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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-01
STAGE
ON THE Ohio
WHEELING SHOWS Is FEET AND
RfSfNG-4e FEET EXPECTED
AT FARRERSBuRG.
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FlTTSFURG, Pa, March 1.-The
stage of the Allegheny river this mora
ira was 23.a fee. and almost stat,.n.
ary. 1t Is predicted 1t will continue to
rise :his evening. reaching 25 feet. The
Ohio is 28.l feet to-day at Wheeling
and rising; East Liverpool, 32 feet,
rising 6 inches hourly. At Parkersburg
a stage of forty feet Is expected.
UTICA, NJ. Y. March 1.-The Mo-
hawk Valley Is experien cling the worst
flood In the history of the valley. The
river has risen fifteen feet in "a hours.
Mo relief ia signt. The Mohawk tivcr
is far out OF banks.
A hundred homes at Herkincr were
abandoned to the flood last night and
hun dreds are living in upper stories.
Practically all the manufacturing
plants arc closed. A call was issued
for help. The pumping station Is clos
ed at Hcrkimer. llion, Frankfort and
st. townsville are facin q severe floods.
Mrs Rav; n arftnn r. 1,,ttn I'M - T.. -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-01

Mrs. Ray Harden is quite III at her
homo with pm eunonia. \:
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19

found in that Roosevelt has the truly feminine faculty of intuition Yet ihis is handicapped in that he does not-as in a real feminine type-per- nit his intuition to suffice for his behavior. In other words. he does not follow his intuitive inclinations to the fullest
 "To explain what I mean by his intuition. I might say that often when he has accomplished something worth while his subsequent explanations his voluntary reasons for his acts are inadequate to the subject. He has accomplished something hy intuition Or by what Is sometimes called Roosevelt luck
 Indeed the emotional character of Colonel Roosevelt's general make up and the fact that his deeds when
 morally and ethically right. are so much better than any of the reasons he gives in support of them, argues in favor of this theory of his person ality. Roosevelt is one of those men who are great in gaps. That is, he never maintains a standard.
 As a matter of fact, there are not only one, but many Roosevelts-the Roosevelts of yesterday. today and to- morrow
 | "All in all. the one comment on Roosevelt that he has never made the most of himself If he had been /. born to the purple he might have become one of the universally great men. As his course has run he has i wasted vast amognt of energy. | His office holding before he attained 1, the presidency had consumed much iof the best in him. When his name is left on the pages of history it is likely that he will be famous as a
 man who was nearly a genius-a
 near-genius. Tn the popular phrase. "
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19

WORCESTER, Mass. Nov. 1S-- ..The secret of Colonel Roosevelt's peculiariy cratic career seems to De in his faculty of seIf-forgetfulness-'n his failure to remember what he said or did at some time in the past. The only character in history who seems 10 be an analogue of Roose- welt is CIeon of Athens. who was Q tyrant and demagogue. virulent in his .fnvecfiyes and accusations, self-con- fident and audacious in public assem- bly. who foreshadowed much Of what we Americans have heard during the recent Rooseyeltian period.
 These paragraphs represent in q nutshell an analysis of TheoGore Roosevelt made by Professor Alex ander Chamberlain of Clark college, occupant of the chair of anthropology. Colonel Roosevelt is undoubtedly honest with himself" says Professor Chamberlain, but he does not recall vividly or proportionately what he has done in the past. In this respect ne is unique in American history. The ouIy analogy I can think of to his character Is to be found among the tvrants of Ancient Athens. In par tjcular. Cleon occurs to me as being uea- to Roosevelt in the violence and popular appeal of that historic dema' gogue.
 Roosevelt attracts and repels. but he likewise fails to appeal to thous'
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19
For 2 Halloween Party.

