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Clarksburg Daily Telegram.
VOLUME II. NUMBER 288 CLARKSBURG, WEST VIR6INIA, SATURDAY EVENIN6, DECEMBER 20, 1902. 10 CENTS A WEEK. 2 CENTS A COPY
WAR MADE BY COUNCIL
ON THE GAS COMPNIES
That Body Does Not Propose to Al
low Them Longer to Destroy the
Paving and Pavements?Street
Superintendent Ordered to
Act at Once.
Application of the Clarksburg and Buckhannon
Street Railway Company Filed For a
Franchise?Proposed Route Through
the City Described Therein.
Tbo city council held lUt regular ses
sion Friday nlgbt with Councllracn
" Keenan,' Kearns, Kcsslcr, Hurst,
Moore) "Williams, Lewis, Hart and
Long and Mayor Crile In attendance.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Councilman Moore of the street
committee informed the council that
"Virglnus Jasper and the K. of P.
Lodge had made a proposl tion to fur
nish the brick for a pavement In front
of their properties on North Fourth
street provided the council Would lay
the brick. Mr. Moore was directed to
see that It was done.
Mr. Moore recommended that the
proposition from Mrs. Elizabeth Lats
tfcttcr to dedlcato Walnut street in
"Walnut Terrace to the city be referred
.to the street committee for future in
vestigation. Upon motion of Hart
the matter went back to the street
committee and the city attorney to
J report at the next meetinu. Long
spoke against the motion.
Mayor Crile reported for a special
committee that the county court had
reimbursed the city to the arnuunt of
$435, expenses Incurred in the recent
smallpox situation and that the court
had agreed to repair the sidewalk on
the Glen Elk bridge.
O. P. Llpplncott was given permis
sion to have a three-story brick and
stone business block.on the coiner of
Pike street and Third street, and to
attach to the city, sewer fur the ac
commodation of the building.
The Hofl heirs were given permis
sion to repair the Hull block on Main
Meet,.
W. F. Uau was given permission to
build a balcony in front of the Metro
politan hotel.
Permission was given Ernest Slurs
to erect a two story frame dwelling on
his lot on Main street just east ol
Be:ond.
The petition uf Mrs., J. W. Colfman
on Lee street for a pavemeut In front
of her property was granted and . be
work ordered done.
E. D. Swentzel was granted tin.
privilege of moving his fruit stand
from Pike street to the corner of
North Fifth and Baltimore streets In
Glen JGlk. _
A no?Tce by Margaret Bassel at 30t!
Montlcello avenue that her property
had been and Is being daulnged by a
change Jn Uio water courts was read.
She offered to accept 815 damaged pro
vided the city protect" her property In
the future from the water. The mat
tat was referred to Mr. CaHahan.
W. Showaiter was granted a p.r
mit to build a.two-story house In the
Glenmoor addition.
\Y. A. Wilkinson was Riven ,a per
mit to build a stectalad store room on
Pike street east of tiie Manhattan
Cafe.
Complaint was made that some one
had laid a sewer at the corner of Chest
nut ami Pike streets so that Ule sewer
age (l iwcd out upon the ^Urface and
under the street pavement. Mr. Cal
lahan was directed to have the sewei
removed.
Upon petition or James Drudy and
others, who offered to furnish the
brick for the purpose, it was ordered
that a brick pavement be laid across
Baltimore street from the Walll>
building to the west end of the freight
depot.
The petition of Frank A. Vise that
the city take a certain light oir the
Weston road olT his hands and hereaf
ter maintain It, was referred to the
light committee.
Armstrong. Crislip, Day & Company
were granted permission to erect n
one-story steel covered building on the
old ICoon Marble Company property on
North Fourth street
Anna Market was given the privi
lege to have a stable erected on the
rear of her lot nn Monticello avenue.
J. J. Connell and P. Adlcr piesented
certificates showing that the county
coilit had relieved them of erroneous
assessments of #1,000 and *2,000 valua
tion respectively and they asked the
city to do likewise. The matter was
referred to the city treasurer to ad
just.
