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CLARKSBURG. "W. VA.. FEBRUARY 9. 1900.
.CE OR WAR
IN KENTUCKY
oposalato Avert the Latter Con
dition Made and Agreed to by
Leaders of Both Parties.
Ill ?
.
t troternor Taylor
Yet Undecided
What he Will do-Full Text of
the Peace Proposals as
Agreed Upon at
Louisville.
Senator Vf. E. Goebel, democratic
/contestant for the governorship, died
fl-at 7 o'clock Saturday night from the
- wound inflicted by an assassin, and his
. fufieral took place Thursday.
The republican legislature Is In ses
sion at London. The democratic
E members have not yet joined them.
> At a peace conference held In Louis
ville Monday night the following pro
i-': posals were agreed upon by leaders of
f both parties, but governor Taylor has
not yet made up his mind to sign them;
[ First?That if the General Assembly
' ih joint session shall adopt a resolution
ratifying their, recent action adopting
the contest report seating Goebel and
Beckham, the ccntestees, W. S. Taylor
and John Marshall, shall submit with
out further protest.
Second?That all parties shall unite
In an effort to bring about such a mod
ification of the election law as will
provide for noo-partlRan election
boards and Insure fair elections bere
!>? after. ?
!?: ? Third?That the conditions shall re
main in status quo until Monday, the
General Assembly meeting and ad
" Journing from day to-day until that
time.
? Fourth?That nothing shall be done
to hinder or preTent a joint session of
the general Assembly from taking
action on the ratiBcation resolution,
" Fifth?That the state contest board
shall meet and adjourn from day to
day nntil Tuesday, without takingany
T* action on the contests for minor state
-offices. ' This postponement is sug
: gested in order that the action of the
<3eneral Assembly on the ratification
Sjijj jnay be taken first.
Sixth?That the state troops shall
be removed from the state capltol at
?once, though with all necessary pre
caution for the public safety. This
matter is to be under the direction of
X. Gep. Dan. Lindsay, of Frankfort.
Seventh?That the republican offi
3-cials and officers of the State Guard
-shall have Immunity from charges of
rj? treason, usurpation, or any other such
-offenses, and from court-martial.
HORSE THIEF ABROAD.
He Steals a Bay Mare and a Sad
dle and Rides off
Tuesday night a horse thief entered
' the stable of Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson,
on the Buckhannon pike two miles
* from the city, andBtoleMrs. Johnson's
?bay mare about 15 years old and weigh
ing 1050 ?pounds, lie also entered Tom
White's stable nearby and carried off
a saddle belonging to Burton White.
The supposed thief was riding a large
horse. The description given of the
suspect is height 5 feet six Inches,
weight about 140 pounds, light com
?L plexion, blue eyes, very short sandy
Vmustache, sandy lmlr and small eyes.
K The suspect was Been here between
& 7 and 8 o'clock Tuesday night and is
said to live at Mannington. He has
not been seen since.
' A force of men Is employed stringing
2,000 feet of cable for the Clarksburg
Telephone company, the object being
do away with so many wires on the
ks'lnduction. Tills improvement will
not only give greater privacy to the
ASes, but will be materially helpful in
/jKtsenlng the danger to traffic from
Veiling poles and preventing the annoy
ing Influences of elcctric storms. Ar
rangements are being made to run a
full metalic circuit and no pains are
being spared in making all the latest
ft 'lmpiAejgg.ta known to telephony.
A&S*?upon good authority that
iNHCtbe near future this company's
system in Clarksburg will be connected
jf: . witto Marietta, Cincinnati and Chicago
by long distance lines.
To Cora U Grippe In Two Day*
Take Laxative Bkoho Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money if It fails to cure. E.W.Grove's
signature on every box. 25c. 49-6m-2.
Pierce Sidebottom, of Union dls
' trict, candidate for the republican
| , nomination for sheriff, paid us a short
ylslt Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Slde
/ bottom appears confident of the nomi
nation.
Will Talk Over a Cable.
overcome what Is known
NEW NATURAL GAS CORPORATION
Hat a Charter With an authorized
| Capital of $5,000,000.
