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VOLUME I. FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, FHIDAV. JULY 22. 100L ~ NUMBER 82.
WANT
MORE
PEOPLE
TO ATTEND THE WORLD'S FAIR.
THE NUMBER OF VISITORS
SO FAR HAS BEEN DISAPPOINTING.
ST. LOFIS, July 22.?Failure of the
expected attendance at the World's
Fair has moved the National Purchase
Exposition Commission to suggest a
conference of all interests in connection
with the exposition with the object
of securing wider exploitations in
the press.
advance in the price of meats. It
las always been believed that eventually
there would be a peaceful adjustment
of arbitration and that the
disturbance would pass away as quickly
as it developed. This sentiment
was borne out by Wednesday's action.
1
' The best commercial reports come ?
from the West- and Southwest or from t
the very regions where the greatest f
disturbance to business poise might f
toe expected to exist. For instance, c
Kansas City takes a very hopeful i
view of the crop situation. A week of
Ideal harvesting weather has changed
the whole aspect of things, and mer- ?
chants are refilling orders that had 1
been cancelled on account of the e
-floods. In spite of the packers' strike, c
Chicago has "had a week of marked a
trade improvements. ' a
With the prospect of average cereal
crops and an early cotton crop of
bumper size, the Southwest is begin- s
ning to discount some of the expect- T
ed enrichment of that part of the d
country. Salesmen from St. Louis v
have had a better trade than a year fi
ago. Jobbers are satisfied with re- n
turns, wmcn tney nnd exceed tnose
of recent similar seasons.
THE CASH 5
la
WAS FORTHCOMING AND McCALL 'f
GOT OUT OF THE CUSTODY
OF THE LAW.
As soon as William McCall was re- gi
leased at police court this morning: ti
Tie was taken before Justce Amos to sc
answer the charge of striking Chas. re
Anderson. No witnesses were there gc
and Anderson himself failed to show d<
up, but McCall admitted to slapping It
him and was fined more money than re
he had. After paying his fine in po- ?f
lice court his only pocket money was m
a fiver, with one end torn off. He
Tint nr? hie wotoh tintl wnc rrmo hilt
a short while until he returned with tv
more cash and paid his fine. He said ni
that Anderson swore in the presence M
of his children and that he would not 01
allow such things. G<
If your hoarding house is too noisy Ai
for you, or too quiet for you, or too F<
costly fpr you, or too inconvenient for tli
you?the "want add. way" will lead Ju
you to another one quickly and quiet
ly.
es
BUTTE, Montana, July 22.?F. A. pe
Heinze has been sued by the Boston P'1
and Montana Mining Company for Ai
35,700,000 on account of ore alleged ??
to Lave been stolen from the Leonard de
mine. " hii
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NOTICE TO GAS CONSUMERS. ca
; OC
The gas will be shut off Sunday, sh;
July 24th, between the hours of one ca;
o'clock P. M. and five P-'ffi., in order
to make some repairs toaihe .line, x
President Thomas H. Carter, of the
I commission has addressed to President
Francis on behalf of the commission,
a letter asking a conference to
be participated in by representatives
of the Exposition Company, the National
Commission and the representatives
of Governments, States, Territories
and Districts. The letter calls
attention to the value of press references
and suggests a system by which
the.news relating to a particular section
or State shall be sent there. The
eommuncation ends with the assurance
of co-operation on the part ot
the commission on any plan which
the exposition company may see fit
to adopt, and the need of bringing up
the attendance record again is emphasized.
alTsorts
STRAY BITS OF NEWS GATHERED
BY OUR TELEGRAPHIC
CORRESPONDENTS FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE
WORLD.
CHICAGO, July 22.?When the
jutchers went to work this morning
it the packing plants and discovered
hat a majority of their places were
illed by non-unionists, all except the
oremen walked out again and declared
the strike on again, so far as
t relates to butchers.
