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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-06
LIVE FROG cRoAks IN
WoMAN's STOMACH.
clawed and craw'ed and Reduced Its
Human Habitant to a Skeleton

| WASHINGTON, July GA live
frog that crawled and clawed and
croaked lived for nearly year In the
stomach Of Mrs. L. V. King, Of Dean
wood,
After reducing the woman to a iiv.
Ing skeleton the frog was finally ex.
treated by physicians Of the Elmer
gency Hospital with large pump.
The frog is now preserved In alec.
hol. 1t measures, all told, about sew.
ell inches
AS tadpole 1t was swallowed by
Mrs. King In we'll water last August
Weeks passed before the woman real.
ized there was some living creature
! in her stomach. She consulted doc
tors. but they laughed at her.
Last spring the frog. now reaching
TO Its full growth. began to climb into
her throat and nearly suffocated her,
and several times she tainted with
pain.
Two months ago, Mrs. King de.
clares, the frog began to croak. She
| distinctly heard It many times and
her relatives bear her out. She came
/, 10 the Emergency Hospital here and
the frog was pumped out Of It's hid.
Ing place. NA N
Ire frog lived ten minutes in a tub
OF matei. 1t croaked and sang Just
like any regular frog ilcn II
. died.
I According to physicians this Is the
first time on record that any creature
1oi the proportions of this frog has
ttyer lived In a human stomach for
lthG period Of eleven months. Y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-06
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

sealedpbids will be received at the
Office of the County Road Eng. until
10 o'clock noon, Saturday, July. 18th
1912. for the erection of stone bridge
abutments at the following places:
Two abptments at or near Bee Gum
church on, Pyles Fork.
: Two abutments on branch Of war.
rior's Fork of Buffalo creek
Specifications can be seen at the
County Road Eng.'s office.
S. A. SHUTLEWoRTH,
County Road Eng.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-06
HORRIBLE CRIME

I, ~, 80. - oF-+Youhs GIRL.
y, ,,,.,,r. 'i'ss - y ,liistES !.
n,sC7YI}MsTBE.RyIYASD'''Md, iJuly6. +ILeay.
ing his Victim, Frances Winterneyer'
aged IL, whom Ne had assaulted with.
In 1nO yards tofl her home. three milct
tpom 'asumheFlaad, pate Yesterday aft;
ernoonllby a fire which had been, made l Dc
ofeher garmentsH;itqis though that y
was the'lntentlon of'the assallanti that
she meet death"by burning seyI
rh H., $50, =, !, u
era w,s 81 r,ndIaa ~ hs. s,s. ana Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-06

y The baseball game To- be played at
South Side Park on Sunday afternoon
coming, between the local lndepend'
ent team and. the fast Grafton team,
promises to be, one Of the most inter.
,esting games played In. this city this
year. Hundreds OF fans are prepar.
ing to attend the game, as Grafton
has one of the strongest line.ups that
they have presented for some time,
while the local team is as strong as
usual. .ifs5i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-06
|lIRs. ElslllIBER
IAkE lNAY
DEATH SUITED FROM AN AT.
/ TACK or BIC on POISONING.
FUNERAL To.MoRRoW:s MORN,

Mrs. Ida. Jane Ensmiaser, vile Of
Dr.. ]: 3. Ensniinser, died yesterday
afternoon at her home in Farmington.
Death resulted after months i'll.
hess from blood poisoning. She was
aged Al years and is survived by her
husband. She was a daughter OF Mr..
Eber Morgan, a well known resident
Of Pennington, and a sister Of Chas.
Morgan. also Of Pennington.
Funeral services viii be held to.
morrow morning and interment will
DO made on the Morgan farm under
the direction OF Undertaken Mus.
grave.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-06
BABY FOUND
BODY DISCOVERED ON RIVER
BANK NEAR OLD COMMERCIAL
HOTEL.

