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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-19
MATTHEWS
APPOINTED
WARDEN OF
PENITENTIARY
SALARY REDUCED FROM $500 TO
a2,4oo-oAHSoN MADE CAP
TAIN OF GUARDS.

Attorney Harry Shaw. u member On
the board OF directors for the West
Virginia pen!ttgttary. returned On
train No. Il today from Wheeling
where ne attended meeting Of the
board.
The board elected i. f. Mathews
warden for the uneSpir.d term ut a
salary OF s2.40o PAT year. This IS a
considerable decrease In salary. Pre-
y1ously the warden received $4,000
and was kept. but now he will have To
keep himself on fedueeo pay.
c. G. Dawson was elected captain Of
the guards at an increased salary.
Mr.. Shaw left the board in session.
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All In Readiness
FOR THE BIG GRAND OPERA sue
CESS, MADAM BUTTERFLY"
AT THE GRAND TO;
NIGHT.

The largest and most brlllinnt audi
cnce ever attracted to the Grand Opc-
IN House will witness the performance
Of hte grand opera In the history oil
the local ,neater has there been so
great interest manifested over a the
atrical Offering. Numerous thcater plr-
tbs have been arranged. and large
number Of out-of-town people will bc
In evidence. and from the unusually
largo advance sale thre Is every indl.
ca;ioa that standing room will be nj
a premium.
However. Fairmont thsater-goerS
are only following the example Of 9th.
or towns, as wherever MADAM But.
tcrfly" has appeared capacity houses
have been tho rule.
II Is rare Indeed, thai a production
OF the character and magnitude OF
Madam Butterfly" Is offered In a
city as small Us Fairmont. There are
many music lovers herr who realize
this fact, and the management Of the
Grand has been assisted By them In
Interesting the lrlbIic In the merits Of
tho attraction.
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Installed Officers

At a meeting Of Seaton Camp No
503s, Royal Ncishbors Of America, th'
newly elected officers were Installed
The installation work was conduct
ed by the two State officers present
Mrs. Hester Ridcnour, oracle. ant
Mrs. Lizzie Scaton. State Deputy, o
ClarksburG. Others present troiE
Clarksburg were Mrs. Myrtle Prlca
ard. Miss Bessie Garrison. Mrs. Aman
IL. Day. Another visitor was Mis-
Stella Freeman. Of ParkcrSburg.
The newly Installed officers are:
Past Oracle, Josephine CaSsel.
Oracle, Emma Stealey. ~
Vice Oracle. Amanda Roush,
Chancellor, Rhoda Thomas,
Receiver, Lucy ShroyeE.
Marshal. Bertha Bush.
inner Sentinel. Mpllie Hawkins.
Outer Sentinel, jamie Yuust-
Manager, Miranda Hawkins
1 Physician, c. l.. Holland.
Recorder, Bessie Walker.
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PUBLISHERS
COMPLETE
ORGANIZATION
IMPORTANT MEETING WAS HELD
AZ CHARLESTON AND STEPS
WILL BE TAKEN TO MERGE THE
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION WITH
THE NEW ORGANIZATION.

CHARLESTON. W. Va. ian. 10
The West Virginia Newspaper Asso
clut!on aftsf holding a meeting on
Monday at the Kanawha Hotel met
again yesterday at a committee room
IN the Capitol and perfected 4ts State
organization by electing r, Z. Horror,
Of toe paskcrsburs Sentinel. prtsl'
deaf; F. A. Macdonald. Of the Hunt.
!nston lIerald-Dispa,ch- VIce presI'
dent. and l.. N. Davis. Of the Faltmont
West Virginia. rs Secrtary.Trasurer.
c. II. Rigsle and l.. ". Davis, com.
mittee on bylaws and permanent or.
sanitation submitted their report and
the Constitution as submitted aas
adopted with an amendment climinat.
Ing the name daily" from the title
so us 10 include the weekly paptrs In
the association aud thu organization
will hereafter be known as the west
Virginia Newspaper Association
The legislative committee composed
Of r. T.. Horror and Virgil l.. Highland
WIS augmented BY the addition Of Mos
es ". Donnally. OF the Charleston ca.
zeiie, and Capt. Z. 4. Hood. Of the
Charleston Mail and Jonn C.. Bond
was delegated as special represent
tntiYe Of the association 10 cooperate
with the legislative committee and
look after the Interest Of the associa
ton in a general way during the ses-
sion Of the legislature.
At another meeting of the associa.
ton 10 be called soon steps Will be
taken to merge the State Editorial As
sociation with the new organization.
The Wheeling, Mart!nsburg, Charles
ton. Huntington. 3Iorgantosn. Parkers-
burg, Moundsville and F!rnont news.
papers bad PERSONAL representatives
at the meeting and others were repre-
scented BY proxy.
Among those present were, J. X.
Long; Of the Huntington Advertiser.
Capt. z. f. Hood. OF the Charleston
Mall: Moses ". Donually. Of the
Charleston Gazette. Robert R. Green.
Of tho Morgantown Post-Chronlch: S.
G. Shaw. Of the MoundsvllIe Echo; c.
II. Hggle. Of the Fairmont Times; L.
NJ Davis. Of the Fairmont West rir.
gInlan; Allan B, Smith, Of the Wheel.
Ing News: R. E. Horror, Of the Par
kersburg Sentinel. and w. E. Hoffelns,
of tho MartInsburg World.
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Penrose Elected

