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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-06-29
INSTITUTES
FOR FARMERS
WILL BE Observation-Disclosures.
STATE FROM AUGUST 70
NOVEMBER.

oHARLEsToNsw. va. June 2s.-
The schedule Of farmers institutes
made up last week by the state / Board
Of Agriculture has Just been made
p; bic, and shows that the. Institutes
will begin In August and eontinue in
various counties until Novepsber. Fol.
lowing is the schedule showing the
counties, places and dates for this mart
Eighth Diylsion~Lewis. Roanoke
September 27:2s; upshur. French
Creek. September 1880; upsS,ir
PecS,s Run, october ~; Lewis sser,
LIN, October IS; Lewis. Light nm 3 J.
tober 81; Harrison, IohnstoWn ccto.
ber 80; Harrison, Lost creek October.
HIP. Harrison, EntepFis october
1914; Marion, Seven pines october
Ninth DiEisI Aonongaiia, Stew.
artlstoMn, em6eF 81 Preston,Her-
ring thBeF xreston, Glaaes.
yills NoyeRBgs-9: Preston, King,
wood sSoSehfber l0-11.
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street Cars start Annin.

PtTTsBURG. June 2s-Pittsburg is
enjoying the comforts of street car
transit again afteF suspension of SO
hours. Cars resumed operation at Hve
O'Clock this morning. Contendfng par.
ties brought agreement last nigh. by
Mayor W. A. AIagee. The outcome OF
the conflict is victory for the men,
the railway company having conceded
most OF the disputed points.
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JURY SAT IN
LONELY BUNGALOW
WHILE PASSING UPON CAUSE or
EDITH MAY WooDLLps
TRAGIC DEATH

ST. MBICHAELs. Md June 2s:
With the compromise verdict of tho
coroner's jury that Robert 3 r
man either killed or was aocsssoiy &
the murder Of Edith May woodiiI and
the declaration OF states Attorne,
Taylor tnat he was thronsh With tae
case, the strs nge5 dual TRACED
has Tor nearly a week ioor
eyeS of fhe entire COUNTY u,,this ..I.
tie out ohithe slay hnletf Of ,1Ary-
Ian is famoash eastssa saore became
losesincident' yestsday
Four Of the Ltwsive iutor ahe
listened to tae Testimony at the
opened ipqbest retpssa IS sen lh5
verdict 1nit the wotds sor acces soly
TO ths5cFins, were sddeato tae IRA &
which appfogea by the rnsporit,
bluntly sespsed Easiman.oi the uilr-
der. None oi he four dissentiIIF
,jurymen sgoald say that any oiirsr 7ers
son than Essinian was fosb6nsl lb,e forl
the girls dea,n Thay merely v,Ished
to protes they saids agalns, ne mars.
neT in Enich the inquiry was
PoIitIes N VsrdIct
The Ietter LETT fastIi in FOR bis
II Nhien he atsd that sIrs
lsyooaill Ind ben lsllled by a womin
sinia iealots trent vas not read Ia
the iufl rhe efdals seemed to take
.Sfof srehte tAat an Of the evidence
paeaFthe since the finding 81 lie
Dpdy vas well known to 'tteTesidenfs
q Iie community and, that q was tins
Ieessaiy that It Should agsiis Ii te.
shearsed. There was Just the yefiiss
TOO, for some of The nembsfs 81 the
jury have been bitter poll enc,
mics N Talbot county anaiF
The Jury sat for q time ri he lone,
y bungalow itself within ighS 81
Eastmaa's ulmarkef save not fifts
feet away. Mrs "a Eastman had sisite
the piaee earlier m tai das ana haa
stood dEy-eyed for d tlmc 6eside me
new-niade mound. Some que svitiI IA.
judged humor mad planted 4 tomato
vine on lthe grave. MA ta,an
thinking the vine q; ma NE iiowos. ask.
ed Whist 1t was NO one liaal ths TEN.
erfty to tell her.
Launch THEORY 1leded.
Much q the Testimony given before
the jury was deeply Interesting rll
made eieaf MANY points n me tias
which heretofore have been maqer
OF eoniscture The mysissious launch
5shlea was reported as having bssd
seen near The bnnaa low on The santt
foiloTiug the disappearn, o. ,It
WoodiIl did not m,tasal.le ia
cvidonc6 addnced
/ Residents 81 Ihe neishhorh1oa oI
the hmsaioH reie 6IIa. N nla.
tlon. aa 10 the A.nnoh sui non Hf
seen Il 40 one wa. aen alon1 Ia
bungalow on ias Sunday rhoA 11
"pei||I was slam Il.rs ess aiso-
'nIaf 20 ef|denca .1 any one otass
than .asla toa have been rd'
sp'as|o Ier me crime
Aaa a9 11.i 'heqy ol lhe aulhol.
|c1Il.a-I c1 Pa6e lI4o.l
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DIXIE
To.day--Dramatic-Exciting.
IN THE SuLTAN's- POWER.

