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Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
90 BURIED UNDER FIRE RUINS
Chicago and Philadelphia BIazes Gauss Death of Bremen and Policemen.
 Walls Fall on Men.

Fires in Chicago and in Philadelphia caused the death of fifty men.
 The Chicago fire, which started in the packing plant of Nelson Morris & Co., in the stockyards. caused a loss estimated at $1,250,000.
 The deaths in Chicago were caused by the explosion of an ammonia pipe, resulting in the collapse of wall upon a large canopy under which Fire Mar. shal Horan, Battalion Chief Burroughs and two companies of men, thirty in all, were working. Not man escaped alive. a.t ... .#
 In Philadelphia thirteen firemen and seven policemen were caught by fall ing walls and killed. Many persons firemen, policemen and spectators were injured.
 in the Philadelphia fire D. Fried. lander's leather factory was destroyed and the fatalities were caused by fall. ing walls.
 Nineteen bodies have been recovered in the Chicago fire, but the body of Marshal Horan still is buried under the mass of ruins. Hundreds of fire men fought desperately in the smoking ruins to find the body of Chief Horan
 In the Philadelphia fire the flames had be un to die down of their own accord when ladders were placed against the walls of the building, and a score or more of firemen entered the burning ruins. Without warning the walls toppled over with crash, carry ing with it the ladders and the firemer on it. Rescuers began work at once.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
PLANE SAILS INTO HOUSE.
Belgian Wanted to Fly Across Hud- son River, but Only Went 700
 Feet, Crashing Into Building.

Frank Morak, a Belgian, who has made only three flights in an aero plane, attempted to fly from the race track at Gutenberg, N J., to Colum- bus circle, opposite the Hotel Plaza, New York city. He came to grief aft CT going TOO feet. He crashed into Sullivan's roadhouse, smashed the win dow and tumbled to the ground amid the wreckage of his machine. No bones were broken, but the aviator was terribly bruised, and he will be in the hospital several days.
 Morak, whose real name is Charles Frank Van Den Merrscat announced that he would fly across the Hudson river, land in front of the Plaza and then sail down Broadway between the tall buildings.
 One of the previous flights was over the city of Newark, and 1t was suor cessfu1 He believed that he had mas tered the secrets of aviation because of some years experience in doing daredevil stunts in the air.
 He used to be a six day bicycle racer, and later he became a loop-the- loop performer on wheel.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
MASKED MEN ENTER
 JAIL AND KILL NEGRO
Sheriff Was Just Taking Him
 Away When Mob Finds Out.

A mob of twenty masked men enter ed the county jail, halted Oscar Chit wood and deputy sheriff to whom he was handcuffed and shot Chitwood to death In the jail yard. Chitwood had been in custody since last August, charged with having murdered Sheriff Jake Houpt. ,.. ...
 Recently Chitwood obtained change of venue for his trial, and he was to have been taken to Benton, Ark Dep< uty Sheriff Rutherford, handcuffed to Chttwood, was taking him to the po- lice station, from whence they were to start for Benton.
 Between the jail and the courthouse, as the sheriff and his prisoner were passing through the inclosure, three men with handkerchiefs over their faces met them. Just outside the in closure the rest of the masked mob waited.
 The deputy sheriff was ordered to throw up his hands, and as he stood there with his hands in the air the three masked men fired on Chitwood. Nothing was said, and when the pris- oner fell to the ground, evidently dead, the masked men walked outside and disappeared
 County Prosecutor Wood has begun an Investigation. He wants to know how the mob knew that Chitwood was to be removed from the jail.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
LA FARCE LEFT DEBTS.
Famous Artist Didn't Have Anything
 For His Widow.

Famous Artist Didn't Have Anything
 For His Widow.
 When the will of John La Farge, the famous artist and author, was pro- bated in Newport, R. l., considerable surprise was occasioned because the testament made no provision for his widow or children and named as exec utrix and sole disposer of his posses sions Miss Grace Edith Barnes Of Larchmont, N Y.
 The general public, which knew Mir La Farge as one of America's most prominent artists, wondered why the painter had apparently ''cut off, his family and favored her.
 0. Grant La Farge, noted architect and the eldest son of the artist, ex- plained both circumstances.
 "The reason for fathers will being made out as 1t was," said MT. La Farge, twas just this: That he had no estate to dispose of except his paint ings, drawings and royalties from his books. He had also mass of debts.'' ?
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