This afternoon the body Of a small
child was found at the waters edge
lon'the First Ward side oithsBriysy,
Where it.'had stopped along the bank,
lTheochlldl was about three days odd
enthusiastically been PLACED in the
watero yeatsrdayper today. s,itr.., a,h \
;TrbsI codntY icSfonst anditHe bounty
officials Wit make NATURALIZATION Of
the affair!:E The body Will tbe buried,
Undertaken Jones being in charge.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-06

MoUNDsYlLLE - In one OF the
most severe electrical storms In years
n the vicinity of Sand Hill district.
Marshall county, lightning struck the
barn on the farm Of Randolph Fisher.
on the Haneytown pike, about three
miles from sand Hill, Thursday aaer.
noon shortly after 5 o'clock. nnd-be.
fore the fire was discovered the
flames had consumed the entire
structure together; Nth lts cententss
tmThe1 barn was p large one, and ID
s{fIG!e1lllsent lcsyopditen, There was; np
liYeliEeg st9ekapds but very little msai
IshlnerS, ~ 4. .at, 1.-The time, The loss
IVY AMOUNT 70 oveEasi, 900 practical.
ygcoyersd6 by Insurance. In the, Pan
handle Farmers Mutual INSURANCE
Company. THE family was away al
'he time. and before inelghborsi could
aEFiye4thar flames had gained such
headway that 1t was impossible 10
save ,a4ythins-oca 3psa sB,ai.A. i u B,
SAND. HtLITGshas. \ F %,iiTa I 2a, Il
Wheeling e|Gek, Sand ~ Hill, district,
vas painfully injured II a runaway
Yesterday, as the result Of tie spirit.
ed team which he was driving taSing
Ifrlshltts at ssxploslyes,, Mr.. Folmer Mas
throwR from the carriage WHICH lie
was drying and the horses hools
struck. bis legs producing a bad sspprain
which viii lay him up for several
weeks. - i' z.
MoUNDSVILLE-Mrs, Mary Gloy.
er drank a, large quantity Of poison.
which her husband had prepared to
kill bugs, with what is believed TO be
suicidal intention. Z
iaIMr. Glover had purchased the pol.
spn yesterday morning. and after tax.
ing 1t home prepared II to sprinkle on
the vegetables in the garden. He and
bis wife had some disagreement and
she picked up a cup containing The
poison drinking almost the entire cotlt;
tents. a'' q Y
No reason for an attemp, at suicide
other than the fit Of passion and the
TACT that she and her husband fire..
'quently qparreled Is known. The NO.
man Is about thirty years OF age and
q = To-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-06
STATEMENTS

HuNTINGTo Struggling violent.
" against the Physicians who were
summoned to his side after he had
swallowed a heavy draught Of car.
bolic acid about eight o'clock wednes.
day night. Pearl Reynolds, 81. sought
% keep from taking the antldotes in,
ended 70 save his life. He was thor
pughly Respondent.
His mouth and lips we're horribly
burned by the fiery potatlon which
ae took and a gcpdly amount OF II
cund its way into his stomach. n
His struggles against the physI,
Jams efforts to relieve him only
leased when he sank Into a state o.
,emi-consciousness. IS
After the anti.dotes were admin.
stored he began to revive and the
doctors were able after d time to
pronounce him out OF danger.
\ CHARLESTON - The body OF the
nan who was supposed to have jump;
cd from the upper Kanawha bridge
ate Monday night was found by Ole
Dewey. who was fishing a short dis,
lance below the bridge, about three
o'clock yesterday, afternoon. The
body proved 10 be that Of George H.
Tucker, formerly of Garrison, on Coal
river, late Of Cabin Greek. and al. the
time of his death employed at Boom.
sr, u ~ 4E
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-06

M'MECHEN-walter Kirby. OF this
atty. employed as a2tbraSeman on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, sustain.
cd injuries yesterday. morning shortly
after l o'clock that necesitated the
impatatlon OF his left arm. Kirby
vas riding on freight car and In
lltepping off, his foot caught in a
witch frog, throwing him to the
around, and his arm foil across the
eail, a heavy car passing oyer II. He
vas removed to the Glendale hospital
Vt once, and the amputaiton was made
Yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-16
WILSON SPEAKS TO
 TILLERS OF THE SOIL
DWEILS IPON THEIR INTEREST IN TARIFF AS CHIEF ISSUE
 OF CAMPAIGN.
"WhiIe You Were Feeding the World, Congress Was Feeding the
 TruSts"-t.0y. Wilson.