HARRISBURG. jan. 20, - i'oise
Penrose was elected United States
senator. for a full term of six years
beginning March 4 next. Tnls Is Mr..
penrose's tnird term. He received ~
cry vote Of the Republican members,
except twelve, eight Of whom declined
to vote. Ten Democrats in the Sen
ate and thirty-two In the House voted
for George ". Dimeling, member OF
the Senate from Clearheld county. who
also declined to vote. The vote in
detail follows:
Penrlse, l9S: Dimeling. AZ; Govern
or Stuart. .: Stale Treasurer John o.
Sheath. |; William Potter. | not yot
Ing. S.
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MESSS|NAI
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BEAUTIFUL PROM EhAoE OF CITY
BY The SEA coMPLETelffsl
COVERED BY BLAZE. ~ q!

aNSSlSA. Jnn. 20:-Messtua was,
swept BY Gre again yesterday. EorI
mlny hours soldiers and sailors SUsk,
cd hero!cslly to keep the aames nom
destroying the Inst remnants Of DE
town. and eventually they sueeeeaed
in getting the fre under control. ne
extent Of the damage cannot be estis
mated because, doubtless much Of great
value was burned up in the ruins.
1t Is supposed that uldertng en-
bcs In the sreckase were famed Into
flame by the strong wind that has pre-
vailed for the pas, two or three aays
and apparently the fire secured a good
foothold before efforts were made TO
cxtlpgulsh Il. I ]
The flames made fast progress and I
soon swept through the remains Of tbsj
beautiful promenade utong the harborSS
front The small force Of frenien was
augmented by detachments Of soldiers
and sailors from the warshlps md
pumps and lines Of hose we're brought
ashore from the vessels. d fya
The survivors OF the earthquake
have been rendered more helpless ~
the intensity Of hte cold. The hills
are white with snow and the refugees
are suffering greatly. Many fof them
are still living In tents and without
sufficient clothing to protect them.
The constant cry is for lumber for the
Of huts and the govern
ment il doing everything possible, but
the need Is most urgent 81 I!
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hartleY,s Opening,

Tomorrow. Thursday viii mark he
opening Of Hartiey's semi-annunl2
clearance sale and many women sin|
FNo!rmont and the surrounding country
are ready TO get al. early start IN the
aunt for the bargains. Tdey5 viii sbe;
found In every dtpar tment from tAe;
basement TO the attic. At other Gales
|Isrtley's have sold between: four and
five thousand REMNANTS IN; one das end
there Is an unusually anei; line this,
year. The sales always tollows thsi
sonI,annnal Inventory wnen BY actpaij
count Il Is known tust how much
stock the company owns. and turns
in the broken lines, which. are always
sold at bargain prices. The sale openg
at s o'clock. ~ a, al 4 " I'M \!
fE-- 20 = X. III ~ iSf.Ffsfl Atkl-yi
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Building Classification.