A picture that will interest the
world, coming as 1t does Immediately
after the revolution and the depos!ug
of Turkeys old and wicked Sultan by
the young Turks. Exciting AMI IN.
tensely interesting from start to finish.
Just enough love intermingled through
this story to be exceedingly attractive.
See 1t at the
-"plXIEn-
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Bank j of !: ].
n1onta Req 5ity
Charter No. 9462
Granted to Local
Institution

4 The officials of the Bank Of Fair.
mont received a telegram last evening
at seven O'Clock stating that all the
requirements for the transfer of the
Bank of Farmont from State bank
to National bank had been complied
with and were satisfactory to the
Treasury Department.. and that cdar.
ter No 1852 had been granted to The
National Bank of Fairmont. The char.
ter is effective July frst.
The National Bank OF FaIrmont be-
!! gins the national system capitalized
at 100000 with surplus fund of
$25O.OOO, making it the strongest finan.
cial institution in Central West vlr.
ginia.
Some time ago the bank insreased
It's capital stock from s15O.OOO to $780,.
IOOO- By so doing many strong bust.
ness men have become stockholders in
the institution that already had a
large Est CT the most wealthy and in.
fuential business men of the city and
county. The resources OF the bank are
$1.sO0.00O The investigation Of the
National Bank Examiner found the
system under which the bank was
transacting business very nearly per
feet After rigid examination search.
ing into every detail OF the system
the examiner recommended the change
and the permit to change was given
Immediately.
The bank starts with the confidence
OF all the business men in this and
surrounding counties. 4 is recognized
as one OF the strongest institutions Of
its kind in the State and many new
patrons will be added to the list that
have done business with the bank
when 1t was a State institution. The
Officers of the National Bank of Fair.
mont viii be the same as when 1t was
The Bank Of Fafrmont. The ofHcerg
are. ]. E. Watson, president; ]. S.
Hayden, Walton Miller vice presi-
dents; Glen F Barnes, cashier; John
o. Morgan, assistant cashier. The
board of directors are the same under
the change. They are: j. E. Watson,
J. s, Hayden, Walton Miller, NJ. u.
Hutchinson, F, E. Nicho!s, A. B. Ffem.
ing. o. S. Mckinney, C. W. watson
and A. N. Prichard.
The National Brpk of Fairmont Will
have temporary quarters in the R. L,
Cunningham building on JEFFERSON
street. few doors below the present
location. Here the bank will do bust.
ness until the new quarters are COM
pleted in The handsome building to be
erected by the Watson Company on
the site Of the old bank building at the
corner Of Main and Jefferson streets.
The large burgIarsand fire proof vauhs
have been constructedsin the Cunning.
ham building and on next Saturday,
July 8, the moving of the fixtures from
the present quarters to the temporary
quarters VIII begin. The fxtures will
be moved by representatives of the
Dtebold Safe and Lock Company, OF
Canton, Ohio. The change VIM not
interfere with the business transac.
tions to be made with the bank. The
Temporary quarters are absolutely the
same toFbe found at the present quar-.
I 2 -
tiers. The fixtures will be moved Sat
prday, Sunday and Monday, and the
bank wifi be Ready for business at the
ne wquarters on Tuesday morning.
TWO WOMEN
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Commissioners to kin tn. Car.