Sea G.Tt, x. J. Aug. Ex-Governor Woodrow Wilson spoke to 1000 New Jersey farmers at a picnic at Wash ington Park, Westville, this afternoon on the issues of the campaign chief ly the tariff as applied to them.
 He told the farmers that they had received less consideration from the government than any other class and suggested that they break into their own house and live there. And l want you to investigate the char acter of the tenants who have been occupying it." he said. "it is very big house and very few people have been living in it and the rent has been demanded of you and not of them. You have been paying the money to permit them to live in your house.
 This generally was the tone of the governors address. He called for an awakening ef the farmers through out the country. They have been slumbering for long time, he said.
 While you were feeding the world Congress was feeding the trusts" was one of the striking phrases.
 The governor commended to the attention of his audience the three line blanks in the Democratic plat form calling fer the promotion Of in- dustral and agricultural education. Amer can labor, he said, was jess skilled than that of Germany and the competition was becoming so spirit ed that America no longer depended on it's wits and native capital, al- though she has been able to trust to them for long time.
 The governor referred to the tariff as a thing that restricts, chokes, smothers and holds us back"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-16
DARROW MAKES
 TOUCHING APPEAL
JURORS. COUNSEL AND PUBLIC MOVED TO TEARS BY HIS
 ELOQUENT PLEADING.
District Attorney Will Close His Ar. gument This Afternoon and
 Case Will Go To Jury.

Los Angees, Cal, Aug. 15.-Clar- ence s. Darrow, who for the past three months has been on trial in the Sup erior Court for an indictment charg- ing bribery of jurors in the McNamara case, gave one of the most brilliant oratorical efforts today while present. ing his closing argument, that ever has been heard in local court.
 There was hardly a dry eye in the court room when the famous labor lawyer of Chicago concluded his pleading. Two of the jurors, Will Hams and hammers shed tears; as- sociate Counsel Attel sat at the coun- sel table and cried like child and even District Attorney Fredericks was visibly affected.
 When Darrow finished his appeal Judge Hutton announced an adjourn ment till the afternoon.
 District Attorney Fredericks began his final appeal for the prosecution during the afternoon session.
 District Attorney Fredericks will close his argument before the jury Friday afternoon. Judge Hutton will immediately instruct the jury and the case will then be in their hands.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-16

whether he will indie he man or use him as a witness before the grand jury. From the action of the lattr body today, il appears that the prisoner stands good chance ol getting immunity by testify!ng before the grand jury as the only means Of producing indictments. Schepps, ac- compan4ed by Assistant District Ali t0rney Rubin and Detect ve Stewart lief. liot Springs today Dispatches received here say that the Mayors wife and number O. other society women were at the depot to see Schepps off and extended to him a hearty invitation to return to Hot Springs when the RoScuthal trial was over
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-16
KILLS HER RIVAL;
 THEN CALLS POLICE Officers Did Not Respond At Once and She Goes to
 the Police Station. SHE PLEADS GUILTY Mrs. J. E. Jones Shot Mrs. Ava Cave , Because Latter Captured Her Husbands Affections.
SHE PLEADS GUILTY

