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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02
PRopIGIous WORK.

Few people we. believe reallze the
Importance and scope OF the work doT:e
byi the. Board, of Public Works In as
sesslng the public service corporations
of the State. 1t Is an enormous task
and one fralght with the sravest con-
senrlences. 1t IL this board tint we
were told by our Democratic f:lcnds
was wined and hined In the lparlof
cars of the railroad companies in or
der to get their assessments down low
while the property OF individuals was
assessed by a local oiiciH! who took
delight i'm counting our chickens hld
pigs and placing the values ct tile
highest notch consistent with 4 scared
conscience. But the records for the
rpast few years do not show t:Ht Tie
winning and dining of the members OF
the Board OF Public Works has FIELD
the corporation valuations down to
rufnons levels. In fact from year to
year increases have been made CT
property which for generations alnlos.
entirely escaped taxation. This year
ON three classes of corporations. Name
Nv. express companies. toll bridges and
water and light companies. an Increase
OF s1.O77.270 was made OIL n previous
aluatlon of only s2.75b. TAO. or an In
crease of 80 per cent. over last gear.
When farmers see their TAX receipts
cut about half in two they often Won
der how 1t happened The increased
valuations on the property OF corpora
tons Is one of the most potent real
sons and the State Board of Public
Works Is responsible for 1t II. large
measure. 1t Is here tnnt real tax re-
form got It's first great impetus. the
assessment Of railroad and oil AMI gas
companies being the largest ite::. but
once the people found out what ought
to be done there was no longer any
hesitancy on the part OF the State OIL
| Gals in making the rich pay take, In
proportion to their holdings. n thing
the poor had been doing stree the
| time when "the memory of man rum
meth not TO the c%ontrury."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02
READY FOR THE
GREAT RACE
THOUSANDS OF VISITORS GO ~
SEE REGATTA ON THE HuD-
SON TODAY.
Inn A-uoriuiat1 Prfqg.1


The blue and white of Columbia. the
cnrnelian and white of the
orange of Syracuse, the cardinal OF
Wisconsin and the red and blue o.
Pennsylvania comprise the gay color
scheme which Poughkeepsie has
thrust upon IL by the thousands OF
visitors who poured into the city this
morning. Thus decorated and erlbel-
lished. P~oughkeepsie enters upon TIT
great day of the year. the day or the
annual intercollegiate regatta ON the
Hudson. Always safe and sane ut
other times and on other days. the
people of Ponghkeepsie are enjoying
to the utmost the yearly onthirst OF
summer madness which spreads X
a %contagion over the city and sends
half the population to the river side
to witness the grilling contest o: the
crack onrsmen of the nation.
AS was to have been expected. Co
lumhia and Cornell have the la: gcst
delegations of rooters and are i'll con-
sequence making the lou l.st Gains
of victory. Syracuse and Pernsylva-
MIA also have many followers. and.
what the Wisconsin adherents lack in
numbers they make ZIP in enthusiasm.
Rowing sharps are toutins Ccrnel Us
the probable victor in the two minor
races. but the varsity eigilts. line big
race Of the day. still appears 20 be
nnybody's contest.
Coach Rice, of Columbia. Is wearing
expects his Morninssfde burc.l to
give n good account of themselves.
| Cornell shows mp we'll and there are
some who believe that the Itnaca
crew will sweep the bolrl and carry
of all three events.
Wisconsin has 4 wonderfully fast
crew this year and The Badgers are
hopeful OF breaking the ~"n1olloo"
which mas seemed to follow their
crews for some years. This year 1t
looks ms IL the Junior FER Eyck woull
have n last crew to represent the
| West against the pick OF the Eastern
oarsmen.
Though lighter han usual. the
Badgers are reported as being fast.
Coming from the West. Wisconsin is
something OF n dark horse. But fer
the unfortunate crab ut the bridge
When leading last ear the Western
ers might nave carried Off the norors
in the big race of 1908.
Pennsylvania to P~oushkeep-
sic his year with the credit OF 4 vic
tory over Yale early in the spring.
and syracuse with n victory over
Annapolis. Both crews are sail to be
up to the standard OF last year anil
Pennsylvania Ii reported. rs being. il
anything. better than the varsity
eight which represented the Red and
Blue last year.
Pennsylvania drew the inside berth
In the varsity race. which El.es the
Red and Blue ere n slight advan-
tage. Columbia has the outside
course i'm tine same event. but WIS
more fortunate In the otht' two
races. The Mornlngsiders take The
center In the Freshmen race and will
be the second crew from the shore in
the fOur-onreh contest.
Cornell. with her usual rowing luck.
drew just what suits her best. The
Itha hug the shore In the Fresh
men and Varsity fnurs and collar tn,
middle path III the big race. Cornell
Is thought TO be particularly strong in
the two minor events and h2l lucky
drawing affords her q still better op-
portunity 10 show In front.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02

