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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
YOUNG MAN DIES
Heart Affection Causes Death
Of Robert j. Mechling,
of Sistersville.

SIsTERsvILLE. July 21-Robert
j. Mechling, aged SO, well known
young man OF this city. Is dead here
after an illness of eight months with
heart affection. He formerly lived
here hut several years ago went to
Illinois. where he was manager for
the Red Bank Oil Company, until he
was taken Ill, when he returned here
He is. son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ
Mechling of this city. and. in addi-
ton to his wife. is survived by his
father and mother, two sisters and
six brothers. 1t has been but a week
or ten days since he was brought
home from a Wheeling hospital.
where everything possible was done
in the hope that his life could be
saved.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
GIRL GETS LEGACY
FROM SWEETHEART
Will Receive Nearly $4,000.
as Soon as She Estab-
fishes Her Identity.

SRSTERSvMLE, July 20-Miss
Margaret Gillespie, a well known
young woman of peasants county,
will. within the next few days, be
the recipient Of a legacy which
amounts to about $500. which has
been left her by a former sweet.
heart, IL she is able to prove her
identity to the Fidelity Title &
Trust Company, OF Pittsburg. which
is the executor of the will of the late
F. j. Doyle. of PittsburglPa. An
attorney who represents the execn-
tor of the will has been hereffor the
last three or four days, looking for
Miss Gillespie. and finally located
her at her home back Of st. Mary
with the result that he got into
communication with her, and she Is
now on her way to Pittsburg for the
purpose of establishing her. claim 70
the fortune which has been be-
queathed to her by her eBtwhile
sweetheart.
1t seems that several years ago
when Miss Gillespie was in Pitts
burg, employed at one of the depart.
ment stores Of that city. She and
Doyle became acquainted and were
swoethearts for several years. The
young woman finally became i'll and
returned to her home in Pleasant!
county. They kept up correspond.
ence for a time, but finally quit
writing, and Miss Gillespie next
went 70 Cleveland and from there to
several other towns, finally return.
Ing to her home again some time
ago. where she has been located
since.
On May s.llast. Doyle, who was in
the employ of an electric company
of Chicago died at the Mercy hos
pital in Pittsburg, and when his will
was opened 1T was found that he ha.,
made Miss Gillespie his heir. So
far as the executor of the will. has
been able to ascertain he has no 9th.
er living relatives, so that the en-
tire estate. which amounts to al
most $4,000. will go to her.
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
MANY RELATIVES
Are left by an Aged Woman
Who Dies at Newton,
This State. .

j. n. Paugh and daughter. Mrs
Edward IB. Deison.. returned Tuesday
evening from Newton. where they at
tended the funeral and. burial of
Mrs. Jane Knabenshue. mother of
Mrs. Paugh and Mrs. Margaret
Douglass. of this city. Mrs. Knab.
enshue died Saturday and was buri-
ed Sunday. She was ninety.aye
years and six months old. There are
eight surviving daughters. thirty
two grandchildren and thirty-two
great grandchildren. Her husband
died about fifteen years ago.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
COMMISSIONERS SALE
OF Valuable Property in Glen Elk
Addiction to the City Of Clarissburg
Lilly N, c. Pew. executrix of Jasper
Pew, decd.

Z rev, deco,
vs.. s
Mary r. Outright.
In Equity. In the Circuit Court
OF Harrison County. West Virginia.
Pursuant to a decree in the above
styled cause. entered at the May
term thereof. 1909. shall, as spe-
cial Commissioner. on Saturday,
August 21st, 1909, at / O'Clock p
m. offer for sale at the front door
Of the court house OF said county of
Harrison. that certain lot or parcel
OF land, having no building thereon.
situate in Glen ELK Addition to the
City of Clarksburg. bounded and de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning at stake on Clark
street. corner to an alley. thence
with said street easterly 100 feet to
stake, thence southerly 6s feet to
Mayo avenue, thence westerly 100
feet to said alley. thence northerly
6s feet to the beginning. being part
of a lot or parcel OF land formerly
conveyed to Jasper Pew and Sidney
Raymond by D. *. Reed and wife.
This Is valuable lot, and eligibly
situated for building purposes.
TERMS OF SALE ne-third
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
REUNION
Of Confederate Veterans is to
Be Held in Eastern Part
of the State.

