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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-08-11
FATAL FIGHT OVER
A GLASS OF BEER.

WASHINGTON, Pa. Aug. IA
fight late last night over the first glass
Of beer to be drawn from n kcg at T.
party being held by foreigners. result
ell IN one man being shot ana Instant
ly killed and two fatally wounded. All
OF the men were miners.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-08-11
u. S TUG. SINKS i ! K. {
CAPTAIN AND FIVE OTHERS WHO
WERE ABOARD ARE BELIEVED
TO BE LOST.
nv unitnd Press.

fI3y un1tEu tTess.l
BOSTON. Aug. 1.-THE y. 81 gov
ernment tug Nczonscott, Capt. Thomas 4
Hans, was struck by heavy sea of ! !
Cape Ann carly todoy and sank. ..ES The lsl {
captain and five other who we're
aboard are believed to have been
drowned. Tho captains vile. son and and
f1flve others reached land by boat
The missing men are Capt. Evans.
Dr.. Trottor, machinist mate, Byaeld,88
sea men Taylor and Edwards and cook
White. The tug left ortsmouth az
three O'Clock for Boston and was MAX
ing good headway. when mounting
high wave It turned turtle. N
crew later were OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Iater.-Capt. Evans and one Of the!
crew were later rescued from the float
ing wreckaGe to which they clllg Four
are still missing. They are SbelieYe ed sdt
to bo drowned. II. eiss iFaa
$50 you claim a woman CAM tel A e
funny story?" sl33 81 3i
"No; a woman gets of q Joke ike .'S
she gets off trolley car.-Knnsasiss Ai siss
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-08-11
Sunday School Picnic.

The llononsah and Middleton Sun
day Schools will hold their annual pic
mic at Traction Park on Friday, Au-
gust 18th. The party will go to the
Park Mt 2:3O o'clock and spend the
evening. Friends OF the schools are
also invited to attend the picnic.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-08-11
Keep Your Coupons "Afternoons."
DI x xIE
1.-THE COUNTRY GIRLS PERIL"

This Is "Selig' subject and like
autographs" they are "AlWays Good
Selig Is the maker Of all OF best
"Western" pictures. Totlay's picture
Is true to nature. gool lesson. he-
pIctIng the we'll known story so often
told in strong "melo-dramatlc" stage
plays. "You will like It,"
sec"Dixic" prizes In Mt. City Drug
Co.'s window drawing Tuesday. An
gust 17th. y. m.) A"souvenlr plate
given ut every show. "afternoons.
tKeep "Afternoon" Courons.>
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-08-11
Dixie's
Anniversary

Go to the "DixIe" Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday afternoons
"tl,is" week. Monday and Tuesday
afternoons next week. Keep your "cou.
pons" and get something.
fBut don't start anything.)
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-08-11

Many successful merchant looks
back to his first big advertisement as
his personal declaration OF independ',
euce." 4, n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-08-11

Let a little "Wantad" work for you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Government By Commission
panic.

The commission plan of municipal government is spreading wherever the ward problem vexes the people. At lanta is considering it, and so are Mem phis and St. Louis. It is especially popular in the southwest.
 It's sole advantage consists in con centration of elective effort that usually at least induces the voters to go to the polls. By handing over the control of a city to mayor, assisted by two or four commissioners, the citizen who ordinarily neglects his public duties is led to the polls, where he votes up to his knowledge and his conscience.
 It is the citizen who neglects his pub lie duties that is the real target of gov ernment by commission. When he does not vote, when he takes no inter- est in public affairs, the ward politi- clan steps in to make as a rule a mess of it.
 In this state there can be no cities governed by commission until after the meeting of the legislature in 1911. A discussion of the subject is in the meanwhile in order, and two years is perhaps none too long time in which to consider so great a change. Thus far no city that has tried government by commission desires to return to the old way, and two years more of prac- tical operation will pretty thoroughly test the new system of governing American cities. Some reform has long been needed, and the commission plan may fill long-felt want
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
GOLDSMITH AT PLAY.