SUFFOLK, Va? July 22.?News
rom South Quay, Va., the neighborlood
where hail fell as large as hen's
;ggs and destroyed the principal
:rops in a territory several miles
icross, says some of it lay all night
.nil was used for freezing cream.
CITY OF MEXICO, July 22.?In anwer
to an invitation extended by
'homas McCauley, of New York, Present
Diaz has signified his intention of
isiting the United States in the near
ature. No date for the visit has defiitely
been decided upon as yet.
WOODSTOCK, N. B., July 22.?
eorge Gee, for the murder of his ousin,
M11 iy Gee. was hanged here
arly this morning.
PORTLAND, hie., July 22.?Fire
ist night destroyed the packing esiblishment
of Twitchell-Champlin
ompany on Commercial street. The
iss is estimated at $150,000.
HALIFAX, N. S., July 22.?The /s
-eat steel strike at Sydney was praccally
settled last night, although
>me details are not yet adjusted. The
>sult has been achieved through the
>od offices of W. L. McKenzie King, p
eputy Minister of Labor of Canada, o
is understood that the strikers will s
turn to work without obtaining any y
the concessions asked from the Do- c]
inion Steel Company. tc
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P.T T?VQ PAT r C "NT -V Till *- o >
'ith a large attendance the third an- b.
lal conference of young people's bi
issionary Movement of America li
tened to-day at Silver Bay, Lake
aorge. ft
Samuel B. Capen,' president of the C
nerican Board of Commissioners for in
treign Missions, is presiding over m
e conference, which will conclude et
dy 31. IV
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VIENNA, July 22.?The Arch Duch- gc
s Maria Valeria, daughter of Emror
Francis Josef, while making a uf
easure tour in a motor car in lower at
istralia on the estate of the Duke
Parma, has a nerrow escape from
ath. The car was running at a L(
?h rate of speed when it suddenly hv
'erved and crashed into a passing th
r, demolishing the vehicles. The ad
cupants were thrown out and badly "V
aken up, but fortunately they esped
serious injury.
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The best?Hall's fee cream. x sti
FALLAND
WINTER
OUTLOOK
IS BETTER IN THE SOUTH AND
"SOUTHWEST THAN IT HAS
BEEN FOR MANY
YEARS.
THE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF
THE STRIKE OF THE PACKING
HOUSE EMPLOYES
HELPS BUSINESS.
NEW YORK. July 22.?Reports received
this week from special agents
of the International Mercantile Agency
at the leading centers of accumulation
and distribution in the country,
show very little change in Conditions
from those previously stated. Actual
trade is dull, a normal situation for
this season of the year. The outlook
for fall and winter business is
better in some sections, notably the
South and Southwest, than it has been
for a long while. Calmer judgment
than obtained in the beginning has
reduced the estimates of loss by flood
to 30,000,000 bushels of winter wheat
for the four States most affected. One
reliable trade journal has issued a
bulletin, which points to a total
yield of this cereal of 610,000,000
bushels and an exportable surplus of
nearly 145,000,000 bushels. These
are facts that have helped to dislodge
some of the discourageing sentiments
of the recent past. The
strike of the packing house employes
assumed larger proportions than were
first believed possible. However,
there has been no suffering from the
IKE DEP
ON AGAIN
k strike breakers were still at work.
The crowds below could see these
men pushing carts and tracks on the
y low viaducts that span Forty-third
and Firty-iifth streets in the yards.
l__ "Drive them out!" "Drive them
3 out!" came the cry from the crowd
i. below. In an instant hundreds of
r men, rushins pell mell. were striving
s to climli' ui> the viaduct and attack
j the array of strike-breakers. Forel
men. superintendents and police
- sought to beat tliem back. In a panic
THE BIG STB
OLA
;
I CHICAGO, July 22.?The big stec
yards' strike is on again. A gent
' rai strike has been ordered.