The Weston Independent speaks OF
the renprointmcnt of DR.. steele rs sill
r"erintendent OF the Weston Asylum as
follows:
No surprise follows the retention by
the governors personal rolltior. OF DIR.
S. NJ. Steele rs superintendent Of the
Hospital for the Insane ut THU place.
The management of n great irst!tu-
ton like the local asylum requires n
rare sort of ability-in fact. various
kinds OF ability. No serious abuses
can long obtain there without rrovolt.
ing adverse comment. Under the pras-
ent management the community 1lls
heard very little criticism. and that
means very much for the present adj.
ministration Mt the hospital.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02

Ladiesiof the Maeeahess&nffthe Werte
Observation-Disclosures of MaripnsH!se
so will hold an exchange inAthes
window OF fRobb's Meat Market Sat-
urday morning. July 81 pssia1ing at
. o'clock to sell all kinds OF home
made pastry. bread and-ftc. Cook
books will also be sold ut arcasona-
BILE price.
n II uARnEN NJ zLE
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02
WEST VIRGINIA PATENTS.

Granted this week, Reported by =.
4 Snow 4 Co. patent attorneys. WASH
inston. d. C:-V. A. and IL. Ioiinson'
Holden. trnpdoor for mines: is Kerr.
Davis. sloe-calk: II. X. Stuart. Wheel
ing. microphnne; l.. Wilson. sidney.
telegraph key. For copy of any ar
above patents send ten cents III posi-
& stamps with date Of this paprr to
c. A. Snow 4 Co. Washington. ID. c..
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02

The "wets" have set next Tuesday
evening Mt $3.50 rs n time for meet
ing and the "drys" adjourned last
night to 7:30 of the same evening
They may sit together some time with.
in n month or so.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02
O. L. HARDEN. NIX.
Are You Going to Pittsburz7

II SO you can get nrst class hotel
accommodation. boa-1 mr. room or both
in business center OF town at about
half price by calling on 'Iintel." care
this office.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02
Five Paid In Full Companies.

This season. as last. the Waserhals
& Kemper Co. will nave five "Plld in
Full" companies OH the road. Al arc
booked solid up to next May. which
SHOWS the amazing popularity of the
:Eugene-W Walter play.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02
UPHOLSTE RING.

We make n speciality of first clasi
up to late upholstn-inE. botn plain ant
fancy. Mattresses and feathers rem
ovnted. Sewing machine needles an,
supplies. All work guaranteed.
II. c. VOELKER,
1O7 FnIrmont Ave. Yost Building
Con. Phone f93. FhIRMONT. w. Va
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02

day wanted to take n vacation. They
didn't have to close.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02

Most everybody attends council
meeting these days except the coun-
cElmcn. There was n nice crowd on.
last night.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02
Positions of Crews,

POUGIIK EEPSIE. N. Y. .JmlJ q,
Crews entered In the three races CT
the intercollegiate regatta today rwillt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02
No. 1852.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
Office Of Comptroller of the Currency.
WASHINGTON. DC.
June IS. 1900.

