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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-05-01
IN CHANCERY.

Gray Silver VS.. Wright Morgan, de-
cree establishing a lien against the real
estate of the defendant for S150.67 and
directing same to be paid from the
defendants share of the proceeds OF the
sale of property.
Miller VS.. VIM, decree establishing
plaintiffs debt and directing sale of
real estate. N7J
Colston and Bowers &c. VS.. Bessie
X. Lamon, ct al referred to commits
! sioner to maks distribution of proceeds
of sale Of real estate.
]. Wesley Stuckey, let Ial., VS.. Car
RE G. Minghlni, order filing the petit
tion of Rose "a. Noll and decree con-
!, firming sale Of real estate and directing
the distribution of the proceeds to the
parties thereto entitled.
l.. q. Hoffman and A. b. Noll, trus-
tees VS.. r. L. Hoffman ct al. decree re-
ferring cause to commission to audit
liens against the defendant and to set
tie the accounts of the trustees.
Startzman VS.. Startzman decree APP
pointing commission of partition their
report was confirmed aud special COM
missioner was authorized to sell real
estate.
Kilmer VS.. Stump, decree comforting
report of special commissioner of sale
and ordering distribution of proceeds.
john w. Stewart, guardian, vs.. J.
w. Stewart, decree authorizing sale of
real estate in Arden district.
Laura v. Sperow ct al, decree con
STRUNG will of Jas. H Sperow.
State VS.. Roy Hettenhouser and
William Sisson, indictment for break
ing in the German Brewing Co'sestab-
lishment some weeks ago, trial by
Jury, verdict guilty of petit larceny.
Mrs. Annie G. Miller VS.. Berkeley
Limestone Company, postponed until
next term.
Commissioner A. c. Nadenbousch,
filed his report of settlement of the ac-
counts of General Receiver II. J. Sell
bert.
j. M. Woods VS.. Josiah d. Barnard
decree establishing debts against es-
tate OF VIM Barnard and special COM
missioner appointed to make sale OF
real estate.
Orr vs.. Anderson, decree authoriz-
ing sale of real estate.
Douglas VS.. Newcomer, decree set
ting aside deed as fraudulent estah-
fishing liens by attachment against
the real estate of the defendant aud
authorizing sale of real estate.
1Hz
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have been imposed on with such a bogus letter or that they would have published 1t had they been aware that 1t was a counterfeit
 The Cleveland letter, whether writ ten by the beloved Grover or not cer- tanly contains some good sound sense much more sense, Indeed, than tho average counterfeter usually has, It's logic In MT, Taft's behalf Is sound logic and worthy of serious consider alton of every fair minded voter, IT, respective of it's authenticity. As for Marse Watterson's specific objection to the articles criticism of the parti- sanship of died-ln-the-woo democrats in the south, 1t Is characteristic ar gument of a southerner. In these days, when the leading papers of the country are increasingly expressing independent views as to politics, Marsc Henry and his paper are Illustrating a lack of progressiveness
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LET THERE HE LIGHT.