A stone crossing was ordered lain
from A. S. Gould's residence across
Clark-street to the opposite cur nor of
Clark and North Fifth streets.
J. J. Chldister was given permission
to build a residence on the Udell prop- i
erty on West Pike street.
A lengthy and condemnatory discus
sion of the practices of the gas com
panies and the plumbers In tearing up
the pavements and leaving them in
bad condition ensued and many_ In
stances cited. The council in this
connection instructed tlouncllman
Moore to instruct the street superin
tendent to take the necessary steps at
(,nce to have these matters corrected
and to report at the next meeting of
the council what he had done along
this line. The motion also included
a clause instructing the clerk to notify
him that he must be present at the
'i meeting* <>r the c<tuncU*ttill remove
him or tin- hlm.ii-ror each time he
j failed to b'? ;it the meetings of the
I council. ^ ' t ?
' An Inquiry from Samuel W. Gordon
and others as to why the-^idewalk
ordtred for the south side of Locust
street between Sycamore and Chest
nut streets resulted lr? the Information
that the-clty had run out of lumber,
and an order was made d irecting-Mr
Callahan to buy at home what^ujnber
was nodded. -
Kii'.S were audited and ordorjfd paid
:as-follows: - ,
M. V. Ilurew * 2
Martin -Brothers, . 3 35
Street Pay Boll; 232 Wi
ConKOttdated Telephone Co.. '6 25
("Volunteer Firemen,
Water Works Pay Boll, 23 50
J. O. Laug, 111 00
W?T. , <?
Eev;; I- W- Oolden: went to Braid
Bun today. 'SW
DRUNK
The Fellow llpset his Wagon of
Nltro-Glycerlne.
Says he Has to Keep that way to
hold his job.
On Wednesday night there dropped
into Lett's restaurant, on Fourth
street, says the Parkereburg State
Journal, a nice looking young man,
but drunk as one could well wish to j
be. It wasn't one of those miserable i
Jags that land the pussessor In the
lockup but just enough to make him
exceedingly Jolly.
After ordering what he wanted, he
began talking of his work and Jt was
learned that he was an oil well shoot
er who had Just arrived here from
Clarksburg near which place he had
been shooting wells a day or so before.
Mr. Efett asked him if he wasn't
ifrald to do such terribly dangerous
work.
"Never have a chance to get afraid
?keep drunk all the time" was the
response.
"Why, do you drink," he hiccough
ed "that It I kept in my sober senses
ill the time that any monev on earth
:ould hire me to do such work?nlxeyl
"1 bad an experience yesterday that
would have kept most men away from
the work rfll the i est or their lives.
My wagon with eight.quarts of nitro
glycerine upset In the gutter near
Clarksburg but the blamed stuff didn't
explode. If I hadn't a been drunk the
Jig'dabeen up with me?yon can't
kill a drunken man,"
After finishing his supper he got up
and prepared to depart but Just before
leaving it was divulged to Mr. Lett
the time that he bad a shot of nitro
glycerine, enough to have almost blot
led the city out of existence. He
wouldn't give his name but spoke of
the company which employed him.
Parkersburg had oue experience with
njtro and another wouldn't be relish
ed.
POSITION
Of Flattering Nature Declined by
Pror. Smellle
Prof. 11. 11. SinrUIc, general mana
ger of the Elliott Commercial School
Id the Lowndes building, this city,
has received a very flattering offer
from one of the leading schools In
Colorado to take charge of its com
mercial department. The outlook is
so good for the Elliott school and It is
meeting with such splendid success
that Prof.|Smeilie refused the offer for
that reason. He Ishighly accomplish
ed in liis line and has always been
favored with great success. His ef
forts here are meeting with gratifying
results and the school Is doing nicely.
The Colorado school would be fortun
ate In securing his services.
RULING
? . .