The butchers stHick again to-da;
when. on reporting for work, in at
cordance with the peace agreemeni
the packers' agents offered work ti
only a few of their number. Presi
dent Donnelly, leader of the butche
workmen, charges that the packer;
have been guilty of the "rankest feint
of discrimination." He asserts tha
a general strike of every paekinf
trade in the country must result.
In every department at every plant
workers were turned away by th<
thousands with the claim that wort
would be given them later. A new
general strike order to the Am alga
mated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmens" Union of North America
was announced . to-day by President
Donnelly. Shortly after S o'clock it
was telegraphed to the union headquarters
in eleven other cities. Don
UC11.> UCV,IU1C3 IUC UiUCl ? 111 UC Upheld
by the American Federation of
Labor, which includes the entire union
labor movement of the United States.
When the butchers, numbering
1,200 men, struck again they marched
down Packers avenue in the vards,
which was one confused, elbowing
mass of workers, carrying dinner
pails and expecting to go back to
work again.
Disorder broke out at once, the
throng receiving the striking butchers
with cheers.
At the Armour and Swift plants,
SEASONABLE COSTUlVIE
Jdanne d'Arc styles for ladies and Che%
BUSINESS
CHANGE
V NEW COMPANY HAS BOUGHT ,
OUT THE WELL KNOWN
BAKErR, A. F. McKEEVER.
The firm of N. J. Comuntzis & Comany
has bought the place of business
I A. r. iuciveever situaieu on iviuiu ^
treet near the Watson Hotel corner.
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'he new firm -has already taken
harge and will take steps at once
) make many improvements. The
usiness will be greatly increased and s
n ice cream and candy factory will a
e established. A larger fountain will c
e installed and a new bakery estab- J
shed.
The members of this firm have con-t
tctioneries in Cumberland and
larlcsburg. The manager of the place "
t this city came here from the forer
place and has had thirteen years' '
cperience in this kind of business. J
"e are glad to have this firm locate '
ire, as we believe they will send out
tod jjroducts.
Mr. McKeever will continue to manacture
his famous Mother's bread 1
id will keep up his wagon service. 11
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Ten people-will see a placard of "To 1'
it" on your house to about every ten s'
indred who will read your "To Let" T
e wisest?the "Placard way" or the l<
!. in these columns. Which way is ^
Vant airway?"
Jelly J&BgSe, 20c per doz. Tin cans, S",
c dcg| ^L. Hall's , hardware n<
re. \ x at
of fear, the strike-breakers fled into
the building for refuge.
In the meantime President Geier. of
. the Packing Trades Council. who
r headed the butchers that applied for
reinstatement at Armour's, called
through the windows to the "knockers"
who were already at work killing
cattle in the. killing beds. "It is all
off." he yelled. "We can't go back
with these men trying to turn threefourths
of its out of our jobs."
The "knockers" dropped their big
mauls at once and joined the marching
butchers, who had been swept
about like chips in a maelstrom by.
the crowd that made Packer's avenue
a seething mass of humanity.
President Donnelly, leader of the
22,000 butcher workmen who had been
on strike, hurried to headquarters at
Forty-seventh'street and Ashland avenue.
"This means a general strike,"
he said, "and it means a general
strike all over the country."
"The packers have clearly violated
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
S FOR AUTOMOBILISTS.
/ a I i e r Bayard fashions for gentlemen. ^
? Rrnnklvn Fnnlfi.
PEOPLE WE
ALLKNOW
SKETCHES OF POPULAR EMPLOYES
OF THE FAIRMONT
AND CLARKSBURG ELECTRIC
RAILWAY CO.
pi
The subject of to-day's sketch, E. C. ^
Jowmati. is probably the best known ,J
miploye'in the service of the railvay
company. a<
More than half of his life has been c*
pent in Fairmont and its suburbs, ^
nd the majority of this in the employ
if the late Uncle Max Fleming. c,
nuch regretted philanthropist of the ar
louth Side. _
m
In February, 1902, Commodore en- cj.
ered the F. and C. Company's employ
- Ill
nd was assigned to the barn. After
wo months of this, he was made a
onductor and served as such for one yc
ear. Recognizing his value, Superin- ^
indent Hood offered him the impor- w
int position of barn foreman, with the
tipulation that if he did not like it, to
is road job would be held for him.