The Hartford Courant heads the fol- lowing editorial comment in the col- umns of the Waterbury Republican with these inquiring words: What's Coming Now7" The Republican says: There will be ample time to make clear to the state why George s. Pal mer and some other capitalists regard Lilley as unsafe, and the chief impell- Ing motive back of their chief spokes- man The New Haven Journal-Courier. We have no desire to hurry tho omnous revelation which Is here threatened, but we do confess to a burning desire to hear all about 1t. If MT. Palmer and the gentlemen who are associated with him are animated by other than the highest and most patri- otic motives, it ought to be known to all concerned, and In particular to The Journal Courier. which has without hesitation accepted them as among the most earnest and sincere men 1t has encountered in many moon, If they have any other purpose in mind than the improvement of political conditions in Connecticut. without hope or desire of personal reward, that too should be known In short if there is any req son to suspect them of ulterior motives of any character whatever beyond or different from what they themselves have said, they can not be too soon ex- posed.
 If to speak further, 1t can be shown that The Journal Courier Is under any other influence, direct or indirect, re- mote or approximate, than Is born Of It's determination to carry on It's work independent of all political machines and partisan organizations, that too should be done. Not thing should be concealed If 1t can be shown that these gentlemen are conspiring with this newspaper to take from the peo- pie of Connecticut so much as farth' ing's worth of their rights and benefits not a moment should be lost in estab' fishing the fact. There Is reason tc believe that an impression is beinl
 IA formed which if left longer to do it' work may work a political revolution where changes are least desired at thu political gaming table.
 We are of the opinion, however, tha if these awful Mabelesque revelations are to be made they ought to hew nearer to the rules of evidence than those which were not forthcoming 1T the submarine investigation. This time let us have the goods.
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movement of the mob and I did every thing could 10 see that he was lynch- ed, Cut a white womans throat, and negro. Of course wanted him lynched. l saw his body dangling from tree this morning and l am glad of 1t, When I heard of the horrible crime started to work immediately to get a mob, did all could to raise one. I was at the Jail last night and urged the mob to lynch Patton, l don't care what investigation ia made or what are the consequences, l am will- ing to stand them,'
 It is obvious that there are some crimes which appeal with greater force to the crude animal that Is still in mankind, but there Is no principle on earth that justl1es a citizen of law governed country in determining what punishment shall be meted out to of- lenders. The wrong originally done is not so well atoned for by Independent action as 1t is by lawful action even when the punishment awarded Is less severe than Judge Lynch approves of' When we find man who has been a maker of laws, and whose appeal to his constituents to let him serve them in the capacity of law maker must have been based on his fitness for the task-when we find such q man not onyl advocating but enforcing the un- written law. we begin to realize the danger of wandering away from estap- llshed government By and by we shall have the doctrine that the world owes a man living interpreted to mean that to get that living he may enter freely into the nearest jewelry store land run off with tray of diamonds
 The best thing to be done with Mr. Sullivan is to examine into his legal right to kill people and then if found that he possesses no such right pun Ish him according to the terms of the law.
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THE UNWRITTEN LAW.

The country is beginning to see the logical consequence of the occasional observance of the unwritten law. Emo tionally sensitive to the plea that a wrecked home deserves the pistol, the lawless movement has gone on until it's application has become fearful to con- template.
 The latest plea in behalf of the un- written law is defantly made by for mer member of the United States sen ate, w. V. Sullivan of Tennessee. Let him speak in his own language: T led the mob which )ynched Nelse Patton and I'm proud of It. directed every
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A DEPOT NEED EMPHASIZED.

It was particularly unfortunate that the coming of tho Richmond Blues in the early morning hours of Thursday should have been accompanied by an explosion at the Union station and fire that destroyed considerable part of their uniforms and equipment. Com ing almost at the moment of their ay- rival here. the fire furnished a warmer and a different sort of reception than had been hoped. With considerable regard for the truth Of the matter, we could have assured our visitors from old Virginny that the loss of their uniforms at such a time, when so much in demand, was regretted far more by their hosts and all New Ha- ven than the property loss to the depot building To explain such statement our guests should have been acquaint- ed with the antediuyian length of days of the structure New Haveners are generous enough to call their depot, and with the hope deferred of new and better structure-a hope that mak- eth the heart sick and has long since been all but abandoned.
 The uniforms can be replaced at the expense of the railroad, It Is not the first time 1t has had to pay for uni forms spoiled in transit But the rail- road station. alas, twill be repatched and repropped and twill continue to serve the transportation interests of i the largest city in the state as in the past. The charring of the wood made but little change in the smoke olacken- ed and dirt-beerimed appearance of the depot A casual observer would | scarcely have noticed there had been q fire save for the scorched cars about
 The incident offers forcible evidence of the crying and increasing need in New Haven of new station building If the citizens of the city do not feel mortified every time they welcome the Blues, or any other guests, to their l city because of the miserable shanty at which the latter alight It is be- cause they have become disgusted with the way in which a new depot has been postponed from year to year, while many other cities of less population and less importance have been blessed with new structures throughout the entire length of the New Haven rail road system. It had been hoped that simultaneously with the completion oi the creditable new trackage system through the city, new depot would come, but 1t has not The city today is not even certain whether the of. ficials are contemplating one on oi near the present site, or near Chape street, or where, and in consequence the natural mercantile development ol Meadow and lower State streets Is be
 ing retarded. Directly or remotely tht delay is a serious handicap to every best interest of the city.
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tBoston Transcript The Connecticut Outlook,