It is doubtful if any festival of the year offers better opportunity for orig inal froIicsome parties than Hallow- cen Appropriate decorations are easily made with jack-o'- lanterns, autumn leaves. strings of ears of corn or such ghostly embIems as black cats and siI- houette witches mounted on broom sticks.
 The refreshment problem is solved with equal ease. Sweet. sirupy cider. plenty of apples. nuts to roast and nuts to crack. not to, mention a painful of crisp doughnuts. and, to top all of. a batch of savory pumpkin pies-these are only some of the edibles which at once suggest themselves.
 As for games to play. they, too. have been set by custom to a certain extent You may bob" for apples in tub of water, you may pop corn, you may do any one of a dozen things which your parents will be sure to remember about if they have ever taken part in Halloween celebrations
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19
A seo.ti.h Halloween cu.tom.

 Take three dishes. put clean water in one. foul water in another and leave the third empty. Blindfold a person and lead him to the. hearth whefe the dishes are ranged. He or she dips the left hand-if by chance in the clean water. the future husband or wife. will come to the bar of matri- mony without having previously been married; If in the foul. widow: if in the empty dish. it foretells with equal certainty no marriage at all. It is re- peated three times. and every time the arrangement of the dishes Is altered Robert Burns, the Scottish poet. hu- morously tells of such test in verse: In order on the clean hearthstone The dishes three are ranged. And every time great care Is shown To have them duly changed And Uncle John. who welded life For decades did desire. Because he got the empty thrice.
 Threw all three in .he fire
 In wrath that night. With merry songs these friendly folks I wet did not grow weary. And goblin tales and funny jokes Their sports were cheap and cheery. Till buttered oat cakes. smoked and sweet. Set all their jaws a-moving: Then. when there was no more to eat. To part 1t seemed behooving.
 Full blythe that night
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19
WHIPS HIeHwAYMEN

PHOENIX. Nov. 1S.--When two highwaymen attacked and attempted to rob former Sher.n John L. Mnnds of Yavapai at Ash Fork. recently, they met with reception that will finger long as an unpleasant memory and one worthy of the retired officer, who risked his life many times in the discharge of his duty, according to the tale told here today by a wis iting Prescott man. The robbers beat hasty retreat from the place after Munds worsted both in a rough and tumble fight and left several marks on the'r faces and bodies as proof of his pugilistic prowess. The attack on Munds is the seventh and last re- ported in two nights After the incl dent the robbers left the place, beat ing a nasty retreat, and have not ap- peared since.
 NIT. Munds was on the way to his room when he was accosted by the holdups. Instead of throwing up his hands as commanded, he landed a telling blow on one. felling him. The other rushed at him. tn the same result In the melee both were knocked down several times. but sue ceeded in making their escape before help arrived. All efforts to capture them have proved futile
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19
CURRENCY CYLEG|SLAT|OM
 DOOMED BY ELECTION

WASHINGTON, Nov 1S-Currency legislation contemplated in the ap- pointment of the national monetary commission is regarded at Washing ton as doomed by the overturn of the November elections Nothing of the kind could be jammed through congress at the short session such as Is about to be held, even if the com mission had solved the problem. Getting a republican recommendation for a new currency system through a democratic house would be about as profitable an attempt as the estab- lishment of a street car line on a desert island.
 Should a report and recommenda- ton be made by the commission to a hostile congress its effect would be lest. Legislative action may then, it is said, be safely regarded as post poned until after the elections of 1912. Meantime the commission has failed to reach a conclusion and invites the opinions of financiers from its own country that their suggestions may be worked into the knowledge gained from foreign countries. They have been careful during the week to an- nounce the fact that they have not upon the central bank plan as the wisest course. This means that the problem of new currency system is far from settled and unlikely to reach an early con clusion
 Under a resolution from congress vacancies in the membership of the commission are not filled, but re main open. Under this rule the com mission has grown constantly smaller Now many of it's strongest members are about to retire from congress, voluntarily or otherwise. While they remain on the commission their infiu- ence out of congress will. Of neces- sity, be less potent for new iegisla- tion than while in 1t
 Senator N w Aldrich of Rhode Island. chairman of the commission. will retire from the senate at the end of the present session in March With him will go Senator Eugene Hale of Maine; Senator l. G. Burrows of Michigan and Senator Ii. D. Money of Mississippi. Senator John w. Dan iel of Virginia. and Representative Overstreet of Indiana are dead For mer Senator H. NJ. Teller of Colorado. has already retired from the senate and R. w Bonynge Of Colorado. from the house. This leaves P. c. Knox |of Pennsylvania, secretary of state. who has not been able to give much time to the work. because of other duties, and the following active legis- latcrs on the commission. Senator J, W. Bailey of Texas. and Senator T. E. Burton of Ohio; Representatives John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, s. |C. Smith of California; !. P. Padgett of Tennessee; c. F. Burgess of Tex as, and 4. F. Pujo of Louisiana.
 Of the members of the commission who will remain in congress four are are democrats and three republicans.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19

