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The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-16

The attendance of customers In brok-
ers' Offices was the largest that has
been seen at any time this year. Yes
terday's great market had much to do
with this. In some Offices there was
standing room only while clerks were
kept exceedingly busy taking orders
and attending to correspondence. tele-
phone and telegraph business Traders
as rule exhibited great deal of in
dependence and paid little attention to
the advice of brokers.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-05
THAw WANTS TO GET AWAY
Not Crazy Enough to Remain at
Matteawan Longer.

FISHKILL LANDING, ". Y. Feb.
5.--Harry Thaw is determined to
leave Matteawan at once, and at a
conference yesterday informed his
counsel that they must take action
at once to secure his release Thaw
told Lawyers Peabody and O'Reilly
that he was willing to go to pri-
vate sanitarium. if necessary, but
that he must be removed from Mat
teawan.
During the day DR.. Hammond
and DR.. Jelifre. the alienists retained
by the Thaw family. were with
Thaw for some time. o'Reilly said
that everything would be done thai
could be to get Thaw away from
Matteawan as the depressing sur
! roundings were such as would tel
on man of his temperament.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-05
STUDY
MADE PRACTICAL
STATE COLLEGE AT PULLMAN
MAKES INVESTIGATION TO
DETERMINE VALUE OF TREES
GROWN IN THE PAL0USE

PULLMAN, Feb. 5.--The classes
in forestry at the state college have
been investigating the diffarent
shade and ornamental trees which
in the past Is years have been
grown to maturity on the state ex--
perimental farm, with view to de-
termining which are best suited to-
the conditions of soil and climate.
found In the Pacific Northwest. A
standardization of the results of tfffs;
investigation by President Bryan
follows:
eve found the royal oak, planted
Is years ago, added about an inch
to it's diameter the first year and is
now 80 feet In height. A busheT of
acorns have recently been taken
from this tree. The towering
ash has proved to- be one of the An
est of all the shade and ornamental
trees on the campus. Trees of this
kind planted Is years ago are now
10 to IL inches in diameter. The
tree is noticeable by its beautiful
dark green foliage, tapering bole and
4 smooth, beautiful skin. The limbs
are strong and compact, and the tree
is not injured by the winds, thus
rendering it adaptable in peculiar
degree to prairie region.
"Our English maple has all the viz
tues of the Eastern sugar maple, and
is much better adapted to this eli
mate than the Eastern variety. W.
find trees of this variety are nov
eight inches in diameter, while ;
neighboring sugar maple Of the SAM
age Is but two inches thick. A Gu
rious fact is that the corresponding
European variety does better thai
the American variety, even thougl
it be native here. This is also no
ticeable in the case of the larch o
'tamarack, and the mountains ash.
''The beautiful Oregon maple
with its broad leaves, Is just littl
too tender for our climate. Tn
beautiful little grove of blue spruc
just east of the new domestic econC
] my building has given US reve's
ton of what this tree win do II prof.
erly cared for.
"of the varieties have Just mel
q toned and many others, there al
now about 10000 trees or shrubs Q
the college campus that have bee
planted during the past Is years f
ornamental purposes. Our class
in forestry have now had only half
college term in this work, but 1t
already pretty nearly proved thi
the people of the Northwest cou
we'll afford to give more attention
trees and shrubbery than they do
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-05
FEATURES OF
DEVILS AUCTION

One of the exclusive features Of
fered by Manager Charles H. Yale
in the twenty-sixt edition of the
Everlasting DEVILS Auction" is a
new mechanical illusion entitled the
Dance of the Baby Elephants.
The dresses in this number have
been designed and manufactured by
Mr.. Edward Seidle of London and
New York. Mr.. Seidle is unques-
tionably the foremost creator OF
stage properties. His first notable
success in this line in this country
was the huge and life-like comedy
elephant used in the original pro.
duction of De Wolf Hopper's great.
est success, Wang"
1t has been customary in the ma.
jority of all large scenic plays Of
spectacles in making an instantane'
Gus change scene to darken the
stage and auditorium by lowering
ali lights to the state of almost to
tai darkness, and while the audi
ence sat in gloom, the stage hands
by means of revolving scenery o.
other methods then made the "in
stantaneous" change in question.
Manager Charles H. Yale, how
ever. has introduced an innovation
in this line in the twenty-sixth edi
tion of his Everlasting DEVILS Auc
/ ton" A new trick scene has beef
prepared showing the Realms o
Mephisto," the elaborate and en-
ormous setting filing the entir
depth of the stage. changes at Gu
to the beautiful Valley of And
oche." a beautiful pastoral seen
complete in every detail, the chang
being made in the full open ligh
( with apparent absence of stag
hands. The effect is instantaneou
and a triumph in stage mechanism
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-05
Comforting Words
Many a Lewiston Household Will
Find Them So