Casualties and Accidents.
During the year one woman was
burned To death and one child was
badly burned.
wish to impress upon the citizens
OF Fairmbnt the danger OF using rub.
Der hose in connection with gas fires.
think | have the GOOD will Of the
gas companies in requesting OUR pco'
pie never to use the rubber hose. It
Is dangerous In more ways than one.
Besides 4 much needed Improvement
made in the apparatus room Of the
Central Station. there was very little
Improvement made In the equipment
Of the fire department during the year.
No purchase Of hose or apparatus was
made. The total expenses Of the dc.
partment from January |. 1905. to Jan.
nary I. 1909, were sG.79S.4S.
recommend the following improve
ments TO be made during the ensuing
year:
The purchase Of 1000 feet Of new
hose,
Rebuilding roof and sleeping quar-.
ters and repairing floor In apparatus
room of the Central Station. Also
new roofing and painting ut the First
ward station.
feel II my duty To commend the
men OF the department for the manner
In which they have lived up to the
rules and regulations OF the depart
ment and for their bravery and EN-
cient work wrilc on duty at fires. The
SUCCESS Of the department for tho year
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vators that use water and ut the same
time give water to people on the hills.
Several restaurant licenses were
transferred.
Several deeds conveying rights o!
way We're ordered to be recorded In
the county clerks Office.
Council directed the city officials TO
be ready 10 move TO the new Offices In
the Jacobs building on or before the
first day Of February. Street conf
missioner Samuel A. Shuttlesworth
will direct the moving Of the city Of.
fees,
Street commissioner S. A. shuttles'
worth WIS directed to wash the
streets.
A new water ordinance was read
by It's title.
Chief Reed submitted his fire report
but the reading OF which was deferred
to the next meeting.
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NOTICE" Always Good
All patrons who are, unable 70 SEQ
MADAM Butterfly should take IN the
Dixie" to-day and see a good shaoR.s
We present 2 dandy pictures for your
amusement. for only S cents. ~ 4 4
LIST Subject. thrilling Blograpk9
feature. PHI MI L;
THE HONOR OF THIEVES, Sa
cd Subject, 4 n 4 y ,its3
BOXING CHAMPION" y DIN SMITH
tBoth fine exciting pictures we'll
worth Quarter.) n
The boxing match" 10 the platnest
and best We have ever seen in moving
pictures. ~ ~
Spanish sons-"Pouna.', u
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Is due to the manner in which the men
have performed their duty.

Is due to the manner in which the men
have performed their duty.
In conclusion. | desire To thank his
honor the mayor: the members OF the
city council and all persons connected
with the present administration for
their kindness and aid shown 10 the
department, and TO also praise and
thank the board Of education for max.
Ing our city school buildings safe, and
for requiring fro drills whicn protect
our children IN dteachers in case OF
fire. In doing this the board has car.
rled out the recommendations Of the
mayor and myself made last summer.
Respectfully submitted.
r. FRANK REED.
Chief Fire Department.
Fairmont, West Virginia, January 10,
1909.
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AT'TACHES
FEWER IN
NUMBER
REDUCTION OF OVER FIFTY PER
CENT MADE IN NUMBER OF
ATTACHES IN TWO HOUSES

81 CHARLESTON, W. Va. jim. TO-
The most interesting feature Of yes
7 terday's session of the legislature was
the stand taken by. the senate against
extravaganza in the'nattef Of attaches
The appointments Of the hous. were
announced, anJ the total number Is
over 50 per cent less than that of the
last extra session. The general ex.
\ pence too, has been cut down. The
/, reductions are In response to the gen.
erN srntimant that the chief asgu.
, 1nent and the only unanswcrable one
the Democrats had last campaign WIS
the larLshness with which recent hg.
1slaturcs supplied themselves with at.
(. taches-
Work nthe nlass OF Legislation that
has already been introduced will be
kept UP by both houses, and in order
to give the Legislators n chance to d.
y gest the bills submitted adjournment
was taken at noon.
~. The first position for prohibition.
; from BraxtOn county, and signed by
( twenty.one persons. was introduced 1b
Senator (artlan. "Uncle Billy" Cur.
roll introduced prohibition amend
nent In the senate and It was referred
: to the Judiciary committee.
(. Criminal Court Bill.
The senate was kept busy through
out the morning session. Coffman, Of
Harrison county, introduced q criminal
court bill for that county. It was read
and advanced TO It's second reading.
Altogether. fifteen bills were intro
duced into the senate. OF these SIX
we're introduced BY Hatfield. They re.
late TO the fees m dallowances paid
jurors and tusllees Of the peace. One
autho.iHcs'a sheriff of. any county to
R put prisoners at work any place In the
county, and another calls for the es.
tablishuE1t Of agricultural colleges.
& Senator Johnson again brought In
his plstolcarrylnS bill. This provides
fol, q fine for carrying q revolver until
on q license from the circuit court.
Sutherland introduced the bulk sales
bill.
Nttlepasc kicked when he learned
that tho only patronage the Democrats
received from the senate was one stem
ographer and one page. He gave
notice OF n private confab with Presi-
dent Fornan on the subject.
! The Martinsburg charter win be TAX
en- up as a special order At ten o'clock
today.
Work Of the House.
Twentysix bills were introduced in
the house, the most important OF
which are rs follows:
s; No. 4G. by Hager, requiring divorce
cases to be heard In open court; No.
80, by HInzrnan, q charter for Weston;
No. So, by IIawlcy, prohibiting theft OF
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T. SECOND DEGREE; MURDER.