That the postofices Of Arizona do a gerater amount of order business, cons deriug the population of the ter ritory. than any other state of terri tory in the Union, is shown by the last report of the auditor of the post office department. The Phoenix office does about one-third the busa- ness of the entire territory and Is the only office in Arizona which pays out more than it rece ves for money orders.
 In Arizona there are POI money or der offices. to 370 in New Mexico, yet the business of Arizona is vastly greater than New Mexico's, despite the greater population of the eastern territory.
 The number of domestic money or ders issued in Arizona during the fis- cal year ending June 90, 1910, was 35l.S57, with total valuation of s3.s5I .670.45. The fees charged for the issuance totaled s25.2O3!43-
 During the same period r ,154 in terna;ional money orders were issued having a valuation of s535, ,152.Tl. and bringing the department s4,i75.40 i1 fees
 Much more money was sent out of the territory than came in. The num- Der of domestic money orders paid was l02 .354, totalng s1.509, ,I7S.96 Only 6es foreign money orders were paid and their total value was only s2l. .939. .9s. Arizona does not absorb much foreign capital by this means.
 New Mexico's showing does mol
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19
THREE ARE POISONED BY
 STRYCHN|NE IN FLOUR

FHOENIX. Nov 1S-Satuday night at the old James Hamilton ranch. in Peoples valley, one of the saddest and most unfortunate occurrances tock place. when three Mexican wan derers were poisoned. two dying and one escaping. The men were enroute from Ash Fork to Phoenix, and were all travelling on foot without food O: shelter. Reaching the ranch. which was abandoned over three years ago the men entered the building and be gan an investigation of the premises In the corner of an old room they found a box containing some flour. and a can partly filled with lard Without endeayoring to ascertain whether the food was wholesome or not. and all being hungry, they began to make up a dish of their favorite food. tortillas. Th1s was done and the food was cooked in a primitive way. no utensils being in the building As each began to eat all complained of feeling ill, and after few mouth fuls were consumed they desisted m taking more.
 Francisco Mendez was the first to show symptoms of serious illness, and later. one whose name was Ho- sea. fell into convulsions and be gan vomiting. The last to become stricken was Enrique Delgado. In this pitiabie condition all three of the men walked to well nearby and each began drinking heavily of the water. In a few minutes the first two named became seriously i'll, and Del gado followed later, all lying on tb1 floor of the room and complaining of intense intestinal pains, together with severe headaches.
 Knowing that 1t was useless to re-
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19
COLLEGE PROFESSOR SIZES UP
 THE CAREER IF ROOSEVELT

ands upon thousands of intelligent Americans in any other way than to make them wait for some sign that shall ultimately reveal the fundamen- tai honesty of a man whose amazing incongruities of thought and action should almost forbid the idea of hon est convictions and genuine states manship. This Rooseveltian incon- sistency concerns not only the man himself, but also his relations with others and his attitude toward the ideals of the American people.
 There are many examples of Rooseveltian inconsistency. He re- signed civil office, with noisy expedi- tion to play a spectacular role n a needless and petty war. then posed as the apostle of human brotherhood and ultimately received a Noble prize for his alleged efforts in putting d stop to a great war.
 He has scolded the nation for it's race suicide and put himself forward as the protagonist of the multiplica- ltion of human progeny and their con servation. He crossed the continents
 and seas to out Nimrod the great Assaryan in his destruction of animal fife and his disregard for higher al Itruism.
 ~Unabie to restrain or regulate his own turbulent personality. he has preached the doctrine of law and or
 der, and. with demagogic eloquence denounced the rule of the mob, a bril-
 liant example of which his own per sonality furnishes with its riot oi
 emotional activities. Of all men in the world, he misses the greatness defined in the Biblical aphorism
 which runs: He that is slow to an
 ger is better than the mighty; and hs
 that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
 Perhaps one very reasonable ex lplanation tbr his inconsistency may bs
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19
.POSTOFf|CES IF ARIZONA DO
 bIG MONEY ORDER BUSINESS