Nashville, Tenn, Aug 13.-Accom- panied almost to the scene of the shooting by her father, Mrs. J. E. Jones, entered the house of Mrs. Ava Cave, said to have captured her hus- bands affections during the year that he and Mrs. Jones had been separated, and shot her twice, causing almost instant death.
 Calm and collected as to the shoot ing she left the house. went to the nearest corner where she was joined by her father and summoned the po- lice by telephone. After she had done this she evidently became tired of waiting for the arrival of the off cers and boarded a street car to make her way down to the station herself
 few minutes later when the off cers arrived, they found the dead body of Mrs. Cave, daughter-in-law of Dr. R. Lin Cave, chaplain of the United Confederate Veterans, lying in a pool of blood on the floor with her little tWo-year-old son beside her in tears.
 Neither he nor any of the other oc- cupants of the house were aware of the shooting until the shots were fir ed and according to the story of some of the neighbors who saw Mrs. Jones enter the house, she did not stay there over minute.
 At the police station Mrs. Jones, dressed in spotless white, seemed to pay more attention to the dust which had accumulated on the furnishings of her cell than to her own plight. Her father J. w. Hooper, an employe of the street car company, left her there after warning her not to make any statements of any kind. She obeyed his instructions implicitly, saying she would give her reasons for the deed ! when the proper time came.
 This afternoon she was arraigned in ! the city court and the formal plea of guilty was entered The court has no jurisdiction to inquire into the case and the prisoner was bound over 1 to the criminal court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-16
We Want Your Business

We are always on the lookout for something or some way to please or help you thereby ourselves.
 We have put in a busy little elec- tric machine to sharpen your old Safety Razor Blades. Price 25 for single and 35c per dozen for double edge Saves you 25 to 65c per dozen. We have Eastman kodaKs and Sup plies all kinds of sundries from tal- cum powder at 15c per pound to $1.25 for small can. A full line of Brocard Imported Russian Perfumes, Pow- ders and Toilet Waters. We have laid you about our new fountain the neat est cleanest in the city and every drink or cream made of the highest quality we keep. Four delivery boys with wheels delivering as fast as they can in the city and we have a great many friends outside of the city that send us all their orders, even if they need something we don't car ry we will send our buyer out and buy it for them. We have bought everything from meat to knitting needles. Come in to see us and make yourself at home.
 CITIZENS DRUG STORE
 "We Deliver 1t Quicker.n (Most the time)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-16

that brought the Iron Mountain rail- way 10 Pine Bluff. He signed the petitions Tor al! the public improve mehfs Of Pine Bluff, sewers, street paFelAelts and waterworhs, in fact for t"iaS that concerned the building up ot Pine Bluff and Jefferson county.
 Ife right to sign petitions for pnb- llc improvements involving church property is given to all pastors, he says. The title to all Catholic church property is vested in the bishop of the diocese and if it was necessary to &lVe a title deed his name would be necessary to 9 petition. But there IS no question of giving a deed Ill petitions for public Improvements and therefore those who have the au- thorlty Of general manager have ample right to sign for church prop erty Monsignor Lucey being dean of the district and vicar general of the aloeese has even greater power than an ordinary pastor. He has therefore ample authority in the present case
 Monslgnor Lucey also states that he only signed for church property which is not exempted from taxation. There is still $l0ooo0 worth of Catnolil church property in Pine Bluff anC Jefferson county which is exempt from taxation. For this property he did not sign and probably it could have Teen added to swell the list.
 Mr. Golfers association must be driven to great straits when they have recourse to such a thing as denying the right of the oldest clergyman ot the city to sign for his church as his conscience directs him. said the ven. erable priest in discussing the mat ter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-16
Near Cloudburst At
 Altheimer Yesterday
Four and One.Half Inches of Rain Fell Within Fifty Minutes
 Streets Were Flooded.

Altheimer, Ark, Aug. 15.-A rain, bordering on a cloudburst fell here this afternoon, beginning at $40 and lasting until 4:3O o'clock, during which time four and one-half inches of rain fell. The streets were liter ally flooded, pedestrians were unable to cross the highways and a number of people who arrived on the Cotton Belt train from Pine Bluff were forc- ed to remain at the station until the precipitation ceased. There was prac. tically no damage.
 A peculiar feature of the rain was that it was purely local, no rain fall ing at Wabbaseka, or at other points within three or four miles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-16
TEITONlC BANK PAYS
 DIVIDEND TO DEPOSITORS

New Orleaus. Aug. 15.-llundreds
 of depositors representing all kinds ef he doors of the defunct Teutonic Bank here today, when the first div = lend of 25 per cent was paid by the receiver. The TeutOnic was closed several months ago by he State bank examiners, coincident wi,h the arrest of several of it's officers on the charge of misapprcpr'a ation and embedding.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-16
0DELL IN THE:
 ANANIAS CLUB
TERRY SAYS HIS TESTIMONY BE- FORE HOUSE COMMITTEE
 "JNTRUTHFUL."
Rough Rider Dee.Iighted When Cam paign Treasurer Sheldon Backs
 Him Against Odell.