The success of Mir. Lilley in his cam paign for the republican nomination for governor of Connecticut was 50 long foregone conclusion that the only surprise in the matter reverts to his acceptance at hls own valuation of himself D. hts party. As the Connect icnt republicans seem to view him as hero, not as an accuser who failed not only utterly but ridiculously to make good his accusations, it Is A fair presumption that they will give him the support necessary to his election. That there are considerable clements of the party who are dlsgruntled by Lilley's nomination las been made plain, nota- bly b. the protests of the manufac- turers, but II is difficult 10 sec now what chances they have in the event that they continue the disposition to unite on an available democrat.
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Gum, Tattie and the Knife.

Gum and Futile! The Times sug- gests these two names as the head of the State ticket to be nominated by the democrats next week, This hint is made for the very good reason that during the few years which have pass ed since the republican machine forced its will upon the party of Connecticut, this general request comes to the Times from a number of different sources: Nominate a strong man; what do you think of George Gunn?' Let us tell right here straw story, On one of the morning trains entering Hart ford to-day there was party of SIX republicans. each one from q different town One chairman of q republican town committee. smiled as he said: Well, fellows, how are you going to vote on the state ticket?' Each of the other five looked at the others for a second or two, and then took from his pocket knife, and held 1t up 10 the admiring gaze of the town chairman.
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OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
The Besmirched Congressman.
(New York Evening post.)


 We cannot congratulate Connecticut upon the action of the republican con- ventlon in nominating Congressman Liley for the governorshlp. It was. of course. the carrying out Of a bar gain made two years ago, when MT. Lilley, who had been promised the nom ination, stepped aside in favor of Gov ernor Woodruff, with the pledge that he would be the candidate thls year With the submarine boat scandal of last win ter our readers are still familiar The result of the congressional investlga Q tion was terrible indictment of MT, Billey. Never of late years has q congressman been so scored by his as- sociates Granting that his motives were of the best, and that he honestly believed that there had been grave wrongdoing in congress In connection with the submarine contracts, MT. Lll- ley failed utterly 10 prove his case and was guilty of methods of procedure which should have permanently retired him from public life. Tn view of the bargain of two years ago. 1t is idle to talk of this nomination as vindica ton. As ono of his critics properly remarked at the convention, the way for a besmirched congressman 10 obtain vindcaton is to go back to his con stituents and seek a re election 10 con gress. With due regard for the favora- ble things which can be said In behalf of Mir. LillcY's career, his nomination ought to ma ke Connecticut a doubtful state. Mir sherman, the vice presiden- tial candidate, was one of the commit tee that denouncced Mir. Lilley, Aside from that, there should be enough moral sentiment left in Connecticut to make 1t impossible for MT. Lilley tc reach the gOVernOrship,
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THE NEW BABY IN OUR HOME.

There's come a baby 10 our house. Its nose Is just Il dot, IL would be pretty, but it keeps It's face tied in a knot. 1 think If has a stomach ache, Because poor little thing It looks just like 1 felt when I Ate too much corn last spring. IL hasn't any teeth at all; But, them don't suppose We could afford 90 many things. Yet goodness only knows What they were thinking of to get X baby that cant talk! The very pest that IL can do Is just a gurgly squawkl Its such a weeny little one! But maybe 1t will grow, Still If twas me. could have bought A bigger one, 1 know. Yes times are very hard, l s'posc, And yet 1t seems to me They might have bought Number 8 Stead of Number g..
 --Leslies Weekly.
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LOCAL PRIDE.