compare well with that of Arizona. Following is a summary of the money order business of that territory:
 Number or dimestic orders issued, Sso, f92. with value of $2,s95, ,2S7-Ss; foreign orders issued 3406, with val Ge of s125.47s.ss; number domestic vredrs paid, 1i9.os2, with value Of s1 ,S32 ,G6619: foreign orders paid. sza. with value of s10,504.76.
 The money order business of the Phoenlx postoffice is far in excess Of that of any other office in any other territory During the last fiscal year 2S, ,259 domestic orders. with total valuation of $241,245.s1 were issued. W nile the foreign orders numbered ell and represented $16,452.29. The 22.- 3S! domestic orders paid put s365.- 34S.3O into circulation in Phoenix. So small as to be almost negligible was the foreign business, for only 94 in ternational orders were paid during the entire twelfthmonth, and their valuation was but s169S.iS.
 While the Phoenix office issues more orders than 1t pays, -theaver age sum of the paid orders is so much greater that it brings the to tai for above the total of the orders issued. The contrary is the case ir Bisbee. Globe, Jerome and othsi places with a large foreign popula tion. In these places there are al most no orders at all to pay, while they are issued in large volume.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19

main in that condition longer. after with almost superhuman strength iert and made his way up the road. He was seen staggering along by Mrs Genung, and after informing her what had transpired, and pointing to h.s head and saying he was loco" hS was provided with raw eggs and sey- eral cupfuls of black coffee. In a few minutes he was revived and word telephoned to Prescott for assistance. Judge McIane was notified and re- paired to the scene hastily, one or the men succumbing early Sunday morning.
 ranch, and just after concluding the inquest, the second man passed away from the same cause.
 In the meantime Delgado had ma terially improved, and attributes his escape from an awful death due to Mrs. Genung's generous and prompt action in providing the antidotes.
 After the two men died an inyesu- gation was made of the interior or the room where the articles were found and used in the preparation of the food Nothing was in evidence to indicate that they contained poison, other than two empty bottles were found that had contained strychnine at some time long ago.
 The supposition is that the flour had been purposely poisoned to be administered to gophers on the land, and as there was but a small amount left in the box unused, it was prob ably intended for the consumption Of rodents or other like animals when the place was abandoned.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19
4 Sea Story.

A stately c: Aristocracy. A royal c: His exceliency. A deceptive q? Fallacy. A criminal C. Piracy. A much dcsirs.d c? Currency. A clever e Policy
 An exclusive e Privacy. An aromatic c? Spicy. A. tempting e? Deiicacy. A merciful c: Ciemency.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19

American boys and girls who carry their luncheons to school or who live near enough to go to their homes for the midday meal may perhaps envy the poor scholars of Berlin Recently
 in the German capital a plan of pro- viding a substantial luncheon for the children of the public schools was in stituted- This luncheon is served free of cost to those scholars whose par ents are unable to pay. It has been proved that the youngsters learn much more rapidly when provided with wholesome food. Fortunately the school children of this country. as a rule, have no need of such assistance. but in the large cities like New York and Chicago poverty bears heavily on many youthful students. and they ire quently go hungry. ss.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19
Winter Hom. of Deer.

The winter home of the American red deer is very interesting. When the snow begins to fly tine leader of the herd guides them to some sheltered spot where food Is plentiful. Here. as the snow falls. they pack . down, tramping out a considerable space. while about them the snow mounfS higher and higher until they cannot get out if they would From the main opening. or yard" as it Is called. tramped out paths lead to the nearby trees and shrubbery which supply them with food.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19
Conundruma.