Oyster Bay, Aug. 15.-The contro- versv over the $240,000 campaign fund bv B. H. Hartman in 1904, was made keener today when Colohei Roosevelt, after a telephone talk with George R. Sheldon, former treasurer of the Republican committee, an- nounced that Sheldon had corroborat- ed the Colonels views or the trahs- action as against that of former GoV- ernor Benjamin B. Odell, while testl- flying before the Stanley comml''ee in Washington.
 The ex-President was about to stai' out on horseback this morning when his telephone bell rang. At the other end of the wire was Sheldon, who ex- plained that he had read the Colohei repudiation of Odell as suntru'hiui' Sheldon and the Colonel talked TOT five minutes after which the eA- President told waiting newspaper men with excessive glee that the ers'- while campaign treasurer had pacheo Ihim up against Odell.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-16
James Gould Will Raise $125,0OO of Stock if Citi-
 zens Take $50,000.
ONE-FIFTH IS RAISED
Enthusiastic and Largely Attended Meeting Held By a'hamber
 of Commerce Members.

To bring the pack ng house project to q more rapid completion and To make sure of it's establishment the largt st meeting, in point of attend- ance, ever held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms by it's members, ook place last night and more than $1G00o of $50,000 wor h Of stock. which, it was voted should be sub- scribed for n the enterprise by Pine Bluff business men, was purchased.
 The Chamber of Commerce trustees will appoint a committee to raise the other $40,00 worth of stock without further delay. Judge James Gould, who has become associated Wih simon Whitestone, in the enterprise, guarantees to ra:se $125,000 if the business men of this city take $50,-
 Judge Could explained the plan to those present las, night and spoke enthusiastically of the bright pros poets for the packing house in this c ty. He said that he had been ask ed by Mr. Wholesome to aid him in the work undertaken and that he had already been assured of the balance of the money if the citizens of this city displayed the proper interest ill the project. Mr. Whitestone also ad- dressed the meet ing, reviewing the great possibilities for the packing plant and when subscriptions were called for They came, $1,500 and $1,000 at a time and many smaller subscriptions were listed before the meeting adjourned.
 It is proposed to capitalize the pack ing company for $250,000, shares are to be disposed of at $30 each. The proposition is most liberal one and met with the approval of the busi- ness men in attendance.
 Sheriff Edgar Brewster introduced the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
 "The time being ripe as we see it to close up without delay the plac- tee the beginning of the construction of the packing plant of the Arkansas Packing Company and with every con- fidence in the ability of MT. Whlte- stone and Judge James Gould, who has become his associate in the fiscal agency of said packing plant, be it therefore resolved.
 That the Chamber of Commerce through their Trustees agree to dis pose of 2,000 shares of the capital stock for the fiscal agency of the packing company ill the city of Pine Bluff at $30 per share and that when ever the fiscal agency can show sales of stock to the extent of S125,000 in bona fide subscription and he certi- fled to by the finance committee of the packing company consisting at present of A. D. Foster, M k. Bloom and J. F. Mcintyre, then shall pay ments become due and payable as per sales contract hereto attached, and this agreement on the part of the Chamber of Commerce is conditioned , that the fiscal agency shall sell net less than $12500O of stock with a period of four months from this date.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-16
MESSENGER BOY
 STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE

Harry Wynne, of No. 61o West Eff teenth avenue, delivery boy for Sea- wells Pharmacy, received several minor bruises Wednesday afternoon when an automobile driven by an un- identified person struck the boy who was riding wheel. The machine came up behind the boy. The man driving the machine did not stop to see if the lad was injured. The boy was able to be at work yesterday.