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the lnclenlency Of the weather and

the lnclcmcncy Of the weather and
labolishlng running boards, At the
request Of Ollie, Smith and L. F.
Moore, of Wheeling, Mr.. Hearne had
the rules suspended and the bill TAX,
err up ont Of regular order He then
offered several amendments, which he
said would make the bill acceptable
to both the Wheeling street chr In.
terests and their men.
One Of these amendments extended
the time Of abolishlng the use Of run.
ming boards to November IL. 19l1. An
other cut out the requirement that
vestibules should be heated. Another
permitted the use OF cars with run.
/ ming boards on special OCCASIONS such
as circus days. r
When the bill had been thus per.
.fected to make It acceptable to the
Wheeling street car companies, an nj.
legged onslaught was made upon It,
evidently at the instance Of Fairmont
and Parkersburg Traction interests.
Representatives Devol and Kingsley,
!, CT Wood; ! Ice Of Marion. and Nc.
. = q E.
Crum, Of Preston, united in the attack.
/ Tho objection of the owners OF Fair.
mont and Parkersburg lines were cit.
ed and numerous dilatory motions
were made. Deyol wanted to post.
pone action indefinitely. Kingsley
,trle, to strike out the running board
clause and then to clean out the en-.
acting clause; and Murphy wanted to
/; lay 1t on the table. Each motion was
defeated. ~ VI.
Mr. Hearne said he was n stock.
holder in street car company MIN.
sell, but between human life and tllyl.
Sdends he stood. for human life. He
led q good Aght for the bill and by de.
mandlng roll calls got q record vote
each time IN his favor. The argll.
ments against the bill tended to show
that open fronts and running boards
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GOV. Haskell.
Is INDICTED
FEDERAL GRAND JURY REPORTED
SEVEN TRUE BILLS ON
CHARGES OF coNSPIR. 4.
t.I5 q tACY. IL z ,5 .ti}5 y

q
MUSKOGEE, Okla. Feb. A. Seven
Indictments weer returned by the fed
cral grand jury here last night In the
town lot fraud Investigation, the charg.
cs being conspiracy to defraud the gov
eminent. The names Of those indicted
are Governor Charles N. Haskell, +.
D. Sewers. A. z. English, C.. ", Tnr.
ner, W. r. Hutchings. James W. Hill
and Walter r. Eaton. "A
The rtpor. OF the grand Jury was
made to Judge Robert E. Campbell, OF
the United Sttaes Court. The Jury
was instructed TO report for duty again
Monday morning. whlca gave rise to
the impression that only n partial re.
port had been made in the town lot
cases. Later 1t was learned that the
jury is to consider matters other than
the town lot frauds next week. sev.
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keiIy.Woodford.

Mr.. H. Walker Kelly,&o Grafton.
anil Miss Arts, Woolforl.. Of Philippi,
we're united in marriage this morning
Ut lis al the home Of the brides aunt
MISS Perry Robinson, at that place.
Immediately after.the ceremony Mr..
anil Mrs. Kelly left on the G.1& b.
train for Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York. where they will spend their
honeymoon, after which they will re-
turn to Grafton, where they will In
tho future reside. The bride is one
OF Philippls accomplished young Ia
dies. The groom holds position as
clerk in the B. & 0. store in Grafton
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eral Of. those who 1t was expectci

eral Of those who 1t was expected
would be Indicted escaped because the
evidencellid not show they were iden-
tilted with the alleged conspiracy,
Walter R. Eaton, one OF the men Iii.
dlcted. is brother.ln.law Of Walter
r. Richie, Of Lima, O, He is, the soc
rotary OF the Indlanola Contracting
Company, Of which Governor Haskell
is president, and which, It is alleged,
scheduled the names Of the many
dummies" to secure tow nlots. u:
Fifteen Of the wealthiest men IN
Muskogee called at, the Office Of the
United States marshal here last nigh.
and signed Governor lIaskell's boa'l
for $4,000. Many more asked to be
allowed to sign 1t. z, !
Governor Haskell Is ut Guthrie,
There is but one Indictment against
him. It charges conspIring with Wal.
ter R. Eaton and Clarence W. Turner
to defraud the government. il.
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START NoN.uNloN.
Window Glass Situation at The Graf
ton Plant Begins to Assume Sc
. rlous Aspect.