The West Fork Oil and Natural Gas
Company lias secured its charter. The
company is organized for the; main
purpose of developing the oil and gas
territory of 2,000 acres recently secured
from J. P. Martin, of Xenla, Ohio,
which lies Just west of this city and
upon which are the Stealey and Mines
gassers. It Is empowered to lay a pipe
system for marketing the oil and gas
and will probably In the near future
secure a franchise to lay Its pipes In
the city.
The subscribed stock Is <13,200 with
88,000 paid up, and an authorized
capital of 15,000,000.
The Incorporators are John Koble
gard, P. H. Koblegard, John L. Buhl,
J. I. Alexander, E. R Davis, C. E.
Pride, B. F. Robinson, C. W. Lynch,
J. R. Adams, William Thompson, n.
L. Wells, F. B. Haymaker, J. B. Sup
ler, Arthur Parsons, B. M. Orr, Laura
Gandy, W. P. Gaudy, T. M. Hood, B.
B. Stout, C. A. Morrison, J. T. Ingh
ram, Clare Connelly, Gus Mack, Lyle
A. Smith and Wirt Lewis.
SHAFT OF W. VA. COAL
To be Sent to Paris Exposition by the
W. Va. Central & Pitts. Railway Co.
The West Virginia Central and
Pittsburg Railway Company shipped
Monday from Its Elk Garden Mines,
Mr. W. T. Blackiston, superintend
ent, to Mr. Frederick J. C. Skiff, direc
tor of the Department of Mining,
Paris Exposition, 1000, Fort avenue
warehouse, Locust Point, Baltimore,
Md.,'a section of coal Hfteen Inches
square and eleven feet one inch high,
for shipment to Paris on the steamship
Prairie, which sailed on Wednesday
the 7th. This Is one of the largest
"shafts" of coal ever taken from a
mine. The order for this shaft came
on Friday at noon, and the work was
done and the shaft ready for shipment
at 3 p. m. Monday. This was quick
work:
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED HIMSELF
With a shot gun. Death was Instan
taneous.
Henry Fleming, of Brown, aged 26
years, son of E. B. Fleming, accident
ally shot and Instantly killed himself
Saturday evening between 4 and 5
o'clock. He had been out hunting,
and upon bis return three-fourths of a
mile from home, he stopped on the
roadside to talk to some men. He
was carrying a single barrel shotgun
under bis arm and while talking stoop
ed down tollfta little child out of the
sled. As be did so, the gun slipped,
the trigger striking the sled and the
gun pointed toward him was discharg
ed. The contents entered his stomach,
passed upwnrd and blew bis lungs out.
He died Instantly. A wife and one
child survive him.
Still Doing Business.
Dclson and Krentzer are still at the
old stand. It Is true they have dis
posed of their undertaking depart
ment, but It is not true that they
have sold their large and up-to-date
furniture establishment. They are I
better prepared than ever to give their
entire attention to the furniture busi
ness and have a stock of goods which
they guarantee to be the best in
quality and prices. Remember tbey
are doing business at the old stand.
Different From Salem Sights
The Cincinnat i papers reported one
William O.Crawford, of Salem, this
county, taking in tbe sights at Cincin
nati last Sunday. He stopped at tbe
Palace hotel, met a young man and
took in the city with bim. Afterward
Crawford missed his pocket book, con
taining 917, and a gold watch. He
reported his loss to the police.
Gawthrop's Leases Good
The report got started in some quar
ters that the J. C. Gawthrop oil leases
in Taylor county would not hold, be
cause of some recent decision of the
supreme court. Mr. Gawthrop heard
of tbe report and consulted tbe best
legal talent In the State. His counsel
inform him that tbe leases are as good
as old wheat in the bin.
Grand Organ Recital
At Baptist church Tuesday night,
February 13. Dr. Minor C. Balvin, of
Hew York, whose concert last fall so
delighted our music loving people, will
give another recital next Tuesday
night, with an entire change of pro
gram. He nil! be assisted by some ot
Clarksburg's best vocalists. A special
feature of tbe ooncert will be, "A
Tone Picture," a story of tbe Christ
frojn tbe march of the magfeto tBe
crucifixion. Admtosfon, o?ly 25c.
AT THE OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT.