CIARKSBURG' Jan 2o.-At 2:1o.
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon the circuit,
court Jury in the felony case % !. the
State against Frank Lover, an Italian.
tried on the charge Of stabbing Frank
WhItehair, coal miner. 70 death the
evening Of October t31 last during a
political quarrel in the street here,
returned q verdict for second degree
murder, the penalty for WHICH d mot
less than five years nor more than 1s9
years, in the State penitentlary al hard
labor. l.
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FAIRMoNT, WEST VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 90 1909
JOINT SESSION
HOUSE AND SENATE

CHARLESTON. Jan. 2o.-i'oth the
Senate and house held another Joint
ses sion this morning. after which they
adjourned tomorrow morning. This
istJournnen. w9a made necessary IN
order. tnat the several committees OF
these bodies might get together and
perfect taelr organization, which theS
are expected 10 % to-day. 50 Tat BY
tomorrow morning .hcy Will be ready
TO do their duty and the work Of he
legislative. unintrrupted!y. %
The major portion Of the Senate ses-
: sion this morning was deroted 10 the
reading Of ths Martinsburs Charter
blu, .B,aka vas passed to the second
reading. q
sepa:or Smith. Of cab+.il county
introduced measure providing the
Hcordatbn Seals on oil documents
and instruments Of writing for record
In the county clerks Office. This same
senator also provided In tbs bill inc
actual valuation Of property to be
placed ID all deeds.
In-tae House more than 100 bills
have ban presented. all Of *hicn
have been referred to the respective
committees.
1t Is believed that more than one
sixth Of the whole Will never be re-
ported back BY tho committees, the re-
mainder dying in their hands.
A resolutIos has been passed In the
house whereby the Sa-gean.atarns
has been Instructed to keep tie alsles
and floor Of the house cleared Of e.
cry person not a delegate or altache'
This movement will falicftate the
work otfthe bodies and will have the
effect Of keeping the lobbyists of the
floor.
The house joinf resolution No. 10.
offered by Mr.. Williams, Of pocah'n'
tau county, this morning, provides Tor
State assistance and the building and
maintenance Of county roads. This
measure came In for much favorable
comment.
Joint resolution No. II presented BY
Mr.. Stuther, Of Mcdowell offered
amendment TO section 80. article 6.
prodding thai the pay Of the lesisla-
tors for service rendered shall be
$4,000 per annum m!lease,at the rate
OF ten cents per mile and for President
and tsp.sker 100000 per annum Tor
services rendered and the same rats,
OF mileage. It was recommended that
there be no change In compensation
for any other Office.
The first jim Grow bill 10 appear
before the house was presented BY
Delegate Murphy and requires that
separate cars be maintained and ope-
rated on all roads within tie State for
the whites and negroes.
House bill No. So: offered by DR..
Bailey, of PEston, provides for the
preservation Of the purity Of the wa
ter Of the State and the protection OF
the public health.
Quite number OF committee went
into meeting after the adjournment
Of the legislative session, and 1t Is
expected that they will remain TO-
ge.,,cr until the organization Is per-
fected and that they will soon be
ready to enter upon the consideration
of the numerous bills referred 10 them
by the respective branches.
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Through error In the name We ray
that the bride in the sappH elmickj
nnptIals was the daughter Of Mr. a. 81
EIelmickr Of Raymond street while
the name should have been Mrs. Anna;
Helndck, Of Water street n A NV
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Can you imagine what your s'or2
would have been like NOW Il You
had never advertised? And thar -
can you imagine how much create: II
would be now If YOU had advertised
FIVE TIMES AS MUCH?
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Mrs. c. ". Paxton left to-day for a
visit with friends at Washington, D.
C.
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Miss Opal Morgan. Of Manning ton.j
is the guest Of Miss Virginia shinn.
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CHIEF REED
SUBMIT IS
REPORT
EXCELLENT WORK DONE BY THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT DURING
LAST YEAR.