To have the pains and aches OF
bad back removed; to be eatirely
FREQ from annoying, dangerous uri-
nary disorders, is enough to make
any kidney sufferer grateful. To tell
how this great change cal be
brought about will prove comforting
words to hundreds oi Lewiston read
ers.
Mrs. J. Gorr1ar. living in Orofinc.
Idaho, says: II gladly give Doan's
Kidney Pills my endorsement. For
two years prior to using them en-
dured a great deal of suffering, the
result of disordered condition of
my kidneys. I suffered from dull,
dragging backaches, had severe
pains through my loins, and it was
very difficult for me to stoop. When
ever I contracted cold it was sure
to settle in my kidneys and greatly
aggravate my suffering. ! tried rem
edy after remedy, but did not sue
coed in finding relief until / finally
commenced uring Doan's Kidney
Pits. They went at once to the seat
of the trouble. and it was only a
short time before was cured. 1t al.
ways gives me pleasure to speak q
good word in favor of this reliable
remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
cents. Foster-M ilburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-05

in the Kings county court yesterday
on charge of attempting to kidnap
Mrs. Angela Arena at the instiga-
ton of a former sutton.
The men threatened the woman
and announced to her that they
would take her by force to her for
mer sutton unless she consented to
go peacefully. The two men were ar
rested after the police had overheard
their threats. They were heavily
armed and attempted to resist.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-05
FOREIGNERS
SEEK FARM LIFE
HUNGARIANE TIRED OF MINERS
LIFE WISH TO C0LoKIzE In
THE WEST AND TAKE UP AG-
RICULTURE..

BOISE, Feb st. b. Thomas
manager of the, Big Lost River land
& Irrigation company is in receipt of
a letter from the commissioner OF
immigration aat Pittsburg, who wish
es to locate az few Thousand Hungar-
fans on western agricultural Rnds,
says the Boise News.
In the letter he states that these
foreigners do not trust the banks
and keep their money in pouch
tied around their bodies and carry
an the way from 5000 to 5000
around with them. He says if a
good land proposition is made to
this element they are willing to in
vest their money, as majority OF
them are anxious to quit work in
the mines where there have, been a
large number OF accidents, and re-
turn to their naturaT vocation Of
| farming.
! The letter states that in Pennsly-
vania alone there are over 100000
! foreigners and over 1000 foreign
/ societies and some $50 churches.
| These. men, he STAGES, earn al the
way from 1920 to- $169 per month
and only spend 25 per cent of that
/ amount for their living. thus leav-
ing rs per cent idle and fruitless
! For several years, the man states
he ha sheen engaged in getting for.
eigners into the United States ant
Is now anxious to have them engage
/ in farming i'm the west. He states
he is interpreter for fifteen mine
. employing $4,000 foreigners.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-05
PastIme Program

The following is the new pro-
gram for the Pastine this week:
"The Prodigal Son."
Quick; Pm on Fire"
"Crayona."
1.-THE Lost Umbrella"
Song-"Ain't You Glad You
Found Met"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-05
GO TO PRISON
FOR KIDNAPPING

NEW YORK, Febb. 5.-Francisco
Reiccho and Comm Verledo were
sentenced to 10 years imprisonment
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
COAL DEAL
Conway Coal Company Sells
to the Marion Gas
Coal Company.

The Conway Coal Company, COM
posed of r esidents of Clarksburg,
shinnston and other points in the
county. has sold to the Marion Gas
Coal Company 31S acres of coal land
at the mouth of Bingamon creek.
near Enterprise. The price paid was
5000 an acre.
The Marion Company, 1t is . said,
Will begin the Immediate construct
ion of bridge to span the West
Fork river at the mouth of the creek
to siding which has been contract
ed for with the b. & o. Railroad
Company. The new plant to be In
stalled will be modern in every par
ticular and will, have u capacity for
a large output.
Besides securing. the tract OF the
Conway Company. the Marion peo-
pie have secured n large acreage
near their proposed plant on a royal
ty OF ten cents a ton.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
MAIL SERVICE
Is Growing Much Heavier as
the Christmas Holiday
Season Comes.

