths are trace
able to the storm and seven persons
sustained serious injuries in railroad
collisions and by coming in contact
with live wires. The dead are: JOS
eph Henry, killed by a live wire in
Denver; J. J. McCloskey, killed by a
live wire in Loisville; Mrs. Lizzie
Winslow, killed by a live wire in her
home at Fort Collins; August c. Car
son, frozen to death in the To- near
Longmont; Leonard F. Banker, scald-
ed to death in a wreck on the Rock
Island Railroad near Carlton, and
Henry John, killed by a collision be-
tween a handcar and a motor car on
the Union Pacific Railroad in the
Denver yards.
Santa Fe, N. M.-Snow fell in Gen.
trail and Northern New Mexico, and
some sleet fell here. The tempera-
ture dropped here from e%ighty-ive at
noon to forty during the night. A
gale blew all night, and considerable
damage is reported all over the New
Mexican plains section.
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Resourceful Sergeant,

At one army post where a number
of recruits were temporarily stationed
an old sergeant was ordered to ascer.
tain to what religious sect each mai
belonged, and to see that h. Joined
the party told off for that particular
form of worship. Some Of the mel
had no liking for church, and de.
clared themselves to be atheists. But
the sergeant was a Scotsman and Q
man of experience. "Ah, Wcsl," said
he, then We haze no need to kape holy
the Sabbath, and the stables haze ma
been claned DOT lately" And be or
dered them to clean out the stables.
This occupied practically the whole
day, and the lei lost their usual
Sunday afternoons leave. Next Sun
day a broad smile crept over the face
of the sergeant when he heard that
the atheists had Joined the Church OF
England.-The Argonaut.
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GOLCONDA FOUND IN THE CANAL ZONE.
Commissioner Collins, Of Washington, d. c., Says Life
Is Pleasant and Living Economical at CoIon-indlans
Trade in Gold Nusgets--Gambiins Not PoPuiar.-
All American Games Pursued as
Outdoor SoortSs

thrilling adventures I have ever
heard. His companions, two Ameri-
can boys, were killed by the Indians
last January.
1.-THE Baron described the San Bias
country as being very rich and. the
natives warlike. He was certain
there is plenty of gold back in the
mountains, as the Indians traded for
merchandise in gold nuggets, which
had evidently been washed down
some mountain stream. He said that
the difficulties to be encountered In
the San Bias country were very great,
as there were no roads at all, the only
means of travel being by canoes
and navigating t%ortuous waterways,
where an exploring party could. be
easily ambushed. In addition to the
Indians there was the malignant
black-water fever to be c~ontended
with.
1.-THE Baron is making monthly ex-
petitions into the San Bias country
on behalf Of the Panama Govern
ment to teach the natives how to get
rid of the swarms of locusts that de-
stroy their crops. He stays in as
long as his provisions last. He Is &C.
companied by his brother, a Heide1-
berg student. The baron said it
would be perilous for any white man
to attempt to reach the mountains in
search Of the gold, as the natives
have never allowed any strangers to
penetrate into the interior. He was
only there on suffrance, and had to
be always on the alert. Their coun-
try is rich in coal and all kinds Of
| minerals" o. 81.
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TIE
General Demand,

of the Wel-lnformed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy OF known
value; e laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com-
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial IN effect
acceptable to the system and gentle. yet
prompt. in action. r.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
eelent combination Of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Go. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for it's remark
able success.
That is one OF many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Wel-Informed.
20 get it's beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manutactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co.. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
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New York City.-Dr. Henry Fair
field Osborn, president Of the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History, re-
ceived word from Great Falls, Mon,
that a research party from the mu-
scum, headed by Barnum Brown, had
discovered part Of the skeleton of the
Tyrannosaurus rex, a prehistoric ami
NAL. in the Bad Lands several miles
south of Glasgow, Mon.
The fossil, which is forty feet long
and twenty-five feet high, has a per-
feet skull, an entire set of ribs, back
bone and hip girdle and practically
supplements the specimen discovered
in the same section in 1902.
Ever since the first fossil Of the
"king of the reptiles" as the Tyran-
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WIND BLOWS CAR FROM TRACK.
Twelve Laborers Killed as Caboose
Rolls Down Long Dcclivity.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-A caboose carry
ing iaborers. and attached to a Union
Pacific freight train, was blown from
the track near lIermosia Junction.
Twelve men were killed outright and
many others were injured.
The men had been at work below
Hermosia Junction and were return
ing to the latter place when the &C
cident occurred.
The wind had been strong all day
and at shutdown reached the velocity
of a hurricane. The road crosses a
deep canon at the point where the
way car turned over, and the caboose
with its load of humans rolled down
the steep declivity to the creek bed
far below. A relief train was sent
from Cheyenne.
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JAPAN'S CORDIAL WELCOME.
Inc Receptio1 Of the American Fleet Was Elaborate
- and Perfectly Carried Out. w.. 49, -

fleet has merely afforded the Japan
csc an opportunity for that express
sion.
Admiral. Sperry was received at
the imperial palace. On the next day
the admirals and captains of the feet
we're the guests of the Emperor at
the palace. Admiral Sperry conveyed
to the Emperor a message from Pres
ident Roosevelt. This message
breathes a spirit Of friendship and
sympathy and expresses keen express
sions of the traditional friendship be-
tween the two nations and an earnest
wish for the Strengthening and con-
tinuance of the friendly relations OF
the past.
Three thousand sailors from the
American fleet were granted shore
liberty daily, and it is remarkable
that Notwithstanding their long con-
finement aboard ship not a single diff
ficulty has been reported, bearing out
the statement of Admiral Sperry,
made in one of his speeches here, that
the American sailor of to-day Is the
result of that development and edu-
cation which Japan is seeking in
every department Of her national life.