trary. I don't stand for free trade, free silver or new nationalism. stand for state rights, for just tariff, for such conservation of our national resources as will permit of their wise development, not their wasteful distri- button, and for the restoration of our merchant marine.
 'tI called upon Dr. Wilson shortly after election. The senatorial matter was discussed I told him that I had not yet reached a decision as to my candidacy. Protesting high regard for me, Dr. Wilson said that my can didacy would meet with some opposi- ton from the people; that in his judg- ment they wanted a man who had not appeared in the political arena, some untried man. Stating that the recent primary was a farce and that it would be a disgrace to the state to send James B. Maritime to the senate, he asked me to advise upon candi- date who would be acceptable to him and to me-"
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
FILIPINoS REGISTERING.

Annual Report Shows Uncle Sam's
 Island Possessions Are Progressing.
 Uncle Sam's island possessions are progressing rapidly and prospering, ac- cording to the annual report of Briga- dier General c. R. Edwards, chief of the bureau of insular affairs, just sub mitted. The report tells of the contin- ued success of the postal savings bank in the Philippines, established in 1896
 Intended primarily for the benefit of the Filipinos," the report says, tits growth in public favor among them is shown by the fact that the number of Filipino depositors has increased to 8,547, as compared with 4,927 on June 30, 1909, and now constitutes more than 65 per cent of the depositors.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

Photo by American Press Association.
 DEPOSITORS AFTER MONEY. Indemnity company of Hartford by Robin, who, the department says, treated the assets of a lot of compa. nies he controlled as his own persona. property.
 District Attorney Whitman was in conference with Orion Cheney, super. intendent of banks, and William Fl Hotchkiss, superintendent of insur ance, over Robins transactions, wher he was informed that Robin had just been committed by Supreme Court Justice Amend, sitting at his house, to a private sanitarium, as an insane per son.
 It was reported to Superintendent Hotchkiss that Robin had been carry ing cyanide of potassium about with him, thfeatening to use it if crimina. proceedings were begun against him and had attempted to jump from a window at the Cafe Beaux Arts, where he was living.
 The case will go to the grand jury. and Robins will not be the only name presented. ...f--
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
But Vet a Woman.

"We have been friends long time," said she. "You would be very unhap- py if we quarreled for good, wouldn't youY'
 Certainly" said he. ...
 "Would you be unhappy enough to Kill yourselfY' she asked eagerly.
 "Td be very unhappy" said he, "but l don't think I would kill myself"
 She was silent a long while, looking at him sadly. "I hoped" she pouted then, that you would be unhappy enough to kill yourself if we happened to quarrel. ."-New York Press.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
SMITHS STATEMENT
 ATTACKS. WILSON
Says Governor Elect Told Him He Didn't Care For Maritime.

Ex-Senator James Smith, Jr., of Newark has contributed to the New Jersey senatorship controversy his promised statement
 MT. Smith says in his statement:
 "Dr. Wilson presents to the public the baser side of his character in a conclusion which offends good judg- hent and good taste. He asserts that am pledged to special interests. He was charged with being a Wall street candidate. I say that neither state ment is true, and Wilson should have been the last man to assert the con-
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
STATE CLOSES BANK;
 OWNER IN ASYLUM
kOrthern's Head There Before
 Irregularities Are Found.

Joseph 0. Robin, described at pres ent as a banker, was committed to { madhouse at the instance of hii friends, while two state departments were going through his banking and insurance performances. His bank the Northern, at One Hundred anG Twenty-fifth street, New York, witt deposits of $7,O00,O0O, was closed by the banking department before bust ness could open after the Christmas holidays. 1t has nine branches, whicf were closed simultaneously. Officials say the depositors will lose nothing.
 The insurance department set thing going against Robin through an in quiry into the financing of the Aetns
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
MOB ARRIVES TOO LATE.
Neere Murderer Taken Away Just Be- fore They Search Jail.