June IS. 1909.
WHEREAS. by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, 1t has
been made TO appear that "Thc Ma
tfonsl Bank OF Fnirmont,'' in tine City
or E'aIrnlont. in the county OF Marion.
and Suite of West Virsl1in. has coin;
piled with nil the provisions $of the
Statutes OF the United States. re-
1uirrd TO be complied with before an
association shall be nitliorlzed,t to DIN
Iilence the business of banking:
NOW THEREFORE,, /. Ldwrenc, ..
Murray. Comptroller OF tine Currency.
10 hereby certify that 1.-The National
Bank Of Fairmont." in tho City of
Elirnnrt. in the county Or Marion,
and State of West Virginia Is a~lltllor-s
lied to IN the business of
banking MS provided in Section Fift:t
ole hundred and sixty nine of the RE-
risei Statutes OF the United. States.
Conversion OF The Bank OF Fair
mont
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF wit
ness my hand and Seal of Office this
twenty-elghth day ofsIune. 1909.
LAWRENCE o. MURRAY.
Comptroller of the Currency. 4
SEAL.
+#sat-
Currency Bureau.
Seal nf4he Comptroller OF
shn rurruury Ees
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-02
l5Iz0IaINAII!MIa
No. 90 /.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The First National Blnk.'at Fa!rn:nnt.
in the State of West Va. IT the close
OF business, June %. 1909.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08
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Two more Marathon races are being
arranged for Madison Square Garden,
New York.
The 3-year-old colt General Watts,
2 :O6a, will not be raced next year, as
intended by mis- owner.
Former Amateur Billiard Champion
Fred Conklin defeated Calvin Demarest,
present holder of the amateur champion
ship, but who has recently become a pro-
fessional, in the first of q siH-game ham
dicap contest, by a score of 800 to Ala,
in Chicago.
Mr.. Geers, during his career on the
turf, has driven twenty-four. t%rotters to
records of . 10 or better. the fastest one
being The Abbot, :03A.
Those two great PAGERS. Hedgewood
Boy and Lady Maud c.. are reported to
be barefooted and taking life easy at the
farm of their owner, j. c. Crabtree, OF
Hillsboro, Ill.
The best professional speed skaters in
the world will in all probability be seen
in Winnipeg. Also in Fort William Q
big meeting is planned with prospects OF
the five most noted cracks competing.
Manager Kelley OF the st. Paul base
ball team has effected a deal whereby
Catcher Pete Noonan goes to San Franz
cisco in exchange for Third Baseman
Egan, one Of the coast stars. NoonaA
has seen his best days.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08
NEW YORK.

SeaSonable Quie is reported in
wholesale and iobbing trade, travelling
statesmen preparing to start out next
week. Confidence in good spring bust
ness is general. results of inventories
thus far available Indicating that re
,orts of depleted stocks were not cXag-
gerated. Conservative buying during
the past year made the statistical posi-
ton very strong among dealers. Open
weather retards sales ot heavyweight
wearing apparel. The same influence
operates, on the other hand, to facili-
tate outdoor work. and estimating
rooms are busy on plans FOR future
construction. After some o~verhauling
and repairs the leading industrial
plants will resume next week with
anger forces than at any time during
1908.
4 quiet closing OF the year was ex-
steel, out an improved demand is an
1icipated early in January.
Few buyers are in the primary mar
kcts for textile fabrics, stock-taking
and the holidays combining to make
he past week the dullest Of the year.
Hides are quiet, but prices are main
aimed. packers and dealers anticipat-
ing that tanners will soon enter the
market aIE operate on a liberal scale.
leather has continued dull.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

Otter Tail (Minn.) county farmers ar
claiming a revenue of 500 per acre from
potatoes this year.
1t. Paul is to have a sealer of weights
and measures to see that dealers give
customers full measure.
The annual rabbit nun in Pleasant
Mound township. Blue Earth county,
Minnesota, resulted in the slaughter OF
2O4 rabbits. The game was shipped ia
St. Paul, and brought 1875. which will
be used to pay for a big oyster supper
in the near future.
North Dakota bankers in session at
Valley City adopted strong resolutions
condemning the postal savings banks OF
the ground that it took money of the
community, removed taxable property, in.
creased government officials, consequently
lobbying, and removed property from dut
process of law.
With the object, it is surmised, of com
pletinx the big lumber corporation OF
combine, representatives of the lumber In.
terests of Washington and Montana, to.
sethsr with the Attorneys General OF
both these States, have been in consul.
tation with the Twin City lumber inter
ests this week.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08
FACES WIFE AS HIS JUDGE.
Omaha Man Sentenced to Jail by
Spouse on Bench.