GRAFTON, Feb, 4.-Thlrty nun.un;
ion window glass workers. arrived in
tho city yesterday afternoon from Sis.
tcrsyllc. brought here by the Grafton
Window Glass Company, TO operate
It's large glass factory in the East End,
Tile strikers state that they cannot
operate the plant and that they will
prevent 1t, as many Of The mcn.are for.
mer mionists and they will have them
join their ranks AGAIN and enlist in
their cause: Meantime the fires have
been lighted. at, the plant, and It Is the
purpose ot:tlle management to begin
operations Thursday 1t midnight.
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5undle ID Bahy and bring ~
warm, conf rtab is studio if IS K
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n Ar1iett and grantldaush.
Ter Niles yelle Peppers, went to Park.
efRhlrg yesterday, where the former
Will spend several weeks. Miss Laura
iii ofis this city now IN school in
wheeling, 3lsS expected m Parkersb,rg
I'LL spend Sunday with Miss Bessie
Chancellor and Miss Beatrice Fisaer
will so there tomorrow to visit hcr
4 cousln. Miss Berry, Moore. Several
events are planned forythe young Ia:
ldiest during their visit They will re;
turn home Sunday .5s5 Il
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IRE would be defeated. IN substance

ure would be defeated. In substance
the objection TO It. was that 1t would
drive at least a billion dollars Of for
eign capital out Of the State and
might leoWrlize the present friendly
commercial relations with Japan.
Tie supporters OF tho bill contendct
that the State was being overrun BY
thrifty Japanese who were gradually
ga lining an impregnable position as
LAND owners and whose government.
was trying to dictate to California re
garding legislation.
Sensational Speeches Made.
Two sensational speeches were
made, one for and one against the
measure. Assemblyman Grove l.
johnson. Of Sacramento. eS-congress
man and author Of four bills segregat
ing Japanese in schools and residen
tial districts and preventing aliens be
| ing members OF corporations, made ar
in,passioned appeal for tho enactment
OF the Drew bill. At the climax OF biz
speech he walked backward from hi'
| seat to the lobby rail and selling II
his arms a golden haired girl OF three
HELD her aloit and declared that hi
WAS in favor OF tlis as opposed to thu
japanese menace to our institutions
Passed in Nevada.
CARSON, Gep. i.-Tle assembly o
| the Nevada legislature at the after
noon session yesterday passed thu
anti,lapancse resolution as amended
i THE amendments eliminate all refer
once'to federal interference, but nrs'
| the State Of California to pass strin
gent measures TO exclude japanese
There was but one vote against th'
measure.
The assembly resolution No. 2, thu
asks Tint fleet Of warships be KEEP
| In tho Pacific was passed without
question or amendment.
Governor Dickerson gave out the
following statement:
Personally, ] would like TO see tlit
Japanese excluded from this countI,
and every one OF them here deportel
! 1 regard them rs being n worse cyl
md n greater menace to our county
than tho Chinese. l am not In favor
however. of nnactng laws or passing
resolutions OIL this subject that VII
tend to eInbarrass tho national admin
Eistration in Its negotiation with the
japanese government for the restE:c
ton Of Immigration
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GUTHRIE Okla y a R N ). 4 Governs
Haskell, when Informed that I'D W.
indicted issuelithe following fens;s2sI
to the Associated Press N III &
R%I: have lust heard 81 the dietmsIt;
for conspiracy couple dswlths seren ~
eight Of the Oldest citizens III Mnsto:s
gee, men who developed and buff uFi
that country by5 their eltishS eliqrt
| am satisfied. The interior ;depart
has been mIsledB b false stat msnts'
! am confident there has not been N
dishonest act$done$by any ofs the " #
dicted parties and that good feiiizeps
In general regardless Of politics fefssII
the same way IN IA
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a Perry at the Imperial Palace.
Edward Baxter Perry, who is to give
K aB pianoforte recital nj the Grand Or
Seia House Feb. sth. under the auspices
aof gthet Wonan's Club, is the only Am
9erican pianist who ever played ut the
! imperial palace in Berlin for the late
1 emperor 81 Germany. When question,
Z ed by a reporter as to his experience
I lou this occasion. Mr.. Perry gave the
following details
D sEsi obtained the invitation to play
Z at the / palace through the Countess
I Br,lehl: We were met NJ the carriage
\ door by lackeys; who conducted us
I through the palace to the dressing
rooms, and then to the apartments
where the company was assembled
(which consisted Of large music ROOM
'ssa, Ion, and several reception rooms.
There. were present about one hundred
4 gnestsS the ,lottiest Of the German no
sbllity, and the leading military anu
stars Of the time. among them
the emperor and empress, the crown
prince and princess, daughter Of Queen
yE:YictoriaS Of England, Bisma1k. Won
S;MoHke and 5spielhagen the most re-
snownedS of Gcrnon novellsts. was
NE only performer, and played for
\ nearly an hour after which ! was pre-
scented to the; guests and supper was
4 served While talking with the en-
I press, the emperor stepped up and in
5stradaced himself to ne with the infor'
sural remark, y AM the husband prob
Y ably not wishing to crush IN American
with the announcement, I am the king
10 Prussia and emperor OF United
4 Germany. {. The crown prince conduct
sed me to, supper and the princess put
sugar III ny ten. which ! never take,
but was obliged to swallow for once
Aside from the, noted personages, pres
emit; the entertainment differed little
from The ordinary musical and reccp'
s,tion among wealthy circles in our own
country except in two rather annoy
dig d etails. Every man present car
Hed q; crush hat, which he kept fiat
stened under his arm, and chung TO as
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DR.. and Mrs. George Johnson. whose
marriage was of recent date. have re-
turned from 4 wedding trip east. They
we're in the city aifew hours yesterday
anil went on to the latter's home at
Norgantown for a brief visit. Ri,
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Il A,yalentine Supper.