Why is an ax an Inconsistent weap on? Because it first cuts a tree down and then cuts it up.
 What is that which can run all the wey between two towns and yet never mover A road.
 What part of the face resembles the old fashioned schoolmaster? The eye. because it always has pupil under the lash
 How do we know that Noah had \ pig in the ark? Because he had Ham
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-19

Wright Lorimr's new play. which William A Brady will shortly pro dace. is emitted Daniel" Like Mir Lorimer's present play. The Shep- herd King" the new. pay is founded upon a biblical subject
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-01-04
Town Council.

At the regular meeting of the Town
Council Monday night the following bus
ness was transacted:
The application of Mr. Henry for per-
NIT TO erect skating rink was rejec-
ted
Miss IAN Gibson was granted per-
NIT to erect building on the north
east corner of George aud Liberty SITS.
The committee on lights was granted
further time.
Matter of erroneous assessment of A
Young was referred to Committee on
Accounts
The Street Committee was authorized
to have cinder walk made along
Academy street between George and
Samuel, aud ON Eagle avenue from
West street to concrete bridge.
The rental of the east room of the
Market House building to Sachs & &C..
at $500, was approved
The safety of IKE front of the Briscoe
building occupied by Sachs G. Co. being
questioned. the Mayor was empowered
TO appoint a committee to- examine and
report upon the same The Mayor APP
pointed Messrs NJ Hendricks. ] c
Holmes and Ii c Baker
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-01-04
Heavy Work at the P0stoffice.

The state of affairs at the postoffice
were about as thew were anticipated they
would be during the four days preceding
Christmas. There was much more mail
matter than last year and it quiied the
entire force to put forth their best efforts
to handle il. Owing to the great amount
Of mail received it was thought it could
not be very promptly handled. and but
for the efficiency of all the employees the
distribution of it would have been I'M
possible. AS it was. every bit of mail
handled reached it's destination III due
time The work of the carriers was es-
n.cially laborious. and all the more so
owing to the snow all Christmas day.
and we are informed that every package.
letter and card was delivered by three
o'clock. AS an appreciation of the good
work done by The carriers. we are III
formed they received many presents
from their patrons as an appreciation OF
the fee service rendered, and we are
s,ra the carriers are equally as apprecia'
tive of the presents; in fact we have
heard them express themselves to that
eject We congratulate our postmaster
and his helpers on their excellent work
Ne moi N
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-01-04
Father Tearney GOss to Lynchburg.

Rev Edward NJ Tearney. pastor of
Fails Church (Va) Catholic church, has
been name by Bishop Van DeVyver to
succeed the late Father McGurk in
the city of Lynchburg, Va. The
new rector is about so wears old and a
native of HArpers Ferry, this county.
where he received his early education.
His preparatory training was at st
Charles College, Ellicott City, Nd He
was sent to Rome by Cardinal Gibbons,
of Baltimore. theu Bishop of Richmond.
because of his marked ability at ST
Charles. and he graduated at Rome and
was ordained there. For eight years he
was assistant at st Peters, Richmond
where he was private secretary to the
bishop and chancellor of the diocese, be-
ing sent from there to Fairfax county to
organize an order there The rectorship
at LyDchburg is au irremovable one,
being one of two with st Patrick 5.
Richmond, in Virginia
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-01-04
Christmas in Charles tt wn.

Christmas passed off here with COM
paratively good order. One arrest was
made for assault upon and resistance to
Special Policeman H l. Sykes. and in
this case the mayor imposed fine of $25
and costs, expressing his determination
to support his police force with the pen
alties provided by law.
The banks aud clerks offices were
closed. the post' flee opened holiday
hours.
The Powhatan Band gave an open air
concert from the portico of The Palm ON
Christmas afternoon.
The Red Men. headed by the Charles
Town City Band, gave an attractive pa
rade Christmas night.