Negf-e Murderer aken Away Just Be-
 fore They Search Jail.
 The foresight of Gulfport (Miss.) county officials in spiriting Robert Howe the negro who murdered Leslie Stockwell, from there to Biloxi avert ed a 1ynching.
 A mob marched to the city jail and demanded that the night jailer surren- der Howe to the mob. The jailer ad- mitted the leaders of the crowd to his office and told them that he had sent Howe to Biloxi.
 The mob made a search of the jail Failing to find the negro, the leaders went back to the mob, and a demon stration followed in front of the jail.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
HEIGHT RECORD FOR HoxSEY.
Rises 11,474 Feet at Los Angeles In the
 Face of Heavy Wind,

Arch Hoxsey, before 75O,OOO persons. broke the worlds record for altitude, soaring up a height of 11,474 feet.
 Hoxsey accomplished the feat in the face of forty mile an hour wind that wrecked Hubert Latham's Antoinette monoplane. Hoxsey was carried twen- ty miles by the wind until he was over Venice-by-the-Sea. He alighted on a field in a series of glides. The crowd went wild and carried him up and down in front of the grand stand.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
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Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
FOUR CHILDREN BURNED ALIVE
Explosion of Gas Apparatus Sets House
 on Fire While They Slept.

on Fire While They Slept.
 Word has been received from War wick, N. Y, of the burning to deatt of four children of Ovid Barit. The explosion of an acetylene gas appara' Jus in the house caused the fire. The four children, who were sleeping iI the upper part of the house, were burned alive. The father and mother occupying bedroom downstairs, were severely burned trying to rescue theiI children.
 The side wall of the house was blown from its foundation by the force of the explosion.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
KIDNAPERS' GET 25 YEARS.
Pattenza and Kappa Woman Sentenced
 by Judqe Fawcett.

Uy UUUyc dWOCINs
 StAnislaw Pattenza and Marie Rap pa, who were convicted last week in the county court of Brooklyn of com plicity in th,a Kidnapping of Joseph Longo and NnhaeI Rizzo on Nov. 19, have been sentenced by Judge Faw- cett each to not less than twenty-five years imprisonment nor more than forty-nine years and ten months.
 Pattenza goes to Sing Sing and Ma rie Kappa to Auburn prison.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22
B, and 0, has
PLENTY MONEY
THE TEN MILLION LOAN RECENT.
LY NEGOTIATED PUTS COM:
PANYs ON EASY STREET s

BALTIMORE, Nd, April 22,Ask:
ed as to the foundation for the state
ment published in a Baltimore morn
ing paper, mat the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company was considering d
plan for the issuance Of $25i0oo,0OO TO.
sSO,OOO,0OO of convertible bonds, Mr.:
George NJ. Shriyer. assistant to the.
president, stated that various fnans
cial plans had been considered prior
to President Wizards coming to the
B. and o. railroad that the necessity
for immediate consideration Of any
plan had been obviated through the
one year $1O,OOOOOO loan recently ne
gotiated which placed the company
In necessary funds to meet the pres
ent requirements for equipment and
beterments and no definite financial.
plans are now under consideration
President Willard has been in Chicago.
for several days in connection with.
matters relating to the B. and o..
Chicago Terminal Company and will
spend the next several days in st,
Louis and inspecting the southwest.
eln division.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22
WORK BEGAN
ONLO0'|P' ] !. line |.
THIS MORNING
1irnlont and Lo,-
Gust AUe 10 Be
Connected

Engineer S. B, Miller started the
grading on the traction line to be built
connecting Fairmont and Locust ave:
nues this morning. The line will
start at Locust avenue and Tenth
street and win traverse Oak Wood
Road through Sam R. Nuzum's prop.
erty between Fourth and Fifth wards.
The place where the line will inter:
sect the electric road on Fairmont
avenue has not vet been determined.
The grading for this line is a small
matter. There is My about eleven
thousand cubic yards of dirt to be
moved. This win be placed in I'LL
that has to be made. The construc-
tlon of this road has been help up for
some time but now it is understood
that it will be built as soon as condi,
tons will permit. This win be a
popular loop and will open up some
Of the most valuable property that Is
adjacent to the city of Fairmont.
When the road is completed 1t will af-
ford a fine ride for the people Of the
city and it will be paying line.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22
Entl tic etings Held
Ia YaYious Wards Last Night