Omaha Man Sentenced to Jail by
Spouse On Bench.
In the Omaha police court Mrs. Frank
Freihab accepted an invitation from
Judge Crawford to take his place on the
bench while her husband was on trial
on a charge of abusing his wife and chill
dren. You may do whatever you please
with this man who has abused you, 80
long as you keep within the law said
Judge Crawford. Freihab had an attor-
ney and his trial proceeded, with his wife
acting as police judge. The accused hus-
band protested that he was not guilty of
abusing his wife. Witnesses testified
that he drank to excess, came home in
texicated, failed to provide the necessaries
Of life for his family and was frequently
cruel to them when in his cups. When
the witnesses had testified Judge Craw-
ford held a consultation with the wife
She decided that Freihab should be sen
fenced to one days confinement in Jail,
the minimum sentence. Judge Crawford
imposed sentence.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08
FOURTEEN YEARS IN PRISON.
Big Political Boss Of San Francisco
Given the Maximum Term.

Abe Rucf, once the real ruler of San
Francisco, with the income of a prince.
was sentenced Tuesday to fourteen
years in San Quentin prison for bribery.
Judge Lawlor gave the fallen boss the
extreme limit of the law. but h term
will be reduced to n little over eleven
years for good behavior.
The end Of the long legal battle in
the Supreme Court and the beginning
Of a still longer fight in the higher
courts was devoid of spectacular inter
est. Rcuf said nothing when he heard
his doom, and the court omitted the
usual formal reflections, the proceed
ings being reduced to the simplest legal
formula. Immediately after sentence
a notice Of appeal was filed, a certificate
of probable cause being signed by the
court. which will act as a stay until a
bill Of exceptions can be prepared.
Meanwhile Ruef will still be fighting in
the courts three years hence. and the
prison walls will still await him. The
conviction Of Rucf, in the opinion Of
most people, is the browning triumph
Of the graft prosecution. 1t was he
who brought about the election Of
Mayor Schmitz and the union labor
supervisors who miSuscd their offices,
and after their election it was Ruef
who held complete control Of the lesis'
lation OF the city.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08

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* MANCLN
CHICAGO

Commerce settled into the usual
quiet attending the close OF the year,
but not without further evidence OF
substantial ~ecovery and
ment for the future. While pressure
upon weak concerns added materially
to the trading defaults reported, the
elimination makes 4 healthier credit
situation. and it is significant that no
especially serious crash occurred TO
disturb confidence. Payments through
the banks make 4 gratifying Nhibi
those for the month being the greatest
since October. 1907. and nearly 40 per
cent greater than for December, 500
The weekly gains recently noted ar"
well sustained. and the loss for th"
entire year is seer to he barely . per
cent. Il result which is remarkably good
in view OF the adverse factors. tn
usually extended holidays in part &c
count for reduced movements Of com
mOditieS and crop marketingS at this
time. but retail trade was we'll main
tanned in Seasonable merchandise II
stocks have become low. Failures re-
ported in the Chicago district number
43, against % last week. 2S a year ago,
and 20 in 1906. Those with liabilities
of more than 81, number II. against
6 last week, ! a year ago, and 3 in
l9OS.-Dun's Review.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08
TOWNS WRECKED BY THE QUAKE

The towns in Sicily and southern
Italy reported wrecked by the earth
quake are as follows:
Messina, Sicily-Population, 10000
wrecked by earthquake and swept by
tidal wave; loss of life enormous.
Catania-Third largest town in Sicily,
in ruins.
Palermo, Sicily-Ten miles northwest
of Catania, $4,000; a heap of smoldering
ruins.
Vittoria, Sicily-Town of 1000, on
the Camarine river: wrecked.
Naro. Sicily-Population, II 1000; half
destroyed.
Ali-Fifteen miles southwest of Mes
sina, one of the most ancient towns in
island; population, 1900; badly dam
aged.
Mineo, sicily-Nincty-six miles north.
west of Catania badly damaged.
Patti-On the north coast of Sicily
wrecked.
DISQUALIFICATION, 1900; twelve
miles southwest of Milazzo; badly
wrecked.
Palmi, Calabria-On the southwest
coast population, $4,000: in ruins.
Reggie. Calabria-Popu!ation. 1850;
across the Strait of Messina from the
city of Messina reported completely de-
stroyed.
Scilla, Calabria-Reported destroyed.
Bagnara-Sixteen miles northeast of
Reggie; population, 1000; reported wiped
out.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08
Enormity of the Catastrophe Grows
as Reports Come from the
Devastated Provinces.
~
HORROR PILES UPON HORROR.
Hundreds of Injured Imprisoned in
Debris and Pestilence Now
Confronts the People.