From the London Chronicle.
 On the partial success of "The Good natured Man," which ran for 10 nights at Covent Garden theatre, Goldsmith, who cleared f5Oo (s20oo) by it's production, launched out into extravaganza. He pur- chased a set of chambers on the second floor of No. 2 Brick Court for 44oo' squandered the remaining E100, ran into debt to his tailor and borrowed or MT. Bolt on the same floor. He purcnaseo Wilton carpets, blue merino cureains' chamney classes. bookcases and cara tables. and by the aid of the obsequious FiIbv arrayed himself in "a suit Of Ty- rean bloom. satin grain, with darker blue silk brooches, price Rs 2s fo ana even ventured on a more costly suit, lined with sill, and ornamented with gilt buttons Below him, at No. ?, lived the great law ,,sr blackstone, then engaged over tho forrtb volume of his Commentaries, and it is said that the revelery ana danc- ,re overhead nearly drove him mad; as 1t a,a also A MT Children, who succeeded the outraged lawyer. We learn from MT. Forster's biography how these noises arose. for Goldsmith was in the habit of giving supper parties to young people, preceded by blindmans bluff, forfeits or games of cards. He would entertain his guests by singing Irish songs and the Scotch ballad of Johnny Armstrong" (his old nurses favorite) He was all ways willing to contribute in any way to the general amusement and once, to the accompaniment of uncomfortable laugh ter. danced a minuet with Mrs Seguin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

ton speaks of it's little old houses, |" but it claims they are healthful even if they be old-fashioned. It has been freely criticised because of some of it's buildings filled with tenants. No liquors are sold on any of the property of the corporation excepting in two cases not under it's control. There are no gambling houses or houses of ques- tionable character on the corporations property.
 Altogether, the publication of the re- port clears away many false state ments. Publicity is always beneficial in any honest enterprise, and Trinity should long ago have adopted that wholesome policy.
 The entire property of the church is worth fully $90.000.OOO, and the world does not furnish another church of equal wealth. It stands absolutely unapproaehable in that respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Rebuilding MeSSlna and ReggiO

Messina had survived the earth quakes of 27 centuries when the dis aster near the close of the year befell it. All know the site of the city is in a well defined earthquake zone. It had felt many shocks and tremors, and some of them in past centuries had resulted in great losses of life and of property. But neither it's site nor that of Reggie across the narrow strait was ever abandoned. Each time men were found who had the courage to rebuild and so 1t will be again.
 Reggie and Messina will be rebuilt The beauties of nature that render Sicily charming land and it's advant- ages of commerce call for the rebuild ing of the two cities, and it is already practically determined that the sites of the two cities shall not. be aban- doned.
 The hope is that construction will this time keep in view the danger of a recurrence of earthquakes. It is plainly but matter of time. A fault or crevice exists deep down in the earth's depths, and that crevice cannot be trusted to remain forever quiet. The people of Reggie and. Messina should therefore build earthquake proof houses. The Japanese have studied the problem, and no earth quake can crush them in their light one-story houses. The beauty of Italy, particularly of Sicily. proves a magnet to the people of the two ill-fated cities, and they can live safely enough amid the natural charms of their native land if they will study the best solutions of the problem before them. Tie Japan csc were face to face with a similar problem, and they solved it. So may the Sicilians and the stricken people of Calabria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
THE GREATEST AMERICAN.

From the Washington Post.
 Who was the greatest American? Like the tariff, that is rather local question What is greatness? We say 1t is genius. But what is genius? In Washington it was character, and in Napoleon it was intellect
 Some years ago somebody started on foot a hall of fame, and thye selected jury to pass on those fit for that Val halla, and they refused to allow Edgar Allan Poe, the very greatest man of let ters our hemisphere has produced, a place therein. That brought the thing into contempt, and little is heard Of it nowadays.
 It is generally agreed that Daniel Web ster was the foremost intellect of all our forensic debaters; but Webster was lam entably deficient in other respects, and it is propably true that Martin van Buren would have beaten him badly in any Game where tact and diplomacy were fac- tors Clay could not debate a great ques- tion with Webster, but he put many more laws on the statute books. Blaine is another man who does not live in his country's legislation; but Ben Butler could fashion a statute as wtll as dis cuss it.
 Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson could not be compared except to say that both were very great men-one the first orator of our country and the other the first political philosopher. Perhaps the consensus is that Washington was OUT greatest man and Lincoln little be- lew him. Grant and Lee were also great men and great commanders-one the favorite of the north and the other the I idol of the south.
 But we repeat it is a local question, as I every issue must be that we poor faill- l ble folk lend ignorance and prejudice to ] discussion of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Stylish Equipaqes.

