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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
COOPER JURY
is TIED UP
RETURNED VERDICT OF AcQuIT.
TAI FOR SHARP BUT CAN'T
AGREE on COOP ERs.

NASHVILLE, Tfnn., March 2O.-
When the jury returned a verdict Of
acquittal for Jonn D. Sharp. charged
with the murder Of former United
States Senator E. W. Carmack, and
declared 1t was "hopelessly tied up
as 10 the Coopers," It was generally
conceded that the end OF the famous
case had all but b,eh reached.
Nothing daunted by the expressive
firmness OF Foreman Burke's declara.
tlon Of disagreement as to the guilt
Of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper and his
son Robin, Jointly charged with Sharp
with Staying carmack, Judge Hnrt
sent the twelve men out for further
,deliberation and announced that he
would not discharge them until he
was convinced that an agreement
could not be reached. "
Verdict Was Looked For.
Judge Hart expected a verdict yes.
terday. Several times during the
morning he consulted with one Of the
Jury deputies and when he had con-
cluded the days docket at noon he
sent to ask the jurors II they had any
thing to report. The reply nothing.
came back.
Evidently the Judge had some infor.
nation, however, for. he ordered the
prisoners brought into court and In
structed the sheriff ito carry in the
Jury" E5i
Instead OF s. ]. Hyde, to whom the
charge was given, 2, II. Burke, the
first man chosen, carried the papers
and acted as foreman. In response to
the judges question US TO whether a
verdict had been reached, Burke re.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
DIDN'T D |! I !. ] Want Va \ ]
A5SULKiY. Girl
VAUDEVILLE ACTOR WRITES TO
PlTTseuRG FOR HousEKEEP. &
Err AND GETS TAKEN IN.

.CEARllSBURG, ". Va, March 90.
James Hamilton, a vaudeville actor OF
this city, was arrested here and taken
before United States Commissioner
Lilly, at Grafton. who held him under
bond Of $1,000 for the April term OF
federal court in Wheeling on the
charge OF sending obscene matter
through the mails. tlesc
HamIlton's arrest results from a let.
ter sent to O Plttsburg employment
bureau, asking that q good looking
girl be sent to him for a housekeeper.
The contents OF the letter indicated
that he was trying to engage In the
white slave traffic. The letter was
turned over to Pittsburg authorities,
who had q young woman detective
meet Hamilton and accompany him to
Clarksburg as supposed applicant
for the position. When they arrived
at the railroad station mere vInton
Porter, a Pittsburs detective. and
local oplIceman took him in custody.
Hamilton had sent letter to the
Central Employment Agency, 62S
Penn avenue, as follows:
Can you secure for me fair girl
for my apartments? (Housekeeper.)
She must be good looking and In for
the money. Can easily make $40 or
over every week. One OF the tender.
loin district preferred. Will pay her
expenses down mere. II you can un.
dertake this, wire answer at once.
Don't send sulky girl. You know
what kind OF a girl | want"
At the top Of the letter, in the same
handwriting, was written, "Confiden.
tlal; dispose Of as soon as you are
with it,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
THE TIMES in WRONG AS usual.
CONSERVATION
IN.WHISKEY RANKS