OF. Thursday evening, February Il,
$the iWonian's Auxiliary Of Christ P. e.
sehnrch viii give a Valentine Supper At
die home Of Mrs. WA. Wellcbusch,
4 cn FaFnont avenue: An excellent
emu has been planned and a large
patronage ls solicited. 3,
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Ball Committee.

Governor Dawson has appointed the
following gentlemen on the committee
Of Invitations for the inaugural ball:
slessrs. W. 3. Mathews. chairman !
John Donnally, H. platt Brightwell'
botham, viii T. Burlette, W: Z. Chill
ton and Walter schcrr.-charleston
Gazette.
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fight OVER
TROLLEY BILL
MANY EFFORTS MADE TO AMEN
1T or KILT IN THE
HOUSE.

CHARLESTON, w, Va, Feb. A.
The entire time OF the House yester-
day afternoon was taken up in discuss.
Ing llouaa bill No; 50, bytMrs Hearne,
protecting street car workers against
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Music pepa rtment. Meetina.

The Music Department OF the Wo'
mans Club will meet on Friday after.
noon at $3.50 o'clock ut the home Of
Miss Lucy Raymond at Shalyside.
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Z Mr., and Mrs. C. 0. Jackson enter
,sincA at twelve o'clock dinner yester'
day at their home on Fourth street
Covers we're laid for Mr.. and Mrs. W.
$, Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs. John Ham:
iltou. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Boydston'
Mrs. Ruhanm Boy,lston and Mrs. pa
vil Gibson.
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4 ~ Mis- Fred ) Fleming will entertain
y the H$ O! C.S Cub this evening at her
home. on Main street. 8
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-04

WANTED-INF oRMATloN REGARD
ING patent, which wonld be money.
maker, Only inventor who wishes 10
sell direct to manufacturer need an.
swer. Give price and description. l..
Darbyshire, Box 1sa2.A, Rochester. \.
v 6,
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Mendelssohn's Tooth Anniversary.
The one !hunlredth anniversary Of
I the birth Of ,Mendelssohn was cclebfit.
I ed Sast evening by the members Of
& MS. ou SBillingslea's music class at
shers studio I'm. the Hall building. The
evening was spent studying the life
land works iof Sthe composer.
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n I'M .slS . fll
Turner was. the first to give tona
in the sum of+$lo.ooO. Hutchings asl|s
Eaton called and gave! bond forssss .epe
each All Will probably be- arralsan2
before Judge Campb On sslrsss
English IS In Los sAng eles, cal
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-04