It is not a wonder that Major Tilson should have his time in part taken mp in receiving congratulations on his nomination for congressman at large. It Is no ordinary accomplishment 70 come from e distant city for residence here and 30 conduct ones self as 70 rise rapidly as he has done In the political, military and social circles of Connecticut. Nor Is 1t an inconse- quential accomplishment to have talk en the republican machine and laii lt on its back, though 1t would nave been better had the trick been done before nomination had been made for a single office.
 We should be sadly lacking in a spirit of local pride if we did not add our congratulations to those already passed up to Major Tilson. We do s1 now cordially, firm in the conviction that, if elected. he will faithfully rep. resent his large constituency. We hope, too, 1t will not be long before the general assembly of the state n. vides the commonwealth Into five con. gressional districts as the law of tho country requires. A congressman Al large from Connecticut is an anomaly
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Republicans and Railroads.
(sprlng0eld Renubllenn.D

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 For long time It has been no secret that the Connecticut railroad commis. sion rIvaled the New Hampshire com mission as monument of futllity and inslncerity Its chairman, Mir, Fyler has long been the head machnist ir republican state politics, Of course every grown-up citizen of Connecticu' has known the facts, but to Joseph l. Barbour of Hartford goes the dlstn. gulshed honor of having been the only man living bold enough to tell the truth in MT. Fyler's own ears. It ut pause once more to admire Mir, Bar bour's keenness of thrust when he said that
 Fyler was having a nice, fat thing al railroad commissioner and that he wa getting big salary without 90 mucl as opening hls mouth to earn 1t.
 Also that fyler used his time, foi which the state paid him salary, tc run political campaigns
 Naturally, Mir, Fyler preferred MT Lilley as the next governor to MT Woodruff, who had used the governor office 10 press upon the legislature tn, policy of creating n new public utilities commission in place of the present rail road commission.
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After District Attorney Jerome and several other high officials have said they saw no way to prevent Harry Thaw being taken out of the state to face bankruptcy proceedings In Pitts burg, the state lunacy commission has announced through It's president It's power and intention of interfering should Thaw attempt to go. That Is encouraging news. II Is of the high est importance that Thaw be kept within the control of the New York state authorities at all hazards.
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MARsE HENRY AGAIN.

Marse Henry Watterson, of the Louisville Courier Journal, has just had another fling at the authenticity of the now-famed Grover Cleveland letter published extensively couple of Sundays ago and widely comment ed upon. Marse Henry's acute anx- iety to discredit the Cleveland letter is not difficult to fathom. Marse Henry realizes that 1t has given a de- cided impetus to the ever-growing Taft boom the country over. That it will offer valuable ammunition for the republicans In the coming cam pagn there can be no doubt.
 The eminent Louisville editor an- nounced some days ago his suspicious that the letter was bogus one At that time he said he had already put two investigators at work who were | familiar with Cleveland memorabilia ! and knew the man well, in the hopes | that they would unearth undeniable evidence that his suspicious were founded. Evidently his latest editor i ial on the subject includes some of the first conclusions of these investi- gators, plus considerable amount of "Wattersonian conjecture and deduc- tion. It happened that, in the ad- | vance notices of the Cleveland article 1t was stated that the manuscript was obtained from "Frederick s. Hast ings, the executor of MT. Cleveland's 's will" MT. Watterson makes haste tc point out that the executor of MT Cleveland's will is not Frederick but Frank" Hastings.
 Mir. Watterson then attacks the style of the article again, as clearly not that of MT. Cleveland, a repeti. There are several passages that MT Watterson cannot believe as "Cleve
 landscape" among them the follow
 ing The south has long taken { stubborn, foolish pride in its enlist
 ment under the democracy, and ha! stood like a rock in It's partlsanship.
 MT. Watterson says that to him Tt i
 simply inconceivabe that, after tn, support MT. Cleveland received iron the southern people-thrice thei
 nominee for president and twice elect
 ed president of the United States b,
 them-that he should, without rclev
 ance or reason, thus rebuke and insul
 them for holding to the only part
 standing between them and fedora
 oppression and negro rule, part
 that had twice made him president
 and in its last national convocatio most slgnally honored his memory" The Courier-J Journals latest crit icism of the Cleveland article is littl better founded than what 1t has al , ready said, The argument as to MI : Hastings Christian name is of littl weight, It is, too conceivable that tn mistake was made in the multiplicit and confusion of newspaper compila : ton. On the other hand, it is quit l as inconceivable that the represents . tive and highly respected New Yorl 5 Providence and Chicago newspaper r which published the article, coul
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(shore Line Times.) Talk, Talk, More Talk.