FRANKLIN. w. Va. July 1s.-The
organization has decided to hold a
Confederate reunion at Thorn Spring
on September I. instead Of August $751;
An effort will be made to procure
Captain R. e. Lee and Colonel John T.
McGraw as speakers for the occasion.
1t has been determined by the man
agenent to make 1t the largest and
most successful, as well as the most
orderly of any similar reunion.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
satisfactory Business Conditions.

Satisfactory Business Conditions.
Business conditions of the coun-
try continue. to improve and 1t Is a
genuine pleasure to read the follow
ing by Henry clews. the New York
financier:
The steel trade continues to show
improvement. the demand for steel
products being genuine and large at
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
JOHN BASSEE,
Special Conmlssioner
COMMISSIONERS sAIEsor
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.

4 81
/ BY virtue Of a decree OF the circuit
court of Harrison county. rendered on
the cath day Of May. 1909, in tho
chancery Cause of the State OF West
Virginia against James NJ. Morris and
others, Viii as special commissioned.
sen at public cutlery at the front door
rof the court house OF said county; on
the i,'H ~ .,5'9.,' siFslAs ei'i M
18th DAY OF AUGUST, 1909.
commencing at O'Clock p. m, that
certain tract or parcel OF land situate
on the head waters OF Grass Run. Ten
Mile District, Harrison County. West
Virginia. bounded and described as
follows:
Beginning at White Oak corner to
lands OF Nathan Goff, thence due East
s31 feet to Maple and pointer; thence
in. IS E. 1888 feet to Chestnut;
thence s. E. 1913 feet to Hickory.
in line of j. w. Marsh: thence n. 81
w. 21o feet to Gum: thence s. 81 rs
w. 141O feet to stake; thence s;-47 E.
3ss feet to White Oak: thence n.
70 '745. w 1850 feet, to- Walnut, Hlck-,
Dry and Chestnut Oak: thence s. ~
w. $50 feet to Stone Pile; thence n,
81 80 w. 796 feet to Chestnut Oak;
thence N. so 10 E. 53s feet to Stake
with pointers; thence;s. is4 e.. $40 feet
to Hickory. gone; thence N. 80 E. $50
feet to Chestnut pointers; thence s.
S. E. 6sS feet to Hickory. gone;
|thencss. 80 E. 500 feet to White Oak.
the place of beginning, containing
1929 acres.
The above described land will be Of
fered for sale first d, parcels OF 1923
acres. s.s5 acres. 40 acres, s.st
Eacres. and IS, acre. the said parcels
corresponding to the amounts within
the enclosure Of the several defepd-
ants. then said land will be offered as
a-whoie, and will be. sold according to
whichever method will realize ths
most therefor.
Terms of saie:-cash in hand on
day OF sale.
w: N. CoN4wAy.
Commissioners of School Lands.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
ELIZA GINGLRs FREE.

CHICAGO. ILL.,, July 2o-Ella Gin
giles was cleared by the Jury last
night from the charge OF stealing
lace. but the story she told on the
witness stand OF being white
slave" vas denounced as untrue.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22

1t is a pleasure to note the fact
that the Baltimore g Ohio railroad
officials have taken heed to the com.
plant recently made about the mad
eauate passenger service on the
West Virginia & Pittsburg division
and has complied with suggestions
made. The. chief complaint was
that the number of coaches on
trains was insufficient. The company
in this respect has placed one more
coach on each OF four passenger
trains. It is stated that the COM
pany is busy getting other and bet
ter equipment for the road and the
general belief is that within short
period the service, on that road will
he greatly improved.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
suPBRsEDRAs IS ALLOWED.

Judge Ira E. Robinson. OF the SUI
preme court of appeals. has allowed
q writ of error and supersedeas in
the case OF the State vs. u. 8. Moore
from wetzel county. charged with
selling liquor without license.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
PUSHING NEW LINE.

MANNlNGroN. July 2o-lt is
expected that by. September 1. the
new Fairmont & Mannington trac-
ton line will be extended through
this city. Work is being pushed
rapidly.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
BATTLE RACES
Between the Moors and
Spaniards and the Fight
ing is Grave.