With the advance Of the Christ
mas season, Uncle Sans mails are
growing heavier fast and the regular
force of clerks and carriers are hav-
Ing more than their hands full In
handling the letters. packages. bun
dies. boxes. etc, which always flood
the mails during the yuletide sea-
son. The forces of the local depart
ment, will. however. be Increased
when the sub-cierks and carriers are
all placed at work to help out during
the remainder of the Christmas and
New Years seasno.
Up until the beginning of the last
week there was not an over-abund-
ance of mail matters to handle. but
for the last few days it has been
stacking up at lively rate and COM
pares very favorably with conditions
of a year ago. Christmas will he OBJ
served after the usual manner OF OBJ
serving legal holidays at the, local Of
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
Mr.. Stout Dies
VERY SUDDENLY
Well Known Resident Of the
County Expires After
is3g Lifting.

BENJAMIN Basel. Stout residing at
Center Branch, died suddenly at an
carly hour Monday morning. Mr..
Stout had been near neighbours
house a short distance from his own
doing some work and while in the
act of throwing lifting jack over a
fence he was stricken with heart
trouble and lfeli. dying a few min
u:es afterwards
Mr.. Stout was 10 years OF age. He
was u son of James Stout and born
near Quiet Dell. He was a promi-
nent live stock raiser and operated
saw mills on an extensive scale. He
was widely known in the county.
Surviving Mr.. Stout are his second
wife. one son. William Stout. OF
Randolph county. by the first union,
and three sons and three daughters
by the second union, namely, Lee, Of
Tennessee; Charles Stout. OF Center
Branch; Mrs. Mary S. Reynolds. wife
of Frank Reynolds. of this city; AIRS.
Josie Southern, wife of Henry South
ern; Meigs and Martha Stout. OF
Center Branch. Two sons. James
and Burton, by the first union. and
one son. Carson. by the second. are
dead
Mr.. Stout's first wife was Miss
Nntter and his secoud wife's name
was Mary Burrows.
Announcement of Mr.. Stout's sud-
den demise came as severe shock
to many friends, who deeply, sympa-
thize with the family IN their be-
rcnvcment. Es
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
N e11 @ Fl cers
Gel ing Ready
Next County Officers Are
Busy Giving Bond Be
fore County Court.