STOCKHOLM. Sweden, June 90
Although ne refused to divuIge the
names of his co-oonspirators, Adolph
Wang, the assassin of General Beck
man. confessed on his death bed that
he mad been commissioned by aaar-
caists to kill the Gear OF Russia and
that he was only prevented by inabil-
ity to get within striking distance of
the Russian sovereign.
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NEWS MOTIFS
GATHERED FOR
BUSY READERS
Weather Bureau
Promises Relief
From Hetrt WaUe

WASHINGTON, june 29.-Presiden;
Tsft starts late this afternoon to New
Haven where he assists in the Yale
commencement. In addition to making
an address to the graduates. Taft will
visit number OF fraternity houses
and do a lot OF i1andshaking. He will
be the guest of President HadIey.
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Relief Erem tfot wave.

WASHINGTON. June 29.-The
weather bureau holds out another
promise Of relief from the not wave.
To-lay's bulletin makes this predic.
tion: General change cooler weather
In progress in northeastern States,
Continued on Page Four.l
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chinaman Named as Correspondent.

NEW YORK. June 29.-sun Cham,
a short haired Amerlcanlzed Chinese.
is named in a suit for divorce filed by
Frank B. PUuIson. chief clerk in the
auditing department of the Mutual
Life insurance Company. Sun Cham
is book keeper and cashier for a Fifth
avenue oriental curie snOD. Mrs. PAUL
son says while she knows the Chinese
her relations with him have been psop-
er.
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Two woMEN
And Six Men Were Found at Rhea
eray,s Place BY ofneers.

Sheriff Amos and his, deputies mafs
an official visit on the Barraettv!fe
road last night: The stop was made
ct Rhea Grdys place, The officers
fornd two women and six men, 'Fhe
occupants of the house viii be 1eia
for the grand Jury at the November
term Of court.
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Miss 1onia Smith has returned to
her nome at clarksburg after visit
here with Miss Grace Robinson, on
Fairmont avenue.
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MORE TROUBLE.
$500 Employees Of Steel Com
pany Will GO on Strike.

WHEELING, W. va, June 20.
-Four thousand five hundred
employees of Laughlin and Aetna
Standard Company of the Ameri.
can Sheet and Tin Plate Corr.
pany will walk ont at midnight
Wednesday. This is result Of
the open SHOP policy effective
July 1.
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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-03-13
CHAPTER XVIII.
Rouletab' Ce Has Drawn a Circle
Between the Two Bumps on His
Forehead.

"TATlE separated on the thresholds
M Of our rooms with melan-
U choly shake of the hands.
Larsan's was an original
brain. very intelligent. but without
method. ] did not 60 to bed. await
ed the coming Of daylight and then
went down to the front of the chateau
and made Il detour. examining every
trace of footsteps coming toward 1t or
going from It, These. however. were
so mixed and confusing that | could
make nothing Of them Here ! may
make remark am not accustomed
to attach an exaggerated Importance
to exterior signs left in the track OF a
crime.
THE method which traces the Grim
inal by means of the tracks Of his foot
steps is altogether primitive. So many
footprints are identical. However, In
the disturbed state of my mind | did
go into the deserted court and did look
at all the footprints I could find there,
seeking for some indication as basis
for reasoning.
"If / could but find right starting
point! In despair ! seated myself ON a
stone. For over an hour busted my
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self with the common. ordinar.