The expose OF the double dealing Of
the whiskey ring with their own peo,
pie; and the base betrayal Of those
who have been making their cam
paign for them, has struck consterna'
ton in the ranks Of the whlskeyttes,
Messengers were hu,riedly. sent, tele.
phones were called into use, and many
caucuses were had last night in an
effort to get all the whiskey interests
united. The throw; down Of the com.
mon, ordinary. salotn.keeper for the
flotel.saloon.keeper brought these two
whiskey forces together last night
with: a crash. y
Charley Powell, Hen" Gilmore,
Charley Manley and Marsel Jolllff had
the busiest night Of their lives squar.
Ing themselves with tiese conflicting
interests in the ranks Of their own fol;
lowers.
The ordinary saloon men (who by
the way are more numerous than the
hotel saloon men) demanded an OK.
PLANTATION Of their throw down; while
the hotel fellows stood close by to see
that they. in turn were not betrayed.
For once. at least, these wilskey lead.
ers found themselves worse than be.
tween the devil and the deep sea-
they were between devil on the one
side and devil on the other. There
was mucn loud talking and waiving
OF arms; and 1t Is said that the ordI:
nary saloon fellows threatened to
"bolt" and vote for Clayton and crowl
unless they were given some guaran;
tee that they should nave a square
deal. Marsel was overheard to say:
."T'll put up ten thousand dollars to
keep our promise" 1t could not be
learned whether this ten thousand was
to keep faith with be hotel men or
the ordinary saloon men. It Is re-
ported on the streets this morning that
It was made to both. ;.5 4, ~ &.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
!. Temp IN d erance ! an I I.
Forces I Get 8 ''!:l
iogether'
Resigns to Serue as s
Commissioner
Of Election

The hearts OF the "wets" sunk this
morning very early when 1t was learn.
ed that Mr., Carl Riggs, the Democrat.
ic candidate for council in the Fifth
ward, had handed In his resignation
to the Democratic chairman OF the
city executive committee, Charles E.
Manley, in order taat he might serve
as commissioner OF election for which
nc had been chosen some time ago.
This leaves only Mr. Brand, the dry"
candidate and Mr.. Fliason, the wet
candidate, in the field and as the
ward is dry, Mr.. Brand will undoubt.
edly be elected by a handsome major.
ity. %
This action Of Mr.. Riggs is very
commendable and it will not be for.
gotten by the friends OF a dry town.
It was quite sacrifice for him to
withdraw from the race, but ne has
shown himself to be man Of strong
parts In standing for the best Inter.
ests OF the people and Withdrawing
in order that the dry forces might not
be divided.
Ever since the wet Republicans and
Democrats Of the ward bolted the reg
ular nominee Of the two parties, the
,Intl.LIcense League has been wnrb-
Ing to unite the temperance vote In
the ward and after very careful esh-
mate OF the sentiment Of the people
OF the ward, It was finally decided that
It would be best. all things considered,
for Mr.. Riggs to withdraw, which he
magnanimously, consented to do. This
one act practically assures a victory
for the dry forces AID the people ap-
preciate the spirit SHOWN by Mr.. Riggs
in tnls trying ordeal., ~ sl.lt
Mr.. Riggs had been appointed as
election commissioner and It was sup
1osed another would have to be Sc.
letted this morning, hut his withdraw.
al from the race left him free to serve
as commissioner, much to the delignt
u ! F. y d
OF his friends. Mr.. Riggs made more
friends by the act Of withdrawing In
interest OF harmony among the tenn
perance workers than he ever made
In one day in his life and he will be
remembered for it in the future when
tle vets "bolt' again.
e q ..# HF . H
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
AM APPEALTO
DECENT /: ( ] J ! 4 people y
DO YOU SANCTION THE METHono
OF THE lDEBAUc HERS OF
s5THESvoTERs7; 4;

& AZ the election to-day the peonle
will have a chance 10 ray swietie or
not they; uphold the mett tods ~ the
whiskeyi element In trying 10 gain sup
port for their waning cause. nav.
eral days beer has been coming b
town and the plan has been to tempt
those who formerly drank but arc
against II now, 80 that while under
the Influence OF drink they will vote
for license candidates. II IS q blot
and stain on our boasted civ ilization
that such actions are even tolerated
by the masses Of the people, mo
brazen methods o. Attempting to Do
bauch voters and corrupt the young
men oughtto; turn every man who thas
the least whit Of morality or Chri1.
tlanlty in him against the whole out
tit. The best way TO srebnle tho
bunca Is to vote against the candl.
dates they are at ycrki tor. Keep an
eye on them and work and vote ios
the other fellow IN each ward. TAas
is a very safe guide TO 80 sby and VIII
teach! the vets q very valuable lesson.
Speak Of this to your Snelgh ghbora, tell
them to: keep their eyes Skinned for
the brewers; saloon Keepers, sgambless
and the weakllngs VINO are iund derthsir
control. Il {. /,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
IGGS.WITHDRAWS I'm THE FIFTH WARD
Y'''..Q!UI|E:T'.. [. [ I. / is
THE ELECTION !. E 4. n \.
BUT STRENUOUS WORK is BEING
poNE-WETs ARE USING
MONEY FREELY