An Excellent Entertainment By
Local Talent will be given
The entertainment at> thu opera
liouse this Friday night by the opera
house band assisted by other local tal
ent should be liberally patronized. The
abject Is a most worthy one. A first
class, well-equipped band Is a credit
to any city and, In fact, no city ihould
be without one. The member# of our
band, since their organization a few
months ago, have worked faithfully,
tealously , and oft times with much
personal inconvenience to prepare
themselves for creditable musical pre
sentations and are ambitious to excel
any band In the State. They undoubt
edly have the talent, but are unfor
tunately not blessed with a full equip
ment of instruments. Now, that is
the main object of this entertainment
and no pains have been spared to
make it an occasion worthy ot the
presence of every one appreciating the
many public benefits to be derived
Irom an organization of this kind
ready to do service at a moment's
notice.
The following most excellent pro
gramme will surely attract a large
audience:
"Jubilee Day in Rube town."
Benefit of Opera House Band.
Cast of Characters.
Paddy Flip, an Irish sharper, on his
way to the County Fair,
Wirt Lewis.
Billy Buttum, a capper for Paddy,
L. II. Rcger.
Moses Elnstlen, a peddler, of jewelry
In Rubetown,
Cbas. Kinnard.
Alexander Bump, the whole thing in
Rubetown, running for assembly
on the 'No License Platform,1
butllkesliis "tea,"
Thos. Primm.
Silas Slmpkins, owner of the house and
barn-yard, celebrating his wed
ding anniversary,
J. B. Smith.
Ally Slmpkins, his son, an admirer of
Bump, who thinks his "pa" is.all
right.
R. L. Brown.
Cynthia, Silas' wife Ancel Faugh
Residents of Rubetown.
Loam "Welch Hugh Morrow
Ike Perkins E. W. Wells
Billy Williams Richard Farland
Pete Johnston B. P. Holden
JakeFitzsimmons.-- Mark McDonald
Canhe Whistle Clyde Boggess
Fatty Much Ray Cbnnlngliam
Slim Davis Ebert Dawson
Eph Gallup Harry Baasch
The Mischievous Kids j ^cK^n.
Hiram Johnson John Denlmni
Joshua Sims Will Lewis
Synopsis.
Scene 1st. Street In Rubetown.
Scene 2nd. Silas Slmpkins' Home,
near Rubetown.
Rubetown Band.
March St. John's Commandery
March Josephine Stroniberger
Cornet Solo, Brilliant Star. Wirt Lewis
'Kiss me Honey Do' Strooabciger
During the evening the following
specialties will be introduced :
"Syncopated Sandy," Mr. L. H.
Rcger ; Whistling solo, Master Clyde
Boggess: "Asleep in the Deep," Mr.
Hlchard Farland; Bag Punching, Mr.
Mark F. McDonald; "The Hubetown
Quartette," Messrs. J. B. Smith, Tlios.
Prlmm, Wirt Lewis and L. H- Rcger.
Part Second.
"The Dusky Dudes"..-Kelly 4 Delson
Duet. Mandolin and Guitar,
Messrs. John Denham & Harry Baascb
Club Juggling B. P- Holden
Rubetown Band.
March, 'Maine Festival' Hall
Baritone solo, 'Nearer my God to Thee'
R. L. Brown.
March, 'Mobile Babe.'
Cake-Walk, 'Kiss me Honey Do, In
troducing Isaac Kelly and Willie
Deison in an up-to-date Cake
Walk*.
Circuit Court Proceeding*.
C. W. Lynch, special commissioner,
vs. John J. Riley and others, ordered
that commissioner Lynch pay out of
funds to L. II. Mines a Judgment of
?18.80 against John McKemar.
Henry Janes, guardian, etc., v*. Ar
rolXuzum et al, Hugh M. Martin
qualified as special commissioner to
sell certain real estate.
W. L. Wilson vs. Wb. E. Sheehy
and others, cause referred to M. M.
Thompson to ascertain and report
debts, liens and charges against real
estate of Wb. E. Sheetay.
J, W. Hess, guardian, vs. Charles
Asbrofl et al, Hugh M. Martin Qualifi
ed as special commissioner to sell cer
tain real estate.
6? Accident at Peon.