Every city has its stylish turnouts, but New York is still in the lead and always will be-" said travelling man. "I live in New York, but spend but a small part of my time there, but whenever happen to be in the metropolis in the late fall and early winter I watch the passing throng-the fashionable rich in their fine eqiiipages and wonder where all the beautiful horses driven in New York come from. The number of these turn outs seem to be limitless.
 Say what one may about shoddy and the new rich and the gay trappings of New York, these elegant carriages and -steppers betoken refinement and taste. I have been especially struck re- gently with the effect of the splendid pri- vate equipages in New York upon de- livery-wagon turnouts and even the fire department. The delivery steeds seem now to be high bred and the fire horses, hitherto thoroughly groomed are now specimens of fine blood and are equal in grace and beauty to the roadsters driven by the men of high fashion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
LOvE-MAkING IN MEXICO.
the Wide World Magazine.

From the Wide World Magazine.
 In Spanish-spealking countries young women are allowed but little of the liber- ty that they enjoy in lands where Eng fish is the native tongue. They rarely meet young men at social entertainments, and are never permitted to converse with them except in the presence of older people They do, of course contrive to carry on fiirtations, but chiefly with the eyes. In every town in a Spanish-speak- ing country there is plaza, where band plays on one or two evenings of the week. The young men and women con- gregate there, the former walking round in the opposite direction. Thus they are constantly meeting and making eyes at each other, but they do not pair off or sit down on the benches together. When a young man wants to pay his attentions to girl, he must get notes smuggled to her or play the bear'-that is stand under the window of her room and try to attract her attention, either by sere- nading her with some musical instrument or, if he has no gift that way, by simply waiting patiently until she chances to look out and cast him an encouraging glance. In spite, however, of all difficult ties and obstacles, Cupid contrives to find a way, and young people fall in love and marry just as in lands where etiquette is less strict and opportunities for tete-a- tete conversations more frequent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Music and Puhlic Snirit.

We had gratifying instance of Bir- mingham's musical spirit and an example of public spirit combined at a meeting held at the Commercial club under the presidency of J. E. Shelby this after noon." said B. B. Burton last night.
 The question of holding big festival here in May-May to 3, inclusive-with the Damrosch orchestra as one of the att fractions, had been discussed weeks ago, and an organization had been formed. but the Christmas holidays intervening the movement was dragging.
 But Capt. Frank F. O'Brien, President Ford of the Railway Light and Power company and a number of other promi- nent citizens had no idea of letting the festival drag longer, and they infused con- fidence and snap into the enterprise. When the meeting adjourned all of us who voted that the festival must be held left with enthusiasm and absolute as- suranee that it would be a grand success.
 There is great revival in music festi- val interest in the south and few cities of consequence will be without festival this year. Birmingham certainly could not we'll afford to be outolassed by Atlanta and other southern cities in this respect, and it will not be. All praise to men like Shelby, O'Brien, Ford and the other earn est and plucky men who take hold of large movements that make for the cul- ture side of Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age Herald says: Andrew Carnegie evidently considers himself so rich he can afford to tell the truth
 Columbus Enquirer-Sun: The Birming- ham Age-Hehald says "Columbus has the annexation bug So it has, and the bug is going to get busy, too. See if it doesn't
 Washington Herald: He's never at loss for words" sings Paul Cook. the Bir- mingham Age-Heralds poet. The poem isn't about MT. Bryan or MT. Roosevelt, however.
 Beaumont Enterprise: The Birmingham Age-Herald places the time when that city will have deep water at 1911. Let Beaumont beat Birmingham to it by just two years.
 Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age Herald paragrapher has discovered that the sentence: Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs" contains all the let ters of the alphabet.
 Augusta Herald: It was the paragrapher of the Birmingham Age-Herald who dis covered that the sentence: Pack my box with five dozen liquor. jugs" contains all the letters of the alphabet Wonder how he was led to make this discovery?
 Columbus EnquirerSun: Hes never at a loss for worlds sings Paul Cook, the Birmingham Age-Herald poet. The poem isn't about MT. Bryan or MT. Roosevelt however. Washington Herald We'll, are they ever at such loss?
 Florida Times Union: Prohibition has already gone to the head of the Brming- ham Age-Herald paragrapher. He has discovered that the sentence: Pack my box with five dozen Liquor jugs" con- tains all the letters of the alphabet.
 Hattiesburg News: The Birmingham Age-Herald says that seismology is, com paratively speaking, a modern science It is the science of earthquakes, but the deeps of the earth have not given up their secrets in any great number or definite ness to the seismologists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Fortitude In Death.