Ir. Bowman continued as barn fore- ne
lan until the Monongah line was com- an
leted, at which time he decided to jjr
jsumc his conductorshlp and was as:gned
to car 15, Motorman Ed. Davis,
le first regular car on that impor- tu,
int surburhan line, and "one side" of. tuJ
hich he bosses to this day. po
A car in tho train of fast freight No, i '
7 jumped the track in Martin's tun- Mi
?1 just east of Littleton this morning 5S<
j^jjl^wns over an hour late. stc
TROUBLE
-SAID TO BE
SETTLED
i
BY CONCESSIONS ON EACH SIDE
?ENGLAND AND RUSSIA
HAVE SETTLED THEIR DIFERENCES.
BERLIN. July 22?It is stated here
that the complications arising from
the seizure of the P. & O. steamer
Malacca by the Russian volunteer
cruiser Petersburg have been settled
on the following terms.
England has acknowledged Rus
sia s right to . search the Malacca aau
further gave Russia a formal assurance
that the steamer's cargo consisted
of English Government property.
Russia, admits the seizure was an
error in judgment and will pay the
P. & O. company indemnity for loss
of life, etc. Russia also informs Eng|
land, that more circumspection will
be displayed in the future.
The status of the volunteer lleet
was undefined.
It sought European support against
England hut failed. England, on the
other hand, informed the powers that
she would recapture the Malacca forcibly
unless Russia liberated her.
The expectation now is that England
will immediately raise the question
of the passage of the Dardanelles
by the volunteer steamers. The
Frankfurter Zeitung asserts that England
lias offered Turkey a loan at
tnree per cent, to enaoie tne porte to
pay the remainder of the 1S7S indemnity
to Russia immediately instead of
in installments as she is at present doing.
This, says the paper, is regarded as
preliminary to an Anglo-Turkish combination
to prevent further violations
of the terms of the treaty of Paris relative
to the passage of warships
through the Dardanelles.
LONDON, July 22.?The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Reuter Telegram
Company, is authority for the
statement that a satisfactory reply to
Great Britain's demand as a resulL
of the seizure of the P. & O. steamer
Malacca lias been delivered.
The correspondent says Russia's reply
agrees that the Malacca shall not
be brought before a prize court. Rus- *
sia further undertakes to see to it that
no one similar incident shall occur in
:he future. i
As a matter of formality, the Mai- ;
icca's cargo will be examined at some <
Mediterranean port, probably Suda |
3ay Island, of Crete, in the presence
if the British consul. c
England, the correspondent adds, t
vill present a bill for damages later, j
UNFORTUNATE j
EXPERIMENT .
d
>R. GEORGE V. WINNERS' UNTIMELY
END FROM THE USE Jj
OF COCAINE.
r
TTEMPTS TO USE THE DEADLY v
DRUG TO ASCERTAIN ITS EFFECT
TO ENABLE HIM TO
MAKE A CURE.
FLEMING. N. J.. July 22.?Because a
f his experiments to determine the
hysiological effect of cocaine upon
ie human system, Dr. George V.
dinners, of Milford, lies dead to-day. -m
r. Winners, aware of the prevalence t
' the cocaine habit, -determined to e<
scertain first its effects and then the
ire. His diary shows the results of ss
is experiments from the day te be- d<
in. It was his habit to take the co- k
tine in the afternoon, go to his room sc
id seat himself before a lighted ra
irror. He watched for the slightest
tange in himself, and wrote down fU
ites of the effects of the drug. m<
The effect of the drug finally drove th
i-t-t uiauiii;. iiuiguuuio nvrai u cv ^iopu ^03
ssterday in his room and hurst in the ar
>or to find him beating the floor
ith the butt of a shotgun. Me said
e floor was on fire. He was bound
prevent doing injury to himself. ar
After a- long period of unconscious- ^
sss he died. His diary was found af
d revealed his experiments with the te
ug. _ .J.