Made by Referee Frank Stout of
Great Importance.
Upon request of the creditors of
?Reuben Javltch, bankrupt, Referee
In Bankruptcy Yt. Frank Stout ap
pointed J. I. Alexander last night re
ceiver of the stock of the bankrupt.
In making this appointment Referee
Stout made an important and nice
rnllng. It has been the practice In
this section of the country and nearly
all over the United States for the
United States Judge of^tbe district to
make such appointments and many
lawyers never came to the conclusion
that they could be made In any other
way, but; Mr. Stout Investigated the
matter jtud came to the decision that
it was in his power. He Is sustained
by a California declsioo. The re
vivor has closed the store.
MURDER
Enacted at Johnstown Between
Ernest Knlsely and John Wheeler,
Wheeler Lies at Point of Death with
Skull Crushed.
Men Quarreled over a Bunch of
Furs?Old Grudge Existed.
A tragedy was enacted at JobnBtown
Thursday evening, as the result of
which John Wheeler, a carpenter,
lies at the point of death and Ernest
Knisely, a farmer, and peddler, may
become a murderer and pay the penal
ty for the crime in state's prison.
The two men fell out over a bunch
of furs, there being a misunderstand
ing over the price and as to the owner
ship, both or them being In the fur
business. Jealously Is said to have
existed for some time between them
and they followed one another around
to the annoyance of each.
Thursday afternoon after thsy had
engaged in a bitter quarrel, KnUelej
picked up a large stone and struck
Wheeler on the back of his head,
mashing his skull In frightfully. The
Injured man was taken to his home
and Doctor Wlnfleld was summon
ed to attend him. The physlcan found
that the skull was so badly fractured
'bat be bad to extract .nine pieces or
It, leaving a cav'ty, the size of a silver
dollar. The operation was skillfully
done, but Wheeler's condition is
alarming to bis frieuds and the physi
clan has given up all hope of saving
his lire.
It appears that there had been a
grudge of long standing between the
two men and a very bitter feeling ex
isted between them.
Wheeler is about 48 years of age and
lias a wire. Knlseley Is some 10 years
younger.
So far the would-be murderer has
not been arrested and may not be un
til the almost certain death of Wheel
er ensues. It Is stated that he can
live but a short time at most.
Knlseley has disappeared. He was
seen going across Gleu Elk bridge to
ward the depot yesterday af
ternoon and It Is supposed he has left
the country.
The latest word from Wheeler is
that he is dying.
NEW FIRM
Charter Granted to West Virginia
Architects A Builders.
The Secretary of State has Issued a
charter to the West Virginia Archi
tects and Builders, of Clarksburg.
The authorized capital stock Is 125,
000 of which (13,GOO has been sub
scribed and <6,000 pain In. The Incor
porators are: George E. Council, C.
W. MoNulty, J. L. Rhodes, F. H.
Rhodes andW. H. Plerson, Jr.
This new concern is formed from
the firm of Connell & McNulty, the
contractors, who are at present con
structing the new Jacobs building.
They will open up new offlces*ln the
Jacobs building as soon as It Is com
pleted, and will have their headquar
ters In this city.
j KICKED
By ? Horse and Knee-Cap Was
Mashed.
Thomas Sheets, son of J. E. Sheets,
the Junk dealer, and Charles Windsor,
took a borse-back. ride toward West
Mil ford yesterday afternoon. Wind
sor's horse got a little ahead of the
horse the Sheets boy was Tiding and
kicked Sheets on one of his legs, mash
ing a knee-cap. The wound Is painful.
ANNUAL
RECITAL
Ot Music and Art Departments of
Broaddus.
An Elaborate Program Enjoyed by
Large Audience.
The annual Christmas recital of the
music and art departments of Bioad
dus Institute, at the Baptist church
Friday evening, was largely attended.
An elaborate programme was carried
out and was thoroughly enjoyed. Miss
Cora M. Atcheson, pianist; Mr. E. L.