D, L. Hall, blacksmith at Peora, had
bis bands badly burned Monday, while
fixing a natural gas regulator. j[e
knocked a tap offaodl the flaveaflu,
?d upr Inflicting the la-Jury.
A MINING TOWN
Four Mine* to be in Actual Oper
ation Within the Corporate
Limit* of the Town.
Goal Deals Hade
Tbere and Elsevbere
In Harrison County?A Shaft Coal
Field of 2000 Acres Sold Near
Brown. Hogsett Field Sold.
Two Openings There.
The Riverdalo Mining Company, a
corporation composed of Hugh G.
Bowles, Dr. A. If. Kunst, John A.
Clark, E. G. Davidson and others,
leased, Wednesday 200 acres of coal
territory of D. M. Sblnn, adjacent to
the corporate limits of Shlnnston. The
comikny proposes beginning operations
at oncc. Several minors' cottages will
be built, coke ovens constructed, and
latest mining equipments will be
erected. The lease was made upon a
liberal royalty per ton. The company
hopes to make the capacity of the
plant 100,000 tons per annum.
Hutchison Bros., having closed a
deal with Mrs. Martha Monroe and
others of Shlnnston, by which they
come Into possession of about 200
acres of tine coal territory. They
will opreate the same In the near
futurp. Their mines will be opened
within the corporate limits of Shlnns
ton. That town promises to be
rather lively next spring as two other
mines are being opened there.
J. D. Springer and Samuel B. Nu
zum, of Fairmont, became the pur
chasers this week of 2,000 acres of coal
territory belonging to the heirs of I.
L. Marsh, deceased, and others situat
ed near Brown, this county. The aver
age price per acre was *8. It is shaft
coal and lies about 432 feet below the
surface. The field it penetrated by
the West Virginia Short Line rail
road, and when operated the product
will be shipped over that line. It is
understood that It will not be develop
ed for the present.
PennsylvanlanB were out at Bcy
noldsvllle and Wolf Summit Wednes
day Inspecting the Hogsett heirs' fine
block of coal territory of 3,300 acres,
with a view to purchasing it of James
White, of West Moreland county, Pa.,
who has the selling of that coal. It
seems a certainty that they will buy,
the purchase price to be over 8100 per
acre. In case the purchase Is made,
these gentlemen will begin immedi
ate operations by making an opening
on Hugh Thompson's farm Just east of
Wolf Summit and another opening by
shafting will be made on the Henry
farm west of Wolf Summit.
BIG WELL ON KINCHELOE
And a gusher on New Creek ?
Other good wells in
The South Penn has completed Its
T. II. Williams No. 4 at Wolf Summit
and has a producer of more than 100
barrels a day. Thesamc company has
its Alexander Stonestrcct No. 11 fin
ished and has a light prodnccr. This
company has opened up a new territo
ry by its purely wild cat well on the
H. G. Moffltt farm on Kincbeloe about
5 or 6 miles south of Jarvisvlllc and
a mile west of Benson. This well
promises anywhere from 100 to 300
barrels dally, and has set that region
wild. The we" was begun early last
summer, but was not pushed as it was
but a venture, but little thought of,
and, of course, created a great surprise.
The South Penn has most or tbe ter
ritory in that neighborhood leased.
Since the Moffitt well came in, a num
ber of locations are said to have been
made.
The Southern will shortly begin to
drill a hole on the Kd Rlchtmire place
two mllei east of the Jfofiitt well,
This company will also drill a well on
tbe John Flint farm between Miletus
and Salem next spring. The South
em's J. C. Smith No. 5 on New Creek,
came in Tuesday good for 200 barrels
and is the best well in that Held.
The Southern bas two other pro
ducers of 200 barrels each on this farm
and besides No. 5 bas No. 4' drilling.
No. 3 has not yet been begun.
Judge GofT Nos. 15 and 1# are In
good for 100 barrels dally.
In the Jarvlsville development in
Harrison county, the South Penn Oil
company has completed its No. T on
tbe A, Stonestrat. farm and has a 80
barrel pumper.
In The Supreme Court
The supreme court transacted' the
following business this weelt for Har
rison county.
Luther Haymond ts. Gideon' D.
Camden et al, rehearing granted.
Edwin Maxwell, trustee, ts.- J. B.