board Of trade attended The meeting
and made stiTfing address All tho
citizens were inbnea with the spirit
and slgnihed tieir willingness to do
all that they can to boost Falrmonl
mont and 70 further her development.
/ j, M. Hartley presided at the Sec.
=ond ward meeting and the record was
kept by clgds s Holt the secretary.
This wasa large meeting that was IN.
spired BY the hope that the attendants
have for q greater city at the head OF
navigation. spesches that had The
proper ring helped 10 make tie meet
ing Of the sort That gives support and
prestige to the board 81 trade Sec
ond warders say tiiat they win con.
tribute their share % the work that
has been undertaken.
The meeting IN tie Third ward was
interested in the movement and the
attendance pledged their support IN
every way that they couid to aid In
the work that means So mich Tor the
future OF Fairmont D A. Clayton
presided. The meeting WAS success
full one.
The Fourth ward Meeting was well
attended and besides he canyassIns
for membership sthe pIans d the board
Of trade as outlined "a the circular
that was distributed were discussed.
All agreed that the board was on the
right track and that the course was
pursued the results that ore desired
win be obtained The meeting was
held in the English room n the State
Normal School. W. Finley pfeaid-
ed and Joseph Lehman was elected
secretary. The chord that brought
CONTINUED on PAGE Four.l
E.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22
LITTLE GAME
DIDN'T WORK
WORTH CENT
Furbee and Leh.
man MI Oustei
aimed

Several political bombs have e&-
pIoded around Fairmont this week
without making sery loud noises but
this morning the crisis came and there
was considerable doing between the
hours og ten and eleven o'clock.
The cause ots the commotion early
III de week was the following notice
sent out ~ the members of the Ma.
rIon County Republican Executive
Committee whose names are thereto
attachsd
meeting ot the Executive Com
mittee 81 the Republican party, for
Marion county West Virginia, is here.
hg called TO meet at the Parlor of the
Marietta Hotel In the City Of Fair
mont Marion county, West Virginia,
OH the 22d day sof April, 1910, at 2:SO
O'clock p. M, for the purpose of ac-
cepting the resignations OF Howard
Z Furbee as chairman and Albert l..
Lehman as secretary OF said Execu-
tive Committee, respectively and in
the event that said two respective
resignations are not then and there
made and rendered to proceed to re.
move the said Furbee as chairman
and the said Lehman as secretary
thereof and declare thesaid two Offices
vacant and to Oil the said Office Of
chairman and the said Office Of secre-
tary, Cniade yacant respectively by
the said resignation Of the said Fur:
bee and the said Lehman, or by their
removal therefrom as aforesaidl, by
tie election q the Hon. Lamar g.
Powell 20 ID eltaifmanzot otithe said Fx-
ecatiye Committee to succeed the said
Howard Il, fufbee as such, and the
election OH. i. Moran to be secre-
.afs of said Executive Committee to
succeed the said Albert L. Lehman as
stch: and ofthe transaction Of such
other business as may properly come
before said committee.
witness the hands and seais OF the
Undersigned members OF said Execu-
i've Committee this the 10th day OF
April, 1910.
VIII. BuNNER, (sEAL.)
Committeeman from Winfield district,
Marion county, West Virginia.
c,H. TARLToN, (sEAL)
Committeeman from Grant district
Marion county West Virginia.
C.L MusGRAvE, (sEALj
eommitteeuan from Fairmont dis.
trict, Marion county. West Virginia.
- (SEAL.)
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22
MARK TWAIN
PASSES ] AWAY. !
AMERICAS MOST RENOWNED Hu.
MoRlsT DIED AT HIS HOME
LAST EVENING.

