Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-01-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Supreme Court of Indiana recently
held constitutional the county local option
election law as enacted in 1909, under
which 65 of the 90 counties OF Indiana
have closed their saloons.
The new bridge of the Baltimore q
Ohio Railroad across the Susquehanns
river above Havre de Grace was opened
for traffic last week. The old Single
track bridge was taken down and new
double-track bridge erected in its place a
a cost of more than 100000. The new
structure is over mile long, being 6,0O(
feet from shore to shore, and contains
| l6, 900 tons of steel.
President Taft has honored West Viz
einian with an appointment in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Luke CLANCY Strider,
formerly of Jefferson county, has been
appointed one OF the judges of the mu-
| nicipal court in the district. Mr.. Stridel
was born in Jefferson county. He moved
to Washington in 1876, and from 1886
until February last was a justice OF peace
in the district.
Ultimatums from both the Board OF Es-
Inmates of Baltimore and the Consolidat-
ed Gas Company clashed Monday at a
meeting of the board, and the result is
that Baltimore and this section will prob
ably get no natural gas. The board met
and reaffirmed the decisions it has come
to with regard to the demands for the
natural gas ordinance A letter from the
gas company was read, declaring thai
the company had no further propositions
to make by way of compromise, and
that il had abandoned the attempt to Sc
cure natural gas for Baltimore.
A few days ago Senator Gore, the blind
Senator of Oklahoma, made speech ir
Danville, Illinois, the home of Speaker
Cannon, and here is sample OF his po-
itical wisdom: Cannon and Aldrich are
indeed in the path ofprogresS, the chosen
champions Of privilege. the guiding gen.
Jus of the new Administration, the friends
and favorites of the king, perched upor
the very arms of the throne. Roosevelt
was able to run his administration with
out their domination. Ii seems that Mr..
Taft surrendered at the first summons
The people may yet prefer the strenuosity
OF Roosevelt to the slnuosity Of Taft"
The celebrated suit of the State of West
Virginia against the estate of former Uni
ted States Senator Johnson N. Camden
for 81 100000, which amount was claimed
by the State as failure to return true and
full property valuations to the assessor,
has been compromised. BY the terms OF
the compromise the Camden estate has
paid the State 100000. This is the
largest proceeding of its kind ever brought
under the forfeiture clause of the new State
tax laws. and was generally regarded as
a test case. The compromise was reached
upon the eve Of rendition by Judge Moss
at Parkersburg of his decision upon the
merits of the case.
Because investigations have shown
that recent wrecks on the railroads con-
troled by Jas. J. Hill were the results OF
the drinking of employees, all such roads
have placed ban on the liquor drinker
as an employee. ave do not wish to
have in our employ men who drink liq-
uor," is the official declaration, and this
is followed by this imperative command:
Do not employ drinking men. If men
now working under you drink, tell them
they must stop or make way for men who
will not drink" Property, life and limb
have suffered in damages recovered by
the injured, and so the reason for this
order is not difficult to understand. The
Great Northern Railroad has employed a
"spotter" to look out especially for vio-
latorS.
State Historian Virgil A. Lewis, who is
always finding out interesting things, has
compiled volume in which he shows
West Virginia 10 be veritable mother of
Congressman. Twenty-Five men who
were born in West Virginia, who have
served in Congress from other States, are
given, as follows Marion Cannon. Cali
fornia Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver, Iowa;
Warren B. English, California; Thomas
Ewing, Sr., Ohio; Felix Grundy, Tenn
essee; John Blackwale Hale, Missouri ;
William S. Raymond, Indiana; Waldo
Porter Johnson. Missouri; Moses P.
Kincaid, Nebraska Andrew King, Mis-
souri,; John Fletcher Lacey, Iowa; John
Moore, Louisiana; Laban T. Moore,
Kentucky; Lawrence Talbot Neal, Ohio /;
John S. Robinson, Nebraska; John P. c.
Shanks. Indiana; Paul J. Sorg, Ohio ;
George Taylor, New York; Thomas L.
Thompson, California; Willard Duncan
Vandiver, Missouri; Felix Walker, North
carolina and Eupene NJ Wilson Mime