The city election Is being aeld to:
day. Everything eIse is at a stand:
still. Party lines Lave been elimlnat.
ed. Republicans and eDmocrats are
breaking over the lines some voting
for dry candidates on opposite tickets;
some voting for vets on opposite tick
cts.
A arge vote will be polled with the
result Of the election In doubt until
the votes are counted.
I A conjecture Of the result based
upon the most reliable Information
that can be CLEANED Is that First ward
Will go dry; Filth ward will be dry:
that Charley Powell will be tae next
councilman from Third ward. Sec
ond and Fourth wards are evenly di.
ylded, both sides claiming the better
OF the fight.
No fights reported. In First ward
Howard Adams. Democratic candidate
for council, voted an open ballot In
which he voted FOR Carskadon and
Adams. He displayed the ballot.
Evans friends told the Democratic
candidate Of the affair. He gave
Adams the "razzle dazzle" For, a
short time things were interesting In
the vicinity Of the First ward fire sta
tion.
There was no hitcn In the Second
and Fourth wards IN any particular.
In Third ward there was a little dis
turbance about one o'clock when a
man who had voted in Second ward
was asked to leave the room where the
election was being held. The man was
drunk. His friends took the matter
up. The drys were not to be scared.
The matter dropped before any blows
were struck. &
In Fifth ward big debating society
followed the opening of the polls.
Much law governing election was
manufactured by the vets. The DEM
ocrats were much discounted when
Riggs withdrew. Some declared they
would not vote, 5$,
The vets put out lots OF money In
the: different wards to put in the can.
dldates favorable to thin. z
Fifth ward is full o. the long green.
The fellows OF both the Democratic
and Republican parties who handle
money at elections are hard at It for
the vets today. q.
The Fifth ward school band parad-
ed the streets this afternoon. The
band played temperance airs and in
the procession boys carried banners
that appealed to The men to cast their
votes for the home and the boys.
The vote at press time stood:
First ward, 200.
I Second ward, 800.
Third ward. els.
Fourth ward. $40.
Fifth ward. go. -;;i! Is i'''s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20

The Times this morning Jumps onto
tfhe West VIrslnlan In It's usual vim
dlctlve style shouting; liar, liar, say.
Ing that MIR. A.; D. Simon had said
none Of the things attributed to him
by the Antl.LIeense Press Committee.
The West Vlrslniar dlsclalms wholly
any information as to Mr.. simon's po-
sltion on these questions but the
Press Committee, composed Of sub:
stantlaI and representative men, both
Republicans and Democrats, Is able to
prove that Mr.. Simon has talked OF
the matters referred to. Three rep
resentatives Of The Press Committee,
two Democrats andP one Republican,
called at the West vlrslnian office yes.
terday and handed In the copy for the
article In question, saying that they
could substantlate everything In the
article and asking shat Il be given
a prominent place In the paper. They
said the same article would be pre-.
sented to the Times to see whether
II would do as II said and run articles
on both sides as 1t, claimed It would.
1t will be noticed that the article
wasn't In the Times, SO the friends Of
temperance have another proof Of
that papers hostility to the great
cause which the decent people are
striving 50 hard to bring TO a sue.
cessfuI Issue. fisE
..Mr. slmon's denial Of things that
many people have heard him say Will
not do him any good, In fact It will
do him much harm. The workers
around tho voting places In tho Sec:
ond ward know of his declarations
along the line! indicated by the artl.
Gle prepared by tho Antl.Llcense Press
Committee. " s;s9S 4. 81 .g
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
ELKs TO GATHER.