What promises to be long ana
busy term of the county court began
Monday morning with all the mem.
beers and Deputy Clerk Roy Byrd
present.
Charles A. Sutton qualified as j
notary public with bond at $3.50 and
j. n. Wilkinson surety.
An exoneration was allowed
Thomas Koon on the valuation of 4
lot in shlnnston at s725 and the
same was ordered stricken from the
land books.
An excessive valuation OF 5000
was taken off for Angellne Ash on
two acres in Elk district assessed al
$500.
James NJ. criss qualified as con
stable for Simpson district, giving
bond of $4,000, with John D. Nc,
Reynolds surety.
David l.. Hall, guardian of L. s.
and onie NJ. Stutler, was granted per.
mission to give new bonds, with C.
w! Furbee surety and the forme,
bondsmen were released.
Will E. Morris qualified as prose
cutting, attorney. No bond was re.
quired by the court.
Herman B. Davis. qualified as jus.
tice of the peace for ,Tenmile dis.
trict, giving bond of $500 with
Ralph w. Young and Clete Randolph
sureties. He will succeed James
Bumgardner.
The Higbee Tool Company was ex.
onerated on an erroneous valuation
of $4,000 on personal property.
Jason NJ. Hester qualified as jus.
tice of the peace in Elk district
with bond at $500 and Meigs j.
Bartlett surety.
cletus Randolph was exoneratet
of taxes on $1.470 for 1907.
I Moses A. Shaver qualified as jus.
tice of the peace in Sardis district
with bond at $500 and omer w
Swiger surety.
William A. Johnson qualified a,
constable with j. E. copenhaver,
and A. z. coffman sureties.
( 1t was ordered that stepen Vim.
cent and others. land owners. he
summoned to appear before the
court December is relative TO a
proposed road in Clay district
John w. Wadsworth qualified rs
justice for Eagle district. giving
bond of $500 with DR.. L. c. oys-
ter and f. NJ. Robinson sureties.
George w. Martin qualified as con-
stable.
Cyrus Thompson. of shinnston,
qualified as justice 6f the peace. His
bondsmen are ]. H. Thompson and
Charles A. Rector.
An generation on $500 valuation
was allowed j. w. Goodwin.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
BUSY BUREAU
ALL LAST YEAR
Says the Chief in His Annual
Report on the Country's
Manufactures.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. H.
With millions OF dollars involved in
contracts made as the result OF In
formation furnished through thc
foreign trade opportunity service. !"
with a great volume of home trade
developed, with special investiga-
tons carried on In every part OF the
globe, and with the consular service
abroad bending It's efforts to boom
American commercial interests. the
Bureau of Manufacturers has had
a busy year, according to the report
of Major john NJ. Carson, the Chief
of the bureau. The great need of
the bureau, according to Major Car
son. Is additional help to meet the
growing demands made upon 1t by
manufacturers and others. Many
thousands OF letters and reports.
largely exceeding the business In pre-
,vious years. We're handled by the
bureau with a resulting considerable
Increase In expectations. American
water WORKS. were supplied for the
pnyace OF the Sultan OF Oman at
Maskat. steam plowing machines
We're placed on South African prair-
les. wireless t.legraphy apparatus
shipped broadcast, and power and
machinery orders received from Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa. Many Ameri-
can engineers and architects secured
contracts for public and private
works abroad. AS the result OF in
formation cuiled and disseminated
by the bureau. opportunities have
been presented to American interests
for the construction railways. both
steam and electric. in Europe. Asia
and Africa. Central America. the
West Indies. Mexico, Canada and
Australia. The volume of work is
so steadily growing, Major Carson
points out. that provided with q suf-
ficient force the bureaus efforts in
connecting prospective buyers in
foreign countries with American
producers must become n potential
factor in the extension of American
commerce.
The cfruiation of the daily con-
sular reports has more than doubled
nthe last two years. The report
says the publication of the consular
reports on commercial. Industrial,
economic, scientific, and educational
lines requires the services of men
with editorial training and exper-
ience and technical knowledge. An
nual reports being issued for each
country and publications are other
wise being systematized. generally
improved. and their issue expedited.
snecial investigations were made
during the year INTO certain foreign
markets for glass and glassware.
silk goods and host of other pro-
ducts. and these investigations In
cluded South Africa. Central Ameri-
ca. Australia. Asiatic Turkey and
Europe. Reports on trade conditions
in various countries will be trans
mitted to Congress as the result OF
the work of special agents. This
work. says Major Carson, has been
generally approved here and abroyd.
Several governments who are COM
mercial rivals have arranged similar
bureaus. The report recommends
extension of this special investiga-
tion service and appointment of ex-
pert agents assigned certain geog-
raphical boundaries. =
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
y. G. INTERESTS PROMOTED

WASHINGTON, d. C.. Dec. H.
National Guard interests are sub
stantially promoted by a recent or
der of the war department contem-
plating that all recutsitions received
from militia authorities for clothing
and equipment be filled by the issue
from the army source of supplies OF
the latest style of articles for. This
will have the effect of cquipping the
militia with nothing obsolete,
abandoned or old patterned Of
ficials say 1t is a case OF the regular
army being sldetracked for the hem
eft of the militia.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17

tack the vital organs, causing catarrii Of
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always restsit
from a arrangement of the kidneys and
a cure is obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feell
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-R Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability 10 hold urine aud
scalding pain in passing it, and over
comes TINT unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and TO get up many times during tile
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp Root is soon realized.
It stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root IS pleasant to take and Is
sold by all druggists in fifty-cett and
one-doildr size bottles. You may have q
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that telis,all about It,
both sent free by mail. Address, DIR. Kill
mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer III this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember tile name, Swamp
Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the
address, Biughamton, n. \. ON every
bottle.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
VICIOUS ASSAULT on
P.NRkERSBURG LADY

PARKERsBuRG. Dec. 14-Pete
johnson. a local character. is held
under $1,000 bond in the Wood
county jail to answer to a charge OF
assault on Mrs. Efie Pahl. john
son entered the Pahl home in South
Parkersburg Saturday and attacked
Mrs. PAIL. He attempted to drag
her upstairs into bed room accord
ing to her allegations. He was later
arrested after fight with consta-
Bile.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
MOB GETS LEFT
Hundred Men Search Jail for
Man the Sheriff Had
Taken Away.