One hundred and fifty thousand per-
sons of a population of 100000 in the
Italian departments of Calabria n
Sicily devastated by the earthquake
one in every twelve inhabitants-are
dead in the most disastrous catastrophe
Of modern times, in which Reggie, 4
city of $4,000, vanished from the face
Of the earth, leaving but five mad sur
vivors. Another city was almost en-
tirely washed into the sea and the
whole face of a nation was changed in
the space of thirty-twO seconds The
measure Of havoc annot accurately be
estimated. No accurate figures on the
death list are ~Obtainable, but apparent
ly reliable estimates place the fatalities
as high as 10000. The calamity is
the greatest in the history Of the
world.
From several towns near the
center of the disturbance no word
came, and there seemed reason
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08
CAPTAIN ERB CASE OPENS.
Widow and Her Sister on Trial
Charged with killing.

Mrs. Florence Nj. Erb and her sister,
Mrs. Catherine Beisel, were placed on
trial in the Delaware County Court in
Media, Pa, charged with the murder of
Mrs. Erb's husband, Captain J. Clayton
IGrb, at his country homo, lied Gables.
near Village Green, on the night of Oct.
g.. Captain Erb, who was secretary to
Israel w. Durham, Republican leader of
Philadelphia, and a ~well-known National
Guardsman, was shot in a fight in which
Mrs. Erb and Mrs. Beisel participated.
Mrs. Bcisel is charged with having fired
the shot, but both she and Mrs. Erb
have been indicted on a charge of murder.
Mrs. IIrb, it is alleged, quarreled with
her husband and summoned to her home
from a nearby hotel Mrs. Beisel, though
Captain Erb had served notice to his
sister-in-law not to come to the house.
When Mrs. Beisel entered there was a
wrangle, and shortly thereafter servants
heard the crashing of glass and five shots.
Mrs. Erb. who sent for assistance, said
her sister had shot Erb, who was dead in
the hall near his bedroom with three
bullets in his body. Mrs. Beisel admitted
firing the shots, bue declared she did so in
self-defense. Mrs. Beisel has been in
Jail, but Mrs. Erb has been out on bail.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08
SOUTH dry; WAR on.
Alabama, North Carolina and Missdb
sippi Are Now Prohibition.

The wave Of temperance which hat
driven the saloons out Of the States q
the South became effective Friday. Thl
law banishing the saloons from AlD
bama, Mississippi and North Caroline
went into effect at midnight. Tht
morning of the new year found State
wide prohibition in these three States
Other Southern States are already dr.
or nearly so. The liquor men have re
tanned an imposing array OF counsa
and will test the laws in the courts
The Tennessee Legislature will cen
tainly will certainly be asked to ere
ate prohibition in that commonwealth
Virginia is hewing nearer and neare1
to the line of prohibition, and is al
least 90 per cent prohibition now. In
Louisiana the Gay-Shattuck saloon reg
ulation law has closed many barroomi
and many parishes of the State have
driven out the saloons by voting fol
prohibition under the local option law
In Georgia many of the p~urveyors OF
"near-becr," the only intoNicant which
can be old in the State, are closing
up> otSi'S liz UNIV B"s P-So
cense just imposed. The rural s~ectiona
Of Kentucky have been for some tim
largely dry"
The longest single step toward gem
eral prohibition in the South was tab
en- Friday. Georgia is the only othH
State wherein statutory prohibition e0
lists, the law having been in operation
one year.
Having won their Statewide fights
in -four States, the anti-saloon FORGET
have greatly enlarged the South's dry
area, and they are now lining up foa
early campaigns in several other STATED
where prohibition has assumed the
magnitude Of a political issue. In Tex.
as M Arkansas the voters probably
will be called upon this summer to de-
eide q constitutional amendment fot
prohibition.
The Montgomery (Ala.) liquor men
will test the law. This much has bee4
decided upon. Leon We'll Of one OF
the largest law firms of the South wilt
demand a license, and on being refused
will join with Mobile in testing thu
legality of the act.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-08

sea. The news caused a deep impress
sion in Rome, for it's consequences
from commercial and military points
of view will be ~incalculable.
Other towns and villages on 10Th
sides Of the strait of Messina have
been leveled to the ground and nothing
but ruins are left to indicate where
they formerly stood.
One hundred and fifty guests of the
Hotel Trinacria, eighty of them En-
glish and American tourists, died bee
meath the walls of their hosiery. Few
of their bodies ever will be recovered,