CLARKSBURG, W. Va, March 20
The Clarksburs lodge Of Elks has ar
ranged to hold a big State meeting Of
all the Blks in West Virginia here
May 10th, to help celebrate the tenth
anniversary Of the local lodge and to
organize q State association Of West
Virginia Elks lodge. El,5 Ss.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
.Tr a.N rs.aE.af' .a.
TIRED OF LIFE
WaIkersyllIe Man Commits Suicide at
e the Close Of Revival Meeting. {.

UARKsBURG. ". Va, Marcn 90
At the close Of a revival meeting at
walkersnlle. south of here Thursday
night. conducted BY Rev. Mr.. Norman,
OF this city, N. D Sap, Of Walkers
Vile, committed suicide by swallowing
carboric .acid IN church. He was for.
ty-three years old. and leaves nine
sons and daughters. The only reason
he assigned was that he was tired OF
life. Three months ago he sold bis
store and started west, but lost all ais
money in speculation. s.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
HUMANE SOCIETY BENEFIT.
Famous Passion Play VIII Be Present
ed Sunday Afternoon at the
81 Dixie Theater.

Manager Hall, OF the Dixie. returned
from Pittsburg last night, bringing tae
famous Gaumonts "Passlon Play" a
subject Of intense Biblical interest,
beautifully colored, and portraying the
!lfe OF Christ from his birth to his
ctuiclfxion. This grand production
will be produced at the Dixie from
1880 to $50 Sunday afternoon and
will undoubtedly attract very large
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
!. e, coL:oRED i ); WOMAN DEAD.

Mrs. Marie clifford, colored, died on
Friday night at her home in the old
j Factory on Barney street and
Locust avenue. Funeral arFang ngements
which are In charge Of Inde dertaker
Musgrard have not been complseAtesdl.. psA Cd.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
DRINKiHABIT' is
CURSE'TiON "A. N
CHESTER, W., .,yA,) MAN SPEAKER
IN ALCOHOL MEETING AT
WASHINGTON. Z, g

WASHINGTON, March 2o.--'1tGyou
have a strong appetite for king alcohol
and tobacco and want to be cured Of
the habit, Just eat a vegetable diet for
six month"; N /. Z.
This was the advice given by Dr..
D. H.s Kress. Of this city, In an ad-
dress entitled Dyspepsia and It's Re.
lation to Inebriety., before the Amer
lean Society for the Study Of Alcohol
and Other Narcotics.
The drink habit Is becoming a
curse to this nation because It's people
are oyerfed by the pamperlng iof a
morbid taste which later finds its re
lief in a narcotic, declared Dr.. g. H.
Benton, Of Chester, W, Va, last night.
"lien Of today he asserted; ,.are
overied from the cradle to the grave:
Nature pours out su Client fluids for
digestion to supply the needs Of the
body, but not sufficient to asslmilate
all the foods that people habltually
pour Into their stonachs. S He de-
clared that poisons are thereby pro.
ducer whicaS attack the nervous syst
tenn, bringing on 10 feeling Of dis
comflture which Is sobliterated by the
narcotic Of alcohol. 8 4; a *
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
Sharp Not Guilty.

piled:
Sharp Not Guilty.
I'VE are tied up tight as to the
CooDers, but we find John D. Sharp
not guilty. .5y3s b
Judge Hart quickly dismissed Sharp
and ordered the Jury to continue It's
deliberations as to the guilt or limo,
cence Of the coopers.
The jurors put In the afternoon de
llberating, but after supper at 6 p. m,
devoted the rest Of the evening to
themselves with cards and
songs. t:s y ss :
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20