DANvIIIE. KY, Dec. IA mob
of hundred armed men descended
upon jamestown, Russell county, last
night, broke down the jail door and
seached the building for James Hill,
white man. charged with the muir
der of thirteen-year-old Mamie Wo
mack. The sheriff had news of their
coming and took Hill out into the
woods. later taking him to Month
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
NEED NOT ANSWER
Says the United States su.
preme Court in to Har-
riman and Kahn.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. a.
In the Supreme Court of the United
States today 1t was held that e. h.
Hartman and Otto Kahn. the latter
New York banker, should not be
required to answer the Interstate
Commerce Commissions question
concerning dealing in stocks between
the Union Pacific and other roads to
which they refused to make response
when the subject was under investi-
cation in New York.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
Muscular paIns Cured.

During the summer of 1905 i was
troubled with muscular pains In the
instep of my foot says Mr.. s. Ped
lar, of Toronto. Ont. at times It
was so painful could hardly walk.
chamberiain's Pain Balm was recon-
mended to me. SO l tried 1t and was
completely cued by one small hot.
tie. have since recommended it to
several Of my friends, all of whom
speak highly of it, For sale by all
dealers. - j =
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
NOTICE no TAKE pEposITIoNs

j. D. Blackwell.
VS.. In chancery.
Lydia Blackwell.
In the circuit court OF Harrison
county, State Of West Virginia.
To Lydia Blackwell:
Take notice that the dispositions OF
myself and slindry other witnesses
viii be taken at the law office OF y.
o: Sutton, In the city of clarksburg.
In the county of Harrison. and State
of West Virginia, on the 4th day OF
January, 1909, between the; hours OF
8 q. m. and Q p. m. to be read in ey-
idence on the hearing OF the above
cause in behalf Of the said u. ID.
Blackwell.
II from any cause the taking of
the same shall not be commenced or
being commenced shah not be COM
pleted on that day. the taking of the
same will be adjourned from time 10
time until they are completed.
Yours. etc.
y-sltf j. d. BLACKWELL,
By Counsel.
F. Q. SUTTON & c. A. SUTTON.
Counsel.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
ESCAPES THROUGH WINDOW.

NEW MARTINsvILLE, Dec. 15--
Tack Stout. alleged proprietor of .
speakeasy and gambling room at Fol-
som, diyed through a window of q
Short Line passenger train yesterday
and escaped after his place had heer
raided and is men captured Satur.
day night.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
BIG ELKINs DEAL.

WASHINGTON. D. G.. Dec. IT,
Senator S. b. Eikins and John r.,
Mclean. the Cincinnati and wash-
ington publisher. have secured con-
troll OF the Washington. Frederick &
Gettysburg railroad. and Senator Ell
kins has bought the control of the
American National Bank of this city.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
INJURED MINER IS TAKEN
TO HOSPITAL AT FAIRMONT

Con Sandy. of yadis. Lewis coun-
ty, injured in the Davis Colliery
company's mine at Bower on the
Coal & Coke railrod Saturday after
noon, was taken through this city
Monday afternoon to the Minert
hospital at .Fairmont to be treated
for his injuries. He was caught un-
der a fall OF slate and the lower part
of his body was crushed and bruised.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
ANDREW LYON IMPROVED

Andrew Lyon is patient at the
kessler hospital undergoing treat
ment for disease caused by protu-
berant rib bones An operation was
performed on him several days ago
and his condition was serious Cor a
time. but he has Improved consid-
ernbly and his early recovery is ex-.
pected.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
ANOTHEIs coLLEcE WINS :HI 81

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI, Dec. .I2
a delesatfon Will visit Washington to
ask President Roosevelt II he will ac-
cept the presidency OF the University
OF Minnesota at the end OF his AT
rlcan trip q.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-12-17
SOLD FOR TAXES.

Several small tracts of land were
sold at public auction Monday by
the sheriff for taxes delinquent in
the year 1900. y few pieces were
bought In BY the state. there being
no Offers made for them.