REDDiNG, Conn, April 90 Samuel
Langhorn Clemens, mark Twain
died painlessly at $3.50 o'clock last
night Of angina pectoris. He lapsed
into coma at o'clock in the after
noon and was the end Of a man out
worn by grief and agony Of body.
Yesterday was bad day for the
little knot Of anxious watchers at the
bedside. For long hours the grey,
aquiline features lay moulded in the
inertia of death, while the pulse sank
lower and lower, but late at night
Mark Twain passed from stupor into
the first natural sleep he had known
since he returned rom Bermuda, and
this morning he woke refreshed, even
family cheerful, and in full possession
of all his faculties.
He recognized his daughter, Clara,
Mrs. ossip Gabrilovitch. spoke a
rational word or two and feeling him
self unequal to the conversation wrote
in pencil: "Giye me my glasses" They
we're his last words. Laying them
aside he sank first into reverie and
later final Inconsistencies.
There was no thought at the time,
however, that the end was so near. AT
5 click DR.. Robert Halsey, who had
been continuously in attendance said:
@Mr Clemens is not so strong at
this hour as he was at the correspond
ing hour yesterday but he has won
derful vitality and he may rally
again"
Mr., and Mrs. E. E. Loomis, who had
come up from New York to give their
love in person, left stormfeld, Mr..
Clemens house, without seeing him,
and only heard of his death, Just as
thoy were taking the, train to New
York again. Mrs, Loonis was Mr..
Clemens fayorite niece and Mr.. Loo
mis- is vice president Of the Lacka-
wanna railroad.
At the Death Bed.
Similarly Jarvis Langdon, nephew
who had run up for the day, left ear
lier and wholly uninformed. At the
bedside were only Mrs. Gabrilovitch,
(clara Clemens), her husband, DR..
Robert Halsey, DR.. Qutntard, Albert
Bigelow Paine, who will write Mark
Twain's biography, and his literary
executor, and the two trained nurses.
Restoratives = digitalis, strychninc
and camphor-were administered but
the patient failed to respond.
A tank of oxygen still stands un'
called for at the Redding station. oxy-
gen was tried yesterday ana the ply
siclans explained that it was OF no
value, because the yalvular action Of
the heart was not disordered. There
was only an extreme and increasing
debility, accompanied by labored res.
piration.
Mark Twain did not die in anguish.
sedatlves soothed his pain but in his
moments of consciousness the mental
depression persisted.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22
! eople IN e arnest
III 2 EnIlarg ging the
Board E r!.ade

The citizens Of the city turned out
In great numbers at ward meetings
last night that were held with the OBJ
3ect Of soliciting stock In the Fairmopt
Board Of trade and to devise plans to
carry on a systematic canvass over
the city to get members for the OF.
At all Of the meetings
there was a spirit OF enthusiasm mani
tested that augured well for the future
growth and strength OF the board Of
trade and for the future development
of the city. In the enthusiasm that
was worked up in the meetings last
night the citizens overstepped the
call and discussed measures other
than membership and stock subscrip-
tions. The development Of the city
was discussed and railroad facilities
came in for considerable amount Of
talk. At each OF the meetings circu-
lars defining the position and inten::
lions Of the board of trade in work
ing out the things that are Fatrmont's.
These things are bound to.come when
d thousand members OF the board Of
trade work for them.
The meeting in the First ward was
well attended. Harry P. Robinson pre-
sided. 1t was the opinion Of those as
sembled that the board Of trade was
pursuing the right course in building
ap a strong organization. Mr.. An
thony Bowen, the secretary OF the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22
NorIcE ID wArER CONSUMERS.

NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.
Notice is hereby given to all water
consumers that the city water ordi.
nances will be rigidly enforced and
that all persons falling to pay their
water rents on or before April goth,
the water will be turned of without
further notice,
j. e. POWELL,
City Collector.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22

Committeeman from Lincoln district,
Marion county, West Virginia.
sG.sLtCARPENTER, (sEAL.)
Committeeman from Union district
Marion county, West Virginia.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22

c6mnitteeman from Mannlhgton dis
tfict Marion county. West Virginia.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22

THE WEATH THER--showerl .onl1h, Or
Saturday; warmer tonight. colder
Saturday
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22
REAL ESTATE
TO EXCHANGE FOR a FARM OR
LOTS.

Groom House with bath and l'room
Cottage, on adjoining lots, toStrade TOR
farm close to Fairmont rent for good
interest on Investment.
A nice 5.room Cottage to trade for
vacant lots; good interest paying
proposition.
/ have several Houses to sell and
will positively give you terms that
you can pay out on easy. All my own
property,
Office open Every Evening
opp. Court House, 22s Main st.
Chas. E. McCrsy Jr.
-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22
Rovsl HIYs1

WANTED, TWO HUNDRED o BOYS
FOR STREET PARADE FRIDAY
EVENING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN
FRONT OF COURT HOUSE. MUSIC
BY THE BAND, RED FIRE GALORE
AND a TREAT FOR EVERY BOY.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22
MorlcEI

Z The officers, Ion.commissioned Off
GERS and enlisted men Of Company II
are ordered to meet at, the Armory
M the @ Culrthouse this evening at s
o'clock. CHARLES NEPTUNE, I Y
Lieut. comd'g Company u,