Madrid, July 1s-oficial dis
patches today indicate the fighting
Yesterday between the Moors and,
spaniards at Melilla was. more
grave than at first believed. The
Moors returned to the attack during
the night. and the battle was stir
raging this morning.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22

Chief Clerk H.. G. Young, Of the
secretary OF states ONCE. is in Fair
mont for a few days. He expects to
leave next week for the west to be
present at the opening of the Indian.
and to take in the Seattle
exposition. During his absence. Mr..
Book. clerk OF the board Of public
works. Will perform the chief clerks
duties.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
TRAM DllGHED
One Person is Killed. and;
Five Are Injuredl.ini
the Wreck.

TOLEDO. o.. July 1s.-Theodorei
Gullow. of Monroevllle. o., was killed
and five men were injured in, the
wreck of a Wheeling, and Lake.
Erie passenger train, at .Trow.
Observation-Disclosures. Roetaoi
bridge near here last might. The train
Jumped the track and the engine and
combination coach went into ditch.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
LIMB CRUSHED.

FArRMoNT. July so.-1son Phil
lips, employed with the B. & o.. Is at
the Miners hospital. suffering from al
badly crushed leg. He was Injured
while at work near Warrington by a
rain falling upon him.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22

|is concerued; is entirely without 4
lrespectaBls Republican organ, able
| 10 bury ite seihshness and meet par
liz necessities.
The second declaration, that to
l'.enter campaign. for the guberna-
Itorial nominaticn with the commit
tes as. at present organized. will be.
to discredit the nominee. OF the con-
vention and invite party disruption"
Is not attractive. to any one save the
editor himself or the Democratic
party. The Republican state COM
mittee constituted under the present
rules, has an, unbroken' record of
victories since 1894, has backed up
Its United states senator's. its sue
cessiye governors. has placed the
moral. influence OF its endorsement
behind the splendid administrations
Of Atkinson, White. Dawson and
Glasscock. has held up the hands Of
the. leaders in their fights. for bet
ter tax laws, and cleaner methods Of
government, has scored victory after
victory over the ancient enemy. with
Just such. ours and malcontents bark.
ing at Its heels as are now demand
ing its reorganization and weaken
Ing.
Since It has done so well by dis
regarding the songs of the sirene and
malcontent In the past, We look with
hope and confidepce to the fnturt,
ana feel not the least disturbed by|
efforts of the Intelligencer to disar-
range piece of machinery the con-
OF which Nwas the work Of
a master hand.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-07-22
The Irwin-L Lockwood Co.

cash. and the residue upon credit
of one andltwo years. with interest
from date of sale. for which the .pur.
chaser or purchasers viii be requir.
ed to give promissory notes, bearing
interest, with approved personal Sc
curity, and in addition a iienzwiil sbt
retained upon the land as further 50.
curlty.
JOHN BAsSEE,
Special Commissioner
/ 4, /, Wade Goldman, Clerk oisthe
Circuit Court Of Harrison copnty, do
certify that John Basel. special
commissioner : above named. has
given bond, pursuant to. law and to
decree OF the court in the above
styled case.
f.4,f i. WADE coFFMAN
!. Clerk
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-02
Will of Mrs. Nix
is Filed in Court

In the superior court this morning
the will of Mrs. Anna Nee. Mix, who
died recently in this city. was admitted
to probate. Her two sons, according
to the provisions of the will, will act
as executors
By the terms of the will all the
property of the deceased go to her
three children and is divided almost
equally among them. To William
Alexander Mix goes lot 10 of block IS,
of the city of Walla Walla, and all of
the mining interest of his mother. To
Mrs. Sally Mix Converse, is given lot
Of block IS, of this city. The two
lots in block Is comprise the Birch
street property. To the other son,
Stonewall Wallace Mix, is bez1eathed
the north half of lot 10, block IL, of
Walla Walla, and all of the San Fran
cisco property belonging to Mrs. Mix.
The Walla Walla property is the Pal
ace hotel site. The jewelry, personal
property, heirlooms, keepsakes, etc, are
to be divided equally among the three
children.
w k1lcAdIIuCI Ah4A anu OtoiC-
wall Wallace Mix her sons, named as
executors, are to serve in that capacity
without giving bonds for the perfor-
nance of their duties as their mother
stated in her will that she had implicit
faith in their integrity. w. L. Stir
ling and H. S. Blandford were wit
nesses of the will, which was drawn
January %, 1908.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-02
CANNERS MEET
AT LOUISVILLE