self with the common, ordinar
of policeman. Like the least
gent of detectives went on blindl.
over the traces of footprints which told
me just no more than they could
Il came to the conclusion that was
fool, lower in the scale of intelligence
than even the police of the modern 70
stupidity out Of a footprint on the
sand or from an impression of hand
on the wall. That's the way innocent
men are brought to prison. 1t might
convince an examining magistrate or
the head Of detective department. but
it's not proof. You writer's forget that
what the senses furnish Is not proof
If | am taking cogniZance of what Is
offered me by my senses | do so but
to bring the results within the circle
of my reason. That circle may be the
most circumscribed. but. If 1t Is. it has
this advantage-it holds nothing bur
the truth! Yes, swear that | have
never Used the evidence of the sense,
but as servants to my reason. ! have
never permitted them to become n.
master. They have not made of me
that monstrous thlng-worse than n
blind mana man who sees falsely
And that is why | can triumph over
your error and your merely animal In.
telligence. Frederic Larsan.
BE of good courage. then, Friend
Rpl1lntn hi1lp If ic imnpccihIa ha
incident Of the inexplicabe gallery
should be outside the circle Of your
reason. You know that! Then have
faith and take thought with yourself
and forget not that you took hold of
the right end when you drew that cir.
Gle in your brain within which to un-
ravel this mysterious play of circum.
stance.
"To it, once again! Go back to the
gallery. Take your stand on your
reason and rest there as Frederic Lar.
san rests on his cane. You will then
soon prove that the great Fred Is moth.
ing but fool.-30th October. Noon.
JOSEPH ROULETABILLE"
81 acted as planned. With head on
fire, retraced my way to the gallery.
and without having found anything
more than had seen on the previous
night, the right hold had taken of my
reason drew me to something so impor.
tant that ! was obliged to cling to 1t tc
save myself from falling.
"Now for the strength and patience
to find sensible traces to fit in with
my thinklng-and these must come
within the circle ! have drawn be.
tween the two bumps on my forehead
-30th October. Midnight.
JOSEPH ROULETADILLE."
Continued next week.
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you notice the marks ON the carpet?
Come and look at them
L have seen them. They are the
marks of the neat boots the same as
those we saw on the border of the
lake.
"'Can you deny that they belong to
Robert Darzac?'
"'Of course one may be mistaken
Have you noticed that those foot
prints only go in one direction, that
there are no return marks? When the
man came from the chamber, pursued
by all Of us. his footsteps left no traces
behind them
He had perhaps been in the cham
Der for hours. The mud from his boots
had dried. and he moved with such
rapidity on the points of his toes. We
saw him running, but we did not hear
his steps,
81 suddenly put an end to this idle
chatter, void of any logic, and made a
sign to Larsan to listen.
"'There, below, some one is shutting
O door,
II rise. Larsan follows me. We
descend to the ground floor of the
chateau. lead him to the little semi
circular room under the terrace be
meath the window of the off turning
gallery l point to the door. now
closed. open a short time before. under
which shaft Of light is visible.
1.-The forest keeper" says Fred.
"'Come on! whisper.
prepared, l know not why, to be-
lieye that the keeper is the guilty man
go to the door and rap smartly on it.
'Some might think that we were
rather late In thinking of the keeper.
since our first business, after having
found that the murderer had escaped
us in the gallery. ought to have been
to search everywhere else-around the
chateau. in the park
Had this criticism been made at the
tine we could only have answered that
the assassin had disappeared from the
gallery In such way that we thought
he was no longer anywhere! He had
eluded us when we all had our hands
| SlTelCueu Oul Teuuy W selLe Hill
when we were almost touching him.
We had no longer any ground for hop
ing that we could clear up the mys-
terry Of that night.
"As soon as | raped at the door 1t
was opened, and the keeper asked us
quietly what we wanted. He was un-
dressed and preparing to go to bed.
The bed had not yet been disturbed.
1--WE entered and affected surprise.
"'Not gone to bed YETI
"'No.' he replied roughly. 4 have
been making a round Of the park and
In the woods. l am only just back
and sleepy. Good night!
Listen said AN hour ago there
was ladder close by your window
"'What ladder? did not see any
ladder. Good night!
"And he simply put us out of the
room. When we were outside looked
at Larsan. His face was impenetra'
ble."
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An Ideal Cough Medicine.

"As an ideal cough medicine / re
gard Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
in a class by itse e. says DR.. r. A.
Wiltshire, of Gwynneville, Ind. 81
take great pleasure in testifying to
the resu Is of Chamberlain's Cough
Medicine. In fact, know of no 9th
er prepara ion that meets SO fully
expectations OF the most exacting In
cases of Group and coughs of chill
dren. AS it contains no opium, chic
roform or morphine it certainly
makes a most safe, pleasant and ef'
ficacous remedy for the ills 1t Is
intended" For sale by Burnaugh G.
Maybe
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Professional Directory of UaHowa County
A Drawing Gard.

81 see sixteen years elapse between
acts 2 and g." said the manager
"GiveS me an idea"
whats that?" inquired the author.
"I'll have the gowns that the heroine
wears during those sixteen years on
exhibition in the lobby. That ought to
draw the women in droves. Louis
vill1 Courier-Jour
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AnhOflklln ENTERPRISE CHAPTFR.
WIhOUWIU No. 80. Royal Arch Masuns.
meets first and third Tuesdays of each
month In Masonic Hall. All visiting
Royal Arch Masons welcomed.
]. B. OLMSTED, High Priest.
d. w. SHEAHAN, Secretary.
WALLOWA LODGE, No. so, A. F. &
A. NJ, meets second and fourth Satur-
days OF each month in Masonic Hail.
Visiting Masons welcomed
]. A. BURLEIGH. w. NJ.
w. c. BOATMAN, Secretary.
WALLOWA VALLEY CHAPTER, No
10, o. f. s. meets first and third Sat-
urdays OF each month. In Masonic Hail
Visiting Stars are ALWAYS welcomed.
MRS. ELVA l.. FRENCH, w. M.
MRS. MARY Z. STEEL, Sec.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-08-12
THE CIRCUS FAMILY.