LUcRETfA: W. - ~ e y
Just learned that Gutl Medol -Four r
s!fted ten tiptes fhropGh finest ala EudFsM.
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shutters-one, two, three--had 'em
up In their places-four, five, six
barred 'em and pinned EN-
seven, eight, nine-and came back
before you could have got to
twelve, painting like race horses.
"Hilli-ho!" cried old Fezziwig,
skipping down. from the high desk,
with wonderful agility. "Clear
away, my lads. and let's have lots
Of room here! Hilli-ho,, Dick!
Chirrup, Ebenezer!"
. Clear away! There was moth.
ing they wouldn't have cleared
away, or couldn't have cleared
away, with old Fezziwig looking on.
1t was done in a minute. Every
movable wwas packed off, as If il
were dismissed from public life for
evermore; the floor was swept and
watered, the lamps were trimmed,
fuel was heaped upon the fire, and
the warehouse was as snug and
warm and dry and bright a bail.
room as you would desire to see
upon winters night.
In came a fiddler with a music.
book and went up to the lofty
desk and made an orchestra of II
and tuned like so stomachaches. In
came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast
smile. In came the three Miss
Fezziwigs, beaming and lovable.
In came the six young followers
whose hearts they broke. In came
all the young men and women EN-
ployed in the business. In came
the housemaid, with her cousin, the
baker. In came the cook, with her
brothers particular friend, the
milkman. In came the boy from
over the way, who was suspected
of not having board enough from
his master; trying to hide himself
behind the girl from next door but
one, who was proved to have had
her ears pulled by her mistress. In
they all came, one after another;
some shyly, some boldly, some
gracefully, some awkwardly, some
pushing, some pulling; in they
came, anyhow and every how.
Away they all went, twenty couple
at once, hands half round and back
again the other way; down the mid.
die and up again; round and round
in various stages of affectionate
grouping; old top couple always
turning up in the wrong place; new
top couple starting off again, as
soon as they got there; all top
couples at last, and not bottom
one to help them! When this re-
suit was brought about, old Fezzi-
wig, clapping his hands to stop the
dance, cried out, We'll done!" and
the fiddler plunged his hot face in
to a pot of porter especially provid.
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left the school behind them, they
were now In the busy thorough
fares OF city, where shadowy pas
sengers passed and repassed;
where shadowy carts and coaches
battled for the way, and all the
strife and tumult of real city
were. 1t was made plain enough,
by the dressing of the shops, that
here, too, it was Christmas time
again; but it was evening, and the
streets were lighted up.
The Ghost stopped at certain
warehouse door and asked Scrooge
II he knew it.
Know it," said Scrooge. "Was
l apprenticed here!"
They went in. At sight of an old
gentleman in Welsh wig, sitting
behind such a high desk that IL he
had been two inches taller he must
have knocked his head against the
ceiling, Scrooge cried in great ex-
element:
why, it's old Fezziwig! Bless
his heart; it's Fezziwig, alive
again."
oIo rCZZiWiB kdiu uOWu Ills pen
and looked up at the clock, which
pointed to the hour of seven. % He
rubbed his himself, from his shoes
to his organ of benevolence, and
called out in a comfortable, oily,
rich, fat, joyial voice:
"Yo no, there! Ebenezer!
Dick!"
Scrooges former self, now grown
a young man. came briskly in, ac-
companied by his fellow 'prentice.
Dick Wilkins, to be sure!" said
Scrooge to the Ghost. BLESS me,
yes. There he is. He was very
much attached to me, was Dick.
Poor Dick! Dear, dear!"
"Yo no, my boys!" said Fezzi-
wig. mo more work tonight.
Christmas, Ebenezer! Let's have
the shutters up" cried old Fezzi-
wig, with sharp clap of his hands,
before man can say Jack Rob-
inson!"
You wouldn't believe how those
two fellows went at it! They
charged into the street with the
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|3dffor that purpose. But, scorning
Hest, upon his temperance he in
iatantly began again, though there
sFere no dancers yet, as If the other
llnddlor had been carried home, ex-
stausted, on a shutter, and he we're
n brand-Lew man resolved to beat
Aim out of sight, or perish
There were more dances, and
there were forfeits, and more
dances, and there was cake, and
there was negus, and there was a
great piece of Cold Roast. and
there was. a great piece of Cold
Boiled, and there were mffice pies
and plenty of beer. But the great
effect of the evening came after
the Roast and Boiled, WREN the fid-
der ian artful dog, mind! The sort
of man who knew his business bet
ter than. you or I could have told it
himD struck up "Sir Doger de Cow
erly." Then old Fezziwig stood out
to dance with Mrs. Fezziwig. Top
couple, too; with good stiff piece
of work cut out for them; tire or
four and twenty pair of partners;
people who were not to be trifled
with; people who would dance, and
had no notion of walking.
But if there had been twice as
many. .ah, four times-old Fezzi-
wig would have been a match for
them, and so would Mrs. Fezziwig.
AS to her, she was worthy to be his
partner in every sense of the term.
If that's not high praise, tell me
higher, and I'll use it. A positive
light appeared to issue from Fezzi-
wigs calves. They shone In every
part of the dance like moons. You
couldn't have predicted, at any Civ
en- time, what would become of
them next. And when old FezZi-
wig and Mrs. Fezziwig had gone all
through the dance-advance and re-
tire, both hands to your partner,
bow and curtsey, corkscrew, thread
the-needle, and back again to your
place-Fezziwig "cut"-cut SO deft-
ly that he appeared to wink with
his legs, and came upon his feet
again without stagger.
When the clock struck eleven
this domestic ball broke up. Mr..
and Mrs. Fezziwig took their sta
tions, one on either side the door,
and shaking hands with every per-
son individually as he or she went
out, wished him or her Merry
Christmas. When everybody had
retired but the two 'prentices, they
did the same to them; and thus the
cheerful voices died away, and the
lads were left to their beds, which
were under a counter in the back
shop.
ITO be continued)
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Christmas CAROL
WORLDS GREATEST YULETIDE STORY RUNNING IN THE
PREss-IDEAL HOLIDAY READING
BY Charles Dickeras