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb 2.-Follow-
ing yesterdays preliminary meetings,
the joint convention of all organiza- :
tions affiliated with the National Can
ners association was called to order
this morning. Mayor Grinstead well
coined the delegates, and responses
were made by the officials of the Ma
tional Gamers association, the Ma
tional Canned Goods and Dried Fruit
Brokers' association, and the National
Canning Machinery and Supply asso-
citation. William Judson, president OF
the National Wholesale Grocers' as
sociation, addressed the convention this
afternoon.
Tomorrow will be the most notable
day of the session, when addresses
will be made by DR.. Harvey w. Wiley,
the pure food expert of the depart
ment of agriculture, and Frank H.
Hitchcock of Washington. There will
also be a discussion of practical can
ming methods by experts.
Election of officers and selection of
the next place of meeting will take
place Thursday. Chicago, Washington
and Rochester are the leading candl-
dates for the honor Of entertaining the
1910 meeting Of the Gamers, and a
hot fight is being waged by the sup
porters of these cities.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-02

other question. 1t looks as IL some
sort of bill would pass the legisla-
ture. but just what, of course, cannot
say.
There was nothing doing when
was in Olympia. but meeting and ad-
journing, outlining work and appoint
ing committees. No real work had
been done and it is hard to predict i'm
possible, in fact to tell what the legis-
lature will do.
Asked as to whether he is satisfied
with the working of the indeterminate
sentence law, the judge said:
We'll, yes. 1 am sure it is working
all right AT any rate. we know the
old law was not working: that men
came out no better than when they
went in. And under the present law 1
believe men are helped to certain de-
gree 1t is still in the nature of an
experiment. but l believe time will
prove its justification, although some
changes may have to be made from
time to time as conditions arise. No.
/ don't think there will be any changes
tried this year. 1t hasn't worked long
enough, as yet"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-02
WaIld WdlId County
Wants First Prize

While Walla Walla county is MAX
ing every effort to be well represented
with a fruit, grain and industrial dis
play, the poultry fanciers of the coun-
ty are getting busy and are arranging
for one of the finest exhibits of pure
bred poultry that will be seen at the
exposition. Secretary Harry Dickln-
son, of the Walla Walla Poultry as
sOciation, has taken the matter active
ly in hand, and the local association
has undertaken to be responsible for
the county's exhibit of chickens.
Unusual interest is being shown in
this matter as the Washington COM
mission for the A.-Y.-P. has agreed to
duplicate all prizes won by Washing
ton raised fowls Therefore, every ex-
hlhitor from Walla Walla county who
captures a prize will be given another
by the commission. To make the ex-
hlbiting of birds all the easier, the
commission will pay express charges
on all poultry sent to the fair.
Offfcials of the Walla Walla Poultry
association will make a visit to the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-02
WANT CURRENT
UNDISTURBED

Suit was begun in the superior court
this morning by David Vaughn and
his wife against Mr. and Mrs. j. M.
Schmitz, Annie Nicholson and Ralph
Tribou, asking for an injunction
against the defendants to restrain
them from damaging property of the
plaintiffs.
According to the complaint the
Vaughns live on Mill creek, in College
addition to the city. They state that
they have built a wooden bulkhead
at great expense to themselves and in
accordance to the city ordinances.
Now, they claim, their neighbors across
the creek, Mr. and Mrs. Schmitz, have
contracted with Archie Nicholson and
Ralph Tribou for excavating in the
bed Of the creek that will throw the
whole force Of the current against their
bull1head. This, the complaint goes on
to recite, will greatly damage the
bulkhead. which cannot Withstand the
full force of the waters during a
flood They have tried to stop the ex-
cavating, they state, but to no avail,
and the defendants threaten to COM
plete it. Therefore. they ask an injunc-
ton restraining the work, !.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-02
TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
Three Bills Make Big GriSt
This Year, Says Judge Goldman