Crow, stringed instruments; Miss Mar
tha K. Roberts, piano and voice, and
Miss Annie Belle Reed, reader, weri
assisted by several of the students oi
the Institute. The program was as
follows;
Gounod, Waltz from Faust?Ada
Fortney, Nell Bassel, Eva Goil, Rachel
Faris.
Wilson G. Smith, Joyful Moments
Helen Brlody.
Durand, Valse?Miss Birdie Whit
comb.
Roeckel, Winter Fairies?Chorus.
Scharwenka, Polish Dance?Miss
Nell Bassel.
Collins, "Ode to the Passions,"
Reading?Miss Dee Ross.
Behr, In Happy Mood?Lucille Nus
baum.
Rossini, William Tell?Miss Mabel
Shlnn (accompanied by Miss Atche
un.
Cantor, Oh Fair. Oh Sweet and Holy
? Miss Birdie Wbitcomb.
Schnecker, Ilans and Gretel?Mary
Buddy Clifford.
Trowbridge, "The Charcoal Man,"
Reading?Miss Roberta Newman.
Bohtii, La Grace?Genevieve Hay
maker, Alma Haymaker, Florence
Jewell, Gladys Calhoun.
Neldllnger, The Birthday of a King
?Mary Clifford, and chorus.
Godard, Valse Chromatlque, op. 88
?Miss Ad(i Wood Fortney.
King, "The Octoroon," Reading?
Rhea Brlody.
Liszt, Rhapsodie Honlgroise No. 2
?Misses Haymaker.
De Koven, A Winter Lullaby?Miss
Gussle Lowe.
Raff, Polka De La Relne, op. 95?
Miss Eva May Goll.
Chopin, Polonaise, op. 40, No. 1?
Miss Mabel Fleming Shinn.
Abt, A Boat Song?Chorus.
Fowler, Dance of the Fairies?Vera
Richards, -Estellc Nusbaum, Ora
Lowe, Bonnie Whiting.
GRIEF
Returns to Mrs Berger. Formerly
Mrs. Stadelman.
Imagined her Time had come ot
Join Chris.
. Sirs. Louis Berber, wlicse marriage
a week ago attracted attention on ac
count or tbe fact that her former hus
band, Chris Stadleman had been dead
only a couple of weeks when that event
happened, bad a very bad spell last
Friday afternoon. She went to bed
and Imagined that her time had come
to join Cbrls. She sent for the neigh
bors to come In and pray with her.
She alsj senUor a preacher for the
sarny purpose. They all responded to
her appeals and held a prayer meeting
but Mrs. Berger is still among the liv
ing and the prospects are that sbe will
?cirn imifc to m;ike her present husband :
.happy for many years yet. Au affect- j
mg feature of the occurrence was her
jrlef over her former husband. She
hid his picture In bed with her. She
Icclared that she never loved any one
<o much as she did him. Her period
I >f mourning had returned and tbe
[ , :ene was most pathetic.
FRANCHISE ASKED
FROM CLARKSBURG
Buckhannon and Clarksburg Elec
tric Railroad Company Makes
Application for One of the
City Council, and an Or
der is Entered.
Route of Proposed Line Through the City De
scribed and Provisions for Laying ^he
Track and Operating the System
Set Forth in Ordinance.