The death of Frank M. Hitschler at Talley & MeAdory's infrmary Friday was singularly sad, but it exemplifed a sublime fortitude that made a deep inn pression on me- said W J. Bryan, q well known young engineer resident in Birmingham as the representative of Wm. B. scaife & Sons of Plttsburg.
 MT. Hitscher was 29 years of age and he leaves a wife and one child His home was at North Girard, Pa. Only his father was able to respond to the summons when the fatal illness came.
 The deceased was one of the best engineers in this country and was in charge of work being installed by Scaife 6 Sons for the Tennessee company at Ensley. He was seized with a complica ton of maladies including typhoid fever and a surgical operation became neces- sary. He was a staunch Catholic and after a priest had administered the last rites of the church the dying man told me that his time had, come and that he WAS ready. Said he: At o'clock I will cross over the great divide and you will see a man pass without a shudder.'
 And so he did. At o'clock Hitschler breathed his last. and up to a few sec onds of the time his mind was clear.
 ''Hitschler and l worked as engineers side by side in the field some years ago and a nobler fellow I had never known"
 The remains of Mir. Hitschler will be taken to Pennsylvania for interment to- day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Coal Fleet SOuthHard Bound

Not since June had there been a coal boat stage of water in the Ohio river until the rains of last week came, pre- ceding a cold wave. The coal operators at once started their loaded and wait ing coal boats until about 25,000 900 bushels of coal or 100000 tons were afloat. If the cold wave does not inter- fere this coal will be distributed along the Ohio river and the lower sections of the Mississippi in the next 30 days.
 It seems strange that coal mined 800 miles from New Orleans cannot con- pete with coal mined 2000 miles away But this is the situation, and it will remain the situation in the Lower Mis- sissippi valley until the Warrior is opened. When the Warrior is opened coal from the Pittsburg district will have to compete with coal loaded at the mines and unloaded from barges put alongside ships at New Orleans. for inside and protected navigation ex- ists from Mobile to New Orleans. A river open the year round, supple. mented with protected waterway to New Orleans, should give the coal of this district it's natural rights and  advantages. This Is problem to be worked out in the next two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Richest Church In the World

A financial statement just published by the corporation of Trinity church, New York, makes known to the general public for the first time it's financial condition. In this statement its wealth is put at $14,O79,3So, but this sum covers it's productive property only. It does not cover the Trinity church site, worth at least $10 ,O00, 900, nor the sites of nine other churches, of 16 schools and number of burial grounds.
 The income of the church last year was $7S0,O00. It pays no taxes on it's church sites, but it does pay s134.OOO in taxes on it's productive real estate. The expenditures for its ten churches and chapels amounted to $277,114, and for it's schools $63,756. Repairs, taxes and alterations of buildings absorbed SEALED.
 h this annual Sysport the ceyporar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Congress and the President