Judge NJ. NJ. Goldman, of Seattle
formerly of Dayton, and known through
the state as the author of the indeter
inmate sentence law. is in the CITY to-
day on business. Judge Goldman at
tended the first four days session of
the state legislature and in speaking of
Its work, said this morning:
The legislature has three bills be-
fore it, which are of much greater i'm
portance than the others. These three
bills, if well disposed of, will make a
good years work for the legislative
body. They are radically different from
present laws and their passage would
would mean radical changes. In my
opinion, the work Of the legislature will
be well done, if they take deliberate
and just action on these three.>~I refer
to the anti-race track gambling bill
the local option and the woman's suf-
frage bills
1.-TWO of these have passed the house
but I am afraid they are hung up in
the senate. At least it looks that way
just now. Just what will be done
with them remains to be seen, however
AS to the local option bill, that is an
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-02

Oratory was the order Of the day in
both houses this morning, but little
business being transacted.
In the senate by a vote of 25 to Is
the judiciary committee was instructed
to report out tomorrow Ole Hanson's
anti-race track gambling bill
In house bill No. %, for the relief of
F. M. Fortune to the extent of $4,000
for injuries incurred while employed at
the Vancouver asylum, was indefinitely
postponed after being considered in
committee Of the whole, where many
speeches were turned loose by thos
who had been waiting for something
upon which they could show their ora
torical ability. An attempt was also
made but failed to postpone house bill
No. II relative to the recovery of
damages by relatives Of persons killed
in duelS and accidents
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-02
Bill
in Spotlight !!

OLYMPIA, Feb. 2.-(SpeciaD-
Hanson's raceAtrack bill has been talk
en- from the judiciary committee of the
senate by vote of 25 to Is and it Is
probable this committee will also lose
control of the local option bill this af
ternOCn.
Senator Paulhamus moved this
morning that the committee be in
structed to return the race track bill
to the senate tomorrow. Senator
Graves, who had the bill referred to
the committee. wanted the measure to
remain. A bitter exchange of personal
tiles ensued.
Senator Ruth, explaining his vote,
declared he would never be a party to
casting an insult on Graves.
Paulhamus took Ruth to task to the
intense delight of a large gallery The
applause was particularly irritating to
Graves, who complained of it and
threatened to have the gallery cleared
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-02
PASS BILLS
OVER HEAD
OF GOVERNOR

SALEM, Feb. I'm the house today
the Buchanan bill to regulate commits
sion merchants was defeated. The bill
to put all higher educational institu-
tions under one board of five regents to
be named by the government met the
same fate. The governor vetoed two
house bills one of which provided that
the sheriffs of Malheur and Harvey
counties retain the fees now required
to be paid to the state OH the ground
that it would be a return to the Zee
system which the state has abolished
The other was a bill raising the salary
of the county superintendent of schools
The house passed both over the gov
ermor's veto.
The eight hour bill introduced by
the Clackamas county delegation and
passed by the house, was killed by the
senate today in such a quiet manner
that it's passing was hardly noticed. At
about the same time the senate also
dealt death blow to Kel1aher's bill re-
moving the $500 limit on the liability
for the death of employees. A lively de-
bate over this action occurred and 1t
was Indefinitely postponed by a vote
VI IU 10 1u
Abraham announced that he had re-
ceived communications from corpora
tions requesting him to oppose many
reform measures and said the Kellaher
bill was among them. He declared he
believed that there is an organized eff
fort being made by the corporations to
defeat certain legislation proposed in
the public's interest. Abraham asked
the senators if they would yield their
judgment and oaths to corporation let
terS.
Frank j. Miller declared the labor
interests asked for a liability limit of
$4,000 and that when $500 was
granted they appeared satisfied and
promised they would not come back to
ask for any more Oliver favored the
bill. but Barrett, Kay and Hart spoke
against it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-02

farm of every poultry raiser of the
county, to help him determine just
what birds to send. Walla Walla coun-
county exhibits, and the individual
fanciers feel they have an excellent
chance at the single prizes.
A prize of $1O0 will be given for the
largest and best display made by any
county in the state, while $50 will be
for the second largest display and a
prize of $25 will be given for the third
best. A prize of $50 will be given for
the largest and best display made by
any individual or firm in the state; $50
will be given for the second, and a
prize of $40 for the third best display.