Mr.. Fitzgerald Is Just Alive.
Tom Fltzgerald's condition mas not
changed to-day. 1t Is now question
OF how long he will last. d
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20
Calls the " rong
People; Liar

JUMPS ONTO "vlRelNlAN" ALL
SPREAD OUT BUT SAYS NOT a
WORD AGAINST THE \ ANTlLl.
cENsE PRESS COMMITTEE COM.
POSED OF BOTH DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS WHO PRE-
PARED THE ARTICLE CONCERN.
ING Mr.. SIMON.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20

1.-THE Best Musical Show Ever In
Morgantown.
I The following telegram Is selt.ex
planatory:
J. Z. Powell, Mgr Fairmont, Viva.
{"Yama" last night the best musical
comedy Il eYnr had. y. 3.:;!j j;s:s 4:
H 4, H. .|A. gcHRIsTY Mst.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Us N. Howard, oi Mn
sontown, Pa have been the guests .as
the home Of their son. ! Dr.. 2. ". How
ard for the past Week.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-26
Jury List

The following list OF taxpayers re.
siding in Kittitas have been selected
as jurymen for the Septem Der term of
court, beginning on the It'll:
l. j. H. Mumma H. NJ. Baldwin, G..
H. Stewart, G. 5. Baker, Mike Patt.
A. S.Gregory. Hugh Stonebraker, D..
Rugg, Angus Mcpherson. j. A. Sny-
der, G.. w. Pease, J G Filler, w. G..
Hayward, Ed Harrell, f. L. Turner,
James Tucker, William LufY. Henry
Noel, j. Il Wippel, T. w. Satterwhite
L. +. Palmer. A. L. McCumber, James
Ashurst, b. H. House, II E. Reigel.
Leo Lesh,, John Blazina, E. E Stick
ney, Anton Hanzarech, r A. Cornell,
G. c. Estrem, John Newman, J. j.
Sharp, Chas. I. Moon, w. d. Bruton'
c. f. Thompson, w. V. f. Robbins.
Issac Burns, John Pollock, j. Bott.
A. j. Bales, Chas. A, Bregg, J. J.
Schnebley.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-26
That Concrete Block

Now that the first concrete block
erected in Ellensburg is practically
completed, who will say that the
same is not credit to the owners,
contractor and the city
Last May John Burnham entered
into a contract with G.. y. Knox
for the construction of two story,
3Ox7O feet concrete building, a
little later John Filler and John {.
Bench signed up contract for a
structure the same size, followed
BY II. A. and Chas. Manners and a
little later by K. \. Turner, the
four buildings all being united by
party walls, the front finish being
the same or practically so in each
structure, and the whole forming
a beautiful block 70xl2O feet two
stories in height. The paint used
is the white gray stone for body
with seal brown for trimmings.
This block takes the place Of fire
traps, that not only were menace
to the owners, but endangered
property in the entire block. 1t is
a FIRE proof block so far as walls
and roof is concerned and the only
FIRE that could do any great damage
would be an internal one. as it
would be hard to do it any material
damage by an external fire. The
four rooms constituting the block
represent about S2O,O and the
owners are proud of their structure
and the city ought to be and it is
but fair and just that the owners
and proprietors, all of whom are IN
business, should be encouraged by
an increased patronage in their
several lines.
John Burnham has living apart
ments on his second floor, J. II.
Filler and ]. c. Bench and Manners
Bros. have leased their second
floors for lodging purposes. R.
A. Turner's second floor, which
he has christened Turner'S hall
is leased FIVE years as lodge hall,
being built especially for that pur-
pose.
Our stock Of groceries is second TO none in
city and our prices fit the purse Of long list Of
satisfied customers.
MCDOWELL BROS.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-26
What Will Be Done