War has been declared between Con gress and the President-both branches of Congress concurring-and it is said neither house will pass any measure that the President particularly favors. The sands of the President have near ly run. An outgoing President does not ordinarily get much consideration in the closing weeks of his term, and MT. Roosevelt will probably get none at all from Congress.
 And yet, broadly speaking, he is right and they are wrong. It is not so much in what he said as in his manner of saying it that has given offense to the House, and that induced them by vote of PIP to 8 to table a portion of his annual message. This action will do no harm, especially if Congress will undo it's work of last May, when it for bid the use of the secret service ex- oept by the treasury department-in other words, for the detection of conn terfeiters. The President objects to this limitation.
 And as for the taking over of the Tennessee company by the Uniteo States Steel corporation, the President is certainly right. Senator Culberson is a son of Alabama, and had he been familiar with the situation would not have played politics so strongly as to denounce a transaction that limited the disasters of the October panic wiile it brought strength and future possibilities to his native state. The Presidents manner toward the Senate was brusque. He told the Senators they had no right to quiz an executive de- partment, and then by vote of IA to 47 they refused to table Senator Gull persons motion directing the judi ciary committee to look into the pur- chase of the Tennessee company. The chances are that the matter will not come up again, now that each house has had it's fling at the President.
 Nevertheless, the fact remains that the President did only right when he encouraged the Steel corporation in the pinch of panic to take over the Tennessee company. The American people will uphold him in both cases. Congress may have been technically correct in both cases, but the President did his level best when he put sleuths at work to hunt down the lawbreak- CTS, and he was also right when he put no obstacles in the way of the men who were endeavoring to circum- scribe the calamities of widespread panic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
TAFT IN THE SOUTH.

From the Washington Post
 "President-clecL Taft is being well re- ceived in the south," declared Repre- sentative Oscor Underwood If Alaba ma at the Congress Hall. People O., the south are very demonstrative and admire MT. Tafts charming personality and abil- ity, but wien the time to vote comes they will all go to the polls and vote the democratic ticket
 Speaking of the recent panic, he said:
 "The panic was a republican one. The peopir of Birmingham, my home, all the time enjoyed old-fashoned democrati prosperity and did not feel the republic an panic as you people did in the north. it was the speculator who was hudt, not the careful business man.
 "On the first of the year state wide prohibition became effective in Alabama. Its results for good or evil cannot yet be seen. There will. be, of course, d great falling of in state revenSes, but whether or not there will be consequent decrease in the prison expenses remains to be shown"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE SPEECH
 OF MIR. RHODES AND OTHER MATTERS

Then MT. Raul announced, General Rhodes has been appointed spokesman by the party and will extend to you Blr- mingham's invitation"
 MT Rhodes stepped to the front. rather embarrassed and said probably five words when Judge Taft interrupted to tell somewhat of a jolly western story of what this visit of the Birmingham peo- pie reminded him of. While the story is not entirely printable 1t was a clever one and rather inspired the party to feel upon the very best of terms with the man. Mr Rhodes became inspired with the jollity, the good nature and the hu- of the moment and captivated by the personality of Judge Taft himself, he in- cluded in his talk more than he would possibly have done in cold type or fin writing a speech and I don't think 1t quite fair to judge a man in talk upon such an occasion by what a cold-blooded stenographer would write down without giving the man who said 1t an oppor- tunity to edit it thereafter.
 I don't think Judge Taft took 1t seri- ously and I don't see why so much ado should be made out of 1t.
 Judge Taft let it be plainly known in his speech to the Birmingham delegation and in all of the talks he has made in Augusta that he is not in the south on political mission. He simply went to Au- gusta because it is an attractive place and because he wanted to play golf and take exercise; and at the same time get to a good hotel where he could be well fed and be well taken care of. He has a nice cottage of the old-fashioned south ern type within few hundred yards of the best hotel in the south; and he takes his meals at this hotel, and is making himself one of the people. He is having really good time, going to barbecues and dinners and enjoying himself. He is not talking politics except when politics is forced upon him. He is apparently not looking any further in the future than to make up his cabinet and to try to make a successful administration. I believe he