The manufacturers committee open cd their mouth and put their foot in 1t on Tuesday at the e-convention pro- ceedings. They said that If the state lnslsted on making Lilley governor the congressman. who will have the revi- sion of the tariff In charge, will bump Connecticut hard In revenge. pretty serious charge of dishonesty and un- reliability 10 bring against such august solons, that they cannot be depended ipon to act for the welfare of the peo- pie as a whole but may discriminate for Lllley's charges being lame why. say this kind of talk has Lilley skinned a mile.
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ignoring their Judgments, we should be busy with the task of setting our house in order, That done, our viz tues and worthy accomplishments will of themselves command comment
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Orville Wright sails on in triumph. Apparently he seems to have solved the problem of flying in the face of a stiff breeze. thing that has seemed impossible heretofore. He has raised his endurance record to slxtysix min utes and Is now talking of making for ty-two miles an hour in the face of gusts as the greatest of sport II looks as if he had done the deed"
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The Smith Observatory at Geneva, N. r., reports the discovery of two big spots on the sun. As rule these spots foretell storms of gigantic size, upheavals, and other phenomena arls- ing out of perfectly natural causes. Perhaps Mir. Lilley may recognize the significance of the new discovery
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The increase in the value of far

The increase in the value of farm property of $s,ooO,O00 between 1900 and 1907 is nearly nine times as great as the aggregate national banking capital of the United states. It Is more than one half as large as the total capitaliza- ton, bonds and stocks included of all the railroads in the United States It Is nearly three times as large as the aggregate savings bank deposits of the whole country.
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The Republican stntc Platform.

It commits nobody 10 anything. It does not look to the reform of an ex- isting evil It ignores matters In which all citizens are interested. The one latlng 10 tuberculosis, and that Is no more than recommendation. Most of the things recommended in the repub- lican platform two years ago were ig- nored by the legislature
 There Is no reason Go believe that the republicans Of the incoming legisla- ture will pay any heed to the platform. Why should they considering Its char acter and the recent practice?
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him a renomination Above the chorus of enthusiasm and harmony at the eon- vention might be diseerned faint rum should pay due heed It is now in. cumbent upon them to put their beat foot forward and give the Independent voters of Connecticut a chance to show what they think of the republican bosses
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The New York World proposes edi- torially that hereafter all buildings in New York be limited to fifteen stories in height, Let's see-how tall Is the World building. We do not exactly remember but would like to wager it is far in access of fifteen stories. Those that live In skyscrapcrs shouldn't offer uniform skyline suggestions
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SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

There is nothing that binds like red tape. Tie story ia told of a private in the French army who desired to buy and wear special kind of shoe rather than the regulation article. He discov- cred that 1t was possible only after months of delay, and after securing written permits from seven bureaus or more
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The prison ship martyrs, for,

The prison ship martyrs, forgotten victims of the revolutionary war are to be commemorated after more than q
 hundred years of neglect. A monument to the memory of these 11,500 victims of the Wallabout prison ships Is being erected on Fort Green hill in Brooklyn, and will be dedicated by the president of the United States on November Ii.