Chief Rcd submitted bis annual re
port to council lust niSnt The WORK
Of the FIRE department for the yeai
was fine. While the average per fire
Is NOT as low as the unusual Low rec
nrh Of last year, II - a splendid nc
ord. The best fire stop ever made In
the city was that In the Clayton build
Ing on Jackson Street. Insurance men
have cnmplnpnted Chief Reed on his
fine work at that fire.
The report Of Chiei Reed Is MS FOL
lows:
To the Honorable Mayor and COM
non Council Of the City Of Fair.
mont:
Gentlcmrn:-l have the honor To
submit this. my annual report OF the
operations Of the Fairmont Fire De.
partncnt for the year 1908. January I
to January |. Inclusive:
Alarms Of Fire.
In the number Of alarms responded
10 during the year there VAS an In.
crease OF eleven over last year. but
still less in number than Of the six
years previous 10 last year.
Causes Of Fires.
The sixty.sevcn fires during the year
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fires.
Six fires were snothered BY differ.
cnt means.
by using water in buckets seven
teen fires were extinguished.
Total number OF miles Travelled WAS
45R.
In all fires but one the flames were
confined 10 building or point Of origin
alton.
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CONTINUED on Page Nve.)
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three false Alarms. -
Classification Of Fires.
Classification Of fires showing MUM.
Der and loss In each ward:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-10
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
TO GIVE CANTATA
Chorus Of 1876 Voices Will Present the
Beautiful cantata "Rose Maid
en-" Friday Evening.

Friday night at the high school as
sembly room the high school chorus,
of 1876 voices, will present the beau
tiful and brilliant cantata "Rose
Maiden to their friends and citizens
of Keokuk
The young singers in the high
school chorus are greatly interested
in giving a fine performance of this
delightful musical work, and invite
the public to be present, to encourage
them in their study of high class
music and to assist them to defray
expenses incident to such a produc-
ton as they will give. The concerts
of the nigh school in the past have
merited public support and have al
ways pleased the listeners.
All who attend this concert nay en-
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men at least before he gets we'll under
way. He will be there at the. finish
without 4 doubt. as there is no more
clever manager in the league than
Boyle, nor more popular boss" with
his men. Frank has won his way in
to the hearts of the Waterloo fans.
Egan's team is not in condition.
His pitchers are not in proper physical
shape, and the team is not working to
Ned's satisfaction at all. He will un-
doubleday make some changes.
Quincy is going along smoothly and
has lost but one game. 1t is likely that
Hannibal and Quincy will develop
great rivalry and keep pretty close to-
gether in the race Keokuk has shown
surprising form so far and Belt seems
to have the best team the city has had
for number of years. Jacksonville
and Ottumwa are unknown quantities
and may prove to be dark horses that
will spring to the top. in short order
when started. Kewanee has a poor
start, but old Bill Corners will get the
team under way soon.
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MISS MARTIN rs
GAINING HONoRS
keokuk Girl Will Explain klndergar.
ten Methods at chautauqua
Summer Schools.

The following item from a Chicago.
paper will be Of interest to the many
friends here of the lady named:
Miss Katherine Martin Of Chicago.
daughter of Mrs. M. A. Martin Of Keo-
kuk, Iowa, has won for herself a
name which is nation wide when it
comes to kindergarten education and
she will be prominently identified
with the Chautauqua summer schools
at Chautauqua, New York, this sum-
mer.
Miss Martin graduated. from the
Keokuk high school, then went to the
Armor institute in Chicago where.
after making special study Of kin
dergarten education, she graduated
with high honors, seven years ago.
and was then made directress of the
Forestville school, Chicago one of the
modern educational Institutes Of the
country.
She has made agood record for her.
self tat the attention Of the leading
educators in the country was directed
to Miss Martin and she was prevailed
upon to assist Miss Temple of Chi
cago in the kindergarten instruction
at Chautauqua summer schools.
| Two courses in kindergarten educa
ton will be conducted. The depart
ments which will be under special di
rection of Miss Martin will be
kindergarten Theory and Practice,
which is intended for those who wish
to begin study OF kindergarten edu
cation. Miss Martin and assistants
will have class for boys and girls
also which will be open every schoo
day, July 5 to August 10, so It will be
readily seen that she has an import
ant part on the program.
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patton. In my opinion constipation
Is responsible for most ailments. There
are thirty-two feet of human bowels,
pipe becomes clogged. the whole system
becomes poisoned. causing biliousness,. in
digestion and impure blood. which often
produces rheumatism and kidney all
ments. No woman who suffers with con-
stipation or any liver complaint can ex-
good health. ;.
to the stomach, liver and nerves. They
inyjgorate instead of weakening; they
enfIch the blood instead of impoverish-
ing it; they enable the stomach to get
ali the nourishment from food that Is
put into it.
These pills contain no calomel, no dope,
they are soothing, healing and stimu-
latinc.t. They school the bowels to act
without physic. Price % cents.