Sandusky et si; appeal' allowed): bond'
13801
RAISING THE QUARANTINE
In This County?No New Cases
in Harrison?Malady Spread
ing In Oilmer.
Tbe small-pox situation in Harrison
oounty Is much improved and for
tunately, through the timely and com
mendable precautions of the oounty
court, the count) and city health of
ficers, and the city council, the mal
ady has been confined to a single home
?the Carper home at Mt. Clare,?in
which the live patients are oonvnlos
cciit. The quarantine at the Mrs. nasi
Wolf home and the Dr. Bartlett place
has been raised as the danger point lias
passed, but quarantine is still being
observed at the Carper home.- Dr.
Robert Ramsay, who Is detained In
that home, has not taken the disease.
The situation in Gilmer county is
alarming, and the board of health has
ordered 500 vaccine points for use
around Cox's Mills,^vhere thero are 20
cases and where there have been over
100 exposures. Ira Bush, who brought
it from Pittsburg, lives In that neigh
borhood.
There Is a new case at Glenvllle, At
torney O. C. McQuIn, making 7 eases
In all. The three attorneys, N. M.
Bennett, Hon. R. F. Kldd and Mc
Qualn, who arc affected, were present
with Mr. Bush taking depositions.
Two new cases have appeared at
Connlngs, six miles from Troy, In Gil
mer county. There are three new
cases at Alum Bridge, two children In
the home of John Alklre, and a Mr.
Hartley, at the home of Capt. George
Cook.
Mr. Alklre, at Alum Bridge, Is very
low, as Is also Attorney Bennett, of
Glenvllle. For a while Monday it was
thought Mr. Bennett was dying. Mr.
Bennett's wife and youngest daughter
are sick with symptoms of the disease.
Elza Rlneliart, of Leading Creek,
one of the University boys who had It,
Is badly scarred, while G. N. Smith at
Mt. Claro escaped without a single
mark.
0L0 COMPANY K. COMPLIMENTED*
It was ene of The best In the Service
and will be revived.
An order has been Issued says tbe
Morgantown Dominion, to the effect
that there will be but nine companies
to each regiment of National Guards
for the present and that those which
will not attend to business in a proper
manner will be mustered out. Two
or three of those attached to the First
regiment come under this ban and
they will begotten rid of as soon as
possible.
The orders getting rid of these may
be expected at any time. Their places
will be filled by new companies which
are to bo raised In Slstersvllle and
Clarksburg. The former Dlace Is now
liard at work and has a company that
will make a cracker jack.
Clarksburg always had a fine com
pany and steps are being taken to re
vive old K. which was one of the best
in the service. The attention of mili
tary men up tbere will be called to the
need of a company at tbat place and
they will go to work at once getting
it In shape for to be mustered In.
Broke His shoulder Blade.
Charles Molne, Frenchman employ
ed at the Lafayette glass factory Is a
man of mishaps. A few months ago
his face was cut wide open by the fall
of a bolt or sheet Iron upon it, and
Tuesday he fell on the icy pavement
near Boyles' store and broke his right
shoulder blade. He is of the tfrm
opinion he is going to break all to
Eleces before mortal life ends with
im.
Wanted a Sunday Feast.
Burglars attempted to break into
the Clarksburg Produce Company's
store, corner Pike and Third streets,
Saturday night. They shoved on the
rear door until they bad succeeded in
smashing the lock, but a large sugar
barrel against the door prevented their
entrance, and they bad to abandon
their search for a Sunday feast.
Girl Bitten by a Dog.
Friday afternoon on her way from
school as she was passing through the
yard at her borne, Lucy Dawson, the
8-year old daughter of Mb. and Mrs.
Keltey Dawson, was bitten by one of
John J. Davis' big dogs. The dog
was Hcking a bone in the Dawson
yard as the little girl passed and
sprang against her knocking her down
and biting her severely on the hip.
People who have big and vicious dogs
should see that they stay at home.
A Big Show Coming.
Porter J. White's instructions to the
opera house manager is to clear his
stage of everything, including all
scenery, mechanical effects and fur
niture as they carry everything from
a thunder sheet to a tf0,000 garden set
In which then are over #.000 square
feet of scenery used' antf eight calciums
car load of effect*. At Ik* Bjaod
MAY LOSE HER LIFE
On Aooount of a Frightful Natural Gas
Explosion,?Fearfully Burned.