1t opened; and a little girl. much
younger than the boy, came dart
ing in, and putting her arms about
his neck, and often kissing him, ad-
dressed him as her 'Dear, dear
brother"
Il have come to bring you home,
dear brother!" said the child, clap
ping her tiny hands, and bending
down to laugh. ITO bring you
home. home. home!" 20
"Home, little FAM" returned the
boy.
"Yes!" said the child, brimful of
glee. Home, for good and all
Home, forever and ever. Father is
SO much kinder than he used to be,
that homes like heaven. He spoke
so gently to me one dear night
when l was going to bed, that ]
was not afraid to ask him once
more if you might come home; and
he said Yes, you should; and sent
me In coach to bring you. And
you're to be a mani" said the child,
opening her eyes; 'and are never
to come back here; but first we5re
to be together all the Christmas
long, and have the merriest time in
the world"
You are quite woman, little
FAM exclaimed the boy.
She clapped her hands and laugh.
ed, and tried to touch his head; but
being too little, laughed again, and
stood on tiptoe to embrace him.
Then she. began to drag him, in her
childish eagerness, toward the
door; and he, nothing 10th to 60
accompanied her.
A terrible voice in the hall cried
Bring down Master Scrooge's box
there!' and in the hall appeared
the school master himself, who
glared on Master Scrooge with a
ferocious condescension, and threw
him into dreadful state of mind
by shaking hands with him. He
then conveyed him an dhis sister
into the veriest old well of shiv.
cring best-parlor that ever was
seen, where the maps upon the
wall. and the celestial and ter
restrial globes in the windows.
were waxy with cold Here he pro.
duced decanter of curiously light
wine, and block of curiously
heavy cake, and administered in
stlments of those dainties to the
young people,; at the same time
sending out meager servant to
offer glass of something" to the
postboy. who answered that he
thanked the gentleman, but if il
was the same tap as he had tasted
before. he had rather not Master
Scrooge's trunk being by this time
tied on to the top of the chaise
the children babe the schoomastel
goodbye right willingly; and get
ting into it, drove gaily down the
garden-sweep: the quick wheels
dashing the hoar-frost and snow
from off the dark leaves of the
cvergreens like spray.
always delicate creature
whom a breath smight have wither,
ed" said the Ghost. but she had
a large hearth Wy
$50 she had" cried Scrooge
You're right. | will not gainsay
1t. Spirit. God forbid"
"She died a woman" said the
Ghost, land had, as I think. chill.
dren."
Zone child" Scrooge returned.
Title" said the Ghost. Your
nephew"
Scrooge seemed uneasy In his
mind; and answered briefly, Yes.
Although they had but that moment
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-30

All indication go to point that the
engagement Of "St. Elmo" a dramatic
alton of the famous novel of that name,
in this city will be an exceedingly
profitable one for the management.
This is only another proof Of the great
popularity Of the book, and it would
seem that every reader Of anne is
DESTROYS of seeing the play. That it
will prove to their liking is evidenced
by the fact that it has met with
unanimous approval from both press
and public. The George Amusement
company has given the play a fine pro-
duction and a capable company. The
engagement at the Grand is for one
night only, Wednesday, January 5.