ELLENSBURG, Wash, Aug. -
Editor Dawn:-Some time ago three
men undertook to purify our city affairs
to "A certain extent, and somehow they
failed at that time, and there was
great talk as to what they were gong
to do with certain individuals, but We
fear that some fatal accident has be-
fallen them. for they have not been
heard from '(oflicially) since, and we
fear that something has happened TO
them If perchance nothing has trans
pired TO mar their enthusiasm in this
affair, why do they hold their tongues?
II the parties spoken of in the council
meeting some time ago, are not guilty
of the charges they mentioned, let 1t
he made known, if guilty, remove
them This city, it seems TO us is
miniature San Francisco. | refer to
the Police committee. II any person
has seen any of them in their official
capacity, since that meeting, please
notify Us through the columns OF The
Dawn.
Again things have taken turn in
our city affairs that will test the cour-
age of another committee. The Fire
men seem to think they have Just
com plant. and have offered their re-
signation, which will be acted upon at
the next meeting. Let it be hoped
they will take care of it like men ana
not as did the Police committee, their
affair
II this finds its way in to the columns
OF the paper, and nothing Is done 10y
the Police committee at their next
meeting, it will be my pleasure TO tell
through the papers some OF the things
they think nobody knows but them
selves think it will be my duty. a. a
citizen Of Ellensburg. TO let the voters
know who is hol ding this affair in the
dark. and who wants 10 bring 1t 70 the
front. might add that the whole
business rests with one man. and II he
can be found. it will be tn easy matter
TO get at the truth OF the affair. |
would thank the Edito: OF The Dawn
if he will print this, as | think the peo-
Pile should know what is going on, also
what kind OF material some men have
squirted up their back in the place
where their back bone should be.
A CITIZEN
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-26
Firemen Tender Resignation

ELLEN SBURG. Aug u, 1903
Honorable Mayor and City Council:
We hereby tender you our resigna
ton a. tiremen. to take effect mmedi
ately. Thanking you for the courte
sizes shown US in the past, we remain
Yours sincerely,
Peter SCHUYLER, Chief.
w. +. Roberts, Captain.
w. 5. Mountjoy, Driver.
John Ellsworth, Pipeman.
George Main, Fireman.
d. l.. Tittsworth, Fireman.
w. NJ. Digpon, Fireman.
j j. Poyser.
A. j. Shultz, Treasurer.
VIM. Freyburger, First Assistant.
Peter Garvey, Second "
Il. +. Carscadden, Secretary.
Lenox Wilson.
Geo. Schnneling.
Geo. Mitchell.
A. J. Rose.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-26

Dysentry is dangerous disease but
can be cured. Chamberlain, Cole
Cholera and Diarrhoea. Remedy has
been successfully used n nine epidem-
les of dysentry. 1t has never been
known to fail. It is equally valuable
for children and adults. and when re
duced with water and sweetened, it Is
pleasant TO take. Sold by CIV Drug
Store
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-26
Notice of Settlement OF Final
Account

In the superior court Of kittitaN county state
OF Washington u,t',,
In the matter OF the estate OF John Robinson
deceased. ,.,t,.
NOTICE is hereby given that Hannah h1nlh
son administrator OF tht estate Oh 1"iii ~ Co.,
ir.,n Increased has rendered and presented TOT
settlement and filed in the aboveentitlcd court
her uunl account OF her administration OF Nhlu
estate. and that Monday the 25d uaN oI Hut =,
to,lnt IN o-rlnck 4 NJ at the court house in the
clty of Elleusburg. has been duly appolht'u ny
the said court. for the settlement 81 Nalu &c
count at which time and place any person III
trrc>ted in said estate may appear ana me tx
ccptions IN writing to the said account ana con
teSt the same. . 1890
Dated this ith day of August A.D. l""
GEORoE SAYIto
County clerk and TX oiiicio clerk 81 th'
SUPERIOR court % klttitas county
state Of Washington
Date of first puh. ication Aug. . last pub!ica-
ton Aug -. 1907,