A frightful natural go* oxplnelon oc
cural Saturday evening at 6 o'clock
at tlio home of J. B. Cunningham
on Cunningham's Run and his daught
er, MIsh Ira, aged about 24 yean, was
seriously and probably fatally burned.
Mr. Cunningham's house is heated
with natural gas piped from the well
on his place. It Is supposed that gas
escapcd from a leak In the pipe and
accumulated In the clothes press of
one of the rooms. Miss Ounnlngham
was In the room, sewing and smelling
the escaping gas, she opened the
clothoH press door. The gas was so
strong that she hurriedly slammed the
door, forcing a current of gas around
to tho lire place where It Ignited and
exploded. Iter clothes caught atlre
and burned entirely off hor body be
fore tlio flames could tie extinguished.
Her hair was badly burned, as well as
her entire body except a small part of
her right shoulder ami the flesh on
her hands was burned off to the bones.
Her condition Is precsrloui but some
hope Isontertalned for hor recovery.
The explosion shattered the weather.
boarding and ceiling from the porch
where the pipe entered the building.
QUARANTINE AGAINST INFECTED
POINTS
Established, Because ol Shipments of
Dirty Laundry, milk and other goods.
The special oommlttoo appointed by
tho city council to look after tha small
pox situation has ordered a quufah*
tine against shipments ofgoods from
Weston, Buckannon, Mi. Clare and
other Infected points to this city or
through.lt. It seems that Buckban
non had been shipping dirty laundry
through here to points east and west;
that milk had been shipped here from
Mt. Clare, and Tuesday morning %?
dead body from the Weston asylum
being shipped east, lay at the B.4 0.
depot some time. The committee
served ofBcial notice upon O. A. An
nan as agent for the B. ft O. and the
United States Express company to al
low no more goods of any kind to be
shipped here from those points.
BRAKEMAN SPOTTS KILLED
By Falling from the top ol i box ear
at Remington.
Allen Spotts, of Grafton, aged 10
yearn and (tingle, brakemnn on No. Oft
B. & O. freight train west bound, re
ceived fatal injuries at Flemlngton
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, while
the train was engaged In switching.
He fell from the top of a box car and
an empty car passed over his body.
The Injured man was brought here
and died ut 1 o'clock In tbo baggage
room at the depot. His remains were
taken to Grafton for burial, Rev.
Mr. McDanel, who was with the
young man during his dying moments,
accompanying the body.
S. B. MCMILLAN DIES OF APOPLEXY
At Hot Springs, Arkansas, Where he
Went for his Health.
S. Benton McMillan, of West UnloA,
ex-sheriff of Doddridge county aiflL
one of the county's most prominent*
political and business citizens, died
Tuesday morning of apoplexy at Hot
Springs, Ark., where he went a few
weeks ago for his health. The re
mains were brought home Thursday
morning for burial. The deceased
was about 5a years old and unmarried.
He was an uncle of Silas E Davis, of
Shinnston.'
The Dead Returns Alive.
Squire James Bumgardner, of Salem
has received a letter from his father'
In-law, John Q. Monroe, of Claremore,
I. T., written January IT, 1800. Mr.
Monroe moved from Salem twenty
years ago and relatives not hearing
from him within the past nine yean
thought hlro dead. He says he will
visit West Virginia this coming spring
for tne first time since bis leafing the
State. Mr. Monroe- |ls the adopted
son of Michael Monroe, deceased, of
Elk district, and the son-in-law of
Colham Bctts, deceased, of Elk dis
trict. He served as commissary sar
geaut In company E, 3rd West Vir
ginia calvary In the late war and mov
ed to Salein at the close of the war.
Will Not go to the Pen,
Tuesday night the Jury in the re
trial of George Wanko, Indicted at
Parkersburg for the killing of Felix
Carr In a boxing match a few months
ago, brought In a verdict of Involan
tary manslaughter. At the former
trial the verdict was for voluntary
manslaughter, punishable by confine
ment In the penitentiary. Thesecond
verdict means simply a fine and a
sentence.