Circus folks unlike their theatrical co-is-
ms In general-save their money. Their
vigorous training forbids dissipation and
late hours. and their busy life keeps their
minds intent upon their work; the circus
management, too, encourages thrift. from
tn" Eish-saaried performers down to the
stake driving squads. Board. lodging, and
travelling expenses are paid by the show
and salary checks are held In trust at
the commssary. There is no reason why
on" should not leave at the seasons end
with nearly "A whole seasons earnings
Nearly all the best performers have come
into their occupation by heredity. Ninety
per cent. OF them. It is said, can he in
cluded within thirty families. some Of
which go back to the circus DAYS Of the
seventeenth century
The Chlrinis Of italy. an equestrian
family. go back to 1865. when their women
rode before the royal court The Bonairs
claim circus lineage unbroken, Of two
hundred and twenty-fi five years The
Clarkonians have owned circus IN Ire
land for over hundred years. and the
sixth generation Of the family is now do
Ing aerial work in this country
The clean. hearty camaraderie existing
between the men and the women of the
circus Is good TO see. the moro so because
IL ls so impossible for one or more intrud-
ers to disturb it; It Is too we'll grounded.
And the cirrus family Is domestic too
In It's tastes. The little commandments on
the Pulmans' are quite homelike In ap-
pearanCe with the evidences here and
there IN the embroidered counternanes
III" small silk window curtains the hrack
cts for toilet article is ~ a home-lovinr
woman's def hand: so. t,c. are the dres
sing-rooms, even If they are taken I'm and
put down every day And in every one
after rehearsal hours YOU will find ,
group OF women industriousIy sewing and
emhroidering-o or perhaps schooling their
children.
There's family group Of turblers for
lhstance-four women two men and thr.o
boys Th"y are called the La Polomas"
out mat is stag" name. Their real name
Is Somthing Ike HaUptenheime- but be-
ing true circus folk. they mention II aI-
ways With blush and quick apology. and
strlN" to Keep It darkely hidden til they
get back each winter to their farm in
Kansas. The women are blond German
practical. and they do all their Sewing
WINE out on the William Allen
Johnson. in liarpers Weekly
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$50 LONG AS MEN LOVE THEY WILL
WRITE IET"TERS"

Has the day Of lcttor-writing gone by .
1hore is no doubt some truth In the con-
t"h'l"n. since the conditions or modern
NE ar" such that there is Meth the time
nor me occasion for the ella bora'e letter
Is the way William J. Dawson ioint edi-
tor ot the Iiarper's Readers Library d"
writes Of the collection Of letters which
make up THE Great English Letter
Writ"rs' Just published. Where mon
lived far apart. and the means OF com
munication were expensive they natur-
ally did not wrt,s % one another urinss
rNeN mao something TO communicate that
seemed worth while And because they
hhn It'sure they were able 10 write fully
ana ar length. These conditions are not
HNelN 10 return. No man would waste
MS t'rne to-day In writing a friend n DO
t"Heu account or public events which he
nIeht ne quite sure had already reached
MS correspondent in the morning naner
Inc busy man Will write as little as he
can on any subject he will use ,ht. teie-
phone ana typewriter; and never vet VAS
tHer" letter Of any value dictated to
an ooeuient machine But this after an
Is only one phase Of I've. There arn san
se1uestered and serene existcnces whose
chlef traffic Is In ideas affections nnd
'"otiohs. omen, especially are 40 q,
rule, excellent letter-writers hecaus. tnoy
ne IN their emotions. | will hazard the
statement mat We're to publish a s.lcc-
N"h from the letters I have received dur
H'S 'he last twenty years from persons
whose names are totally unknown To- the
general public. could produce n volume
not much inferior in interest and art 70
the present volume. The reason for ,bi.