The Buckhannon & Clarksburg
Electric Railroad Company applied
for a franchise at the city council Frl
lay night and asked that the follow
ing ordinance be passed:
Be It ordained by the Council of the
31ty of Clarksburg, State of West
Virginia, that the privilege Is hereby
{ranted to the Buckhannon and
Clarksburg Electric Railroad Com
pany, a corporation organized under
the laws of West Virginia, and its
assigns, for the period of fifty years,
to construct and operate a street rail
way, with the necessary side tracks
?Hid turn outs, for transfer by cars,
drawn or propelled by horses, electric
ity, cable or motor power, of passen
gers, oyer and upon the following
streets in said city, viz :
Beginning at a point on Third
Street, at a point opposite the Trader*,
Hotel: thence down Third Street to
Mechanic Street; thence down Me
chanic Street to Its Intersection with
Water Street; thence with saldWater
Street to the corporation line. But
nothing in this grant contained shall
authorize said Company to construct
their railway upon or across any
bridge In said city, or In any way In
terfere with any bridge in said city
without having first obtained permis
sion from the County Court of Harri
son County to do so, nor to authorize
said Company to cross any existing
railway tracks or roads, without hav
ing first obtained the consent from the
corporation operating said railway to
cross Its tracks or roads, with the
right and privilege to extend and lay
such tracks to, from across and over,
said streets and such others as shall be
deemed necessary by said Company to
accommodate the public and meet the
demands of travel in and through said
city, but subject to the following con
ditions and restrictions:
The said Company shall transfer
passengers at a fare not to exceed live
cents from one end of their line to the
other within the corporate lines of the
City of Clarksburg; the said Company
shall lay their tracks at a grade with
said streets and shall cause the streets
over and along which they may lay
their tracks to be placed in as good
condition and repair after said tracks
are laid as they were before, and said
Company shall be responsible for all
damages that may legally accrue to
any person, or for any injury other
wise don* or suffered while laying
their tracks or in constructing their
said railway, or In operating It after
Its completion; and said Company
shall keep the surface of all streets
occupied by Its tracks, side tracks or
turnouts In good condition and repair; ]
and shall, when the City paves said
BtreetB, pave and keep well paved be
tween tbelr rails and tracks, side
tracks and turnouts, and for a space
of 18 Inches outside their rails, tracks,
side tracks and turnouts so occupied
by It. And the said Company shall
not control nor occupy any portion of
said streets other than Included In Its
tracks: and It shlll lay Itfjtracks, side
tracks, turnouts and switches in such
manner xs to not obstruct, Impede or
Interfere with travel, or the use of
said streets by the public outside it?
tracks; said Company shall keep said
streets In huch condition as to not im
pair or Irterfere with the free and
proper use thereon by the public, or in
any manner necessarily obstruct
travel thereon: Raid Company shall
not by meuus of snow plows or other
wise so deposit snow outside of its
tracks as in interfere with the right
of abutting owners of property to free
access to, and egress from, their prop
erty, or wli li the right of the general
public to tbe use of said street or
streets; and said Company shall so
construct lis tracks as not to cause
surface water to overflow and injure
the properly of any owner or occupier
along said streets. Tbe Company's
main track shall be so constructed
that the middle point between tbe
rails thereof shall be within the line
passing through the center of said
streets. No car used In the operation
of said railway shall be wider than 10
feet, and the Qlty reserves the right
by ordinances hereafter to be adopted
to regulate the speed of travel on said
railway, to provide rules and regula
tions for Its proper operation, and pro
vide for safety appliances, and to
otherwise fully protect the interest of
all Its citizens.
Provided, however, that this fran
chise shall be null and void, unless the
construction of tbe said Street Rail
way Is commenced In said City within
18 months from the granting of this
franchise, and completed two years
thereafter, that is, within three and
one-half years from tbe granting of
said franchise. >'
NO HOME
Had tbe Trades and Labor Council
in Which to Meet.
Maccabees Had Possession and
Produced Their Lease.
The Trades and Labor Council
found itself without a borne Friday
night. The Council bad rented a ball
of D. K. Heed and met two or three
times 1n IL A large number of tbe
members assembled at tbe ball Friday
night to hold their tegular weekly
meeting but they found tbe Maccabees
In possession. They inquired by what
authority the Maccabees were tbere
and were sliown a contract or lease
having pi lurlty over their own. Mr.
Reed was out of the city and nothing
could be done In the matter. Under
the circumstances no meeting of the
Council whs held. It Is not known at
this time what action will be taken In
the matter nor Is it known how the
ml8und<?r?tandlng happened.