V .J.
We handle a straight line of furni- .J.
re, window blinds, mirrors and picres.
Fairmont Furniture Co. Op- ij.
site post office. >.
? . .j.
t pint Mason jars, 35c doz.; 1 qt. -J.
ison jars, 39c doz.; 2 qt. Maron jars, -J;
doz., at J. L. Hall's hardware
WILSON
BARRET
DEAD
.. ' . _ ' - "
THE FAMOUS ACTOR, NOVELtS"^^^
AND THEATRICAL MANAGER ?
IS NO MORE?WAS
VERY POPULAR.
LONDON'. July 22.?Wilson Barrett,
the world fatuous actor and dramatist,
is dead.
Wilson Barrett, who has always
been given one of the highest places
in the old school of historic art, won
some years ago a strong place Jit the
hearts of the American theatre-gain^
public, lie made in all Ave visits-, to
America and on each occasion had
a most successful tour. The actor. te|l|
urnmaust, novelist and meatricai
manager was born at Essex. He was
the son of a farmer who gave hlin
as liberal an education as was obtainable
for one of limited means. At
Wen teen, I^arrett entered the dramatic
profession and to the time of
his death had never completely do- .
sisted from stage work. His principal
trips to America were in 18SG, 1888 . g
and 1SS9.
His managerial work began In 187*
when lie took charge of the amphitheatre
at heeds. In 1S79, he became
manager of the Court Theatre in
London and two years later of the
Princess" Theatre in the metropolisIn
1SS7 he again took up managerial
work, running the Globe TheatreOther
theatres which he has managed
have been the Olympic, the Lyric and
the Lyceum.
His publications included ''Under
the Sign of the Cross" and "In Old. .
New York."
His recent dramatization was Sien1
kiewicz's famous novel "Quo Vadls."
A PROHIBITION
^ jra?
LUVfc rtflol
CANDIDATE SWALLOW CRIES "REDEEM
US FROM BUNCO,
BOODLE AND BOOZE."
INDIANAPOLIS, July 22.?"Redeem
lis from bunco, boodle and booze," is
the battle cry. of the Prohibitionists
this campaign.'as laid clown by Silas
C. Swallow, of Harrison. Pa., In his?
speech of acceptance after his notification*
by the National Prohibition : .
tarty here this afternoon.
The notification meeting is practisally
another Prohibition national
lonvention since more than threeourths
of those present were dele- .
rates to the National convention a
nonth ago. The first speech ' was
hat of A. G. Wolfenbarger, of Lincoln,
Neb., who notified Swallow.
Mr. Swallow, in. his speech of aceptance.
among other things, laid
!own the above quoted battle-cry.
Notification of the Vice Presidency
lomination to Geo. W. Carroll, of :
fexas. was delivered by Homer L.
iastla, of Pittsburg, to which Carroll
esponded. National Chairman Oliver :
ir nt r _i t
v. omwaii, ui mbu
POORJURKEY
MERICA AND TURKEY MAY
HAVE TROUBLE.
BERLIN. July 22?The Lokalan,'iger
reports that relations between
uritey and America are being strain1
and the situation is critical.
The Turkish authorities, the paper
lys, have forcibly prevented Theo>re
H. Norton. American consul at
harpout, from journeying to Sasiun
to investigate the Armenian out- .
ges reported there.
The porte, the paper adds, has rosed
to give a written acknowledge- - ,
ent of her debt to America. All
e other powers possess such wrifn
acknowledgement. Developments
e expected. \ "
Funeral of Mrs. Stewart.
The remains of Mrs. Eunice Stewt,
who died at Cook's Hospital
ednesday evening, were buried this
ternoon in the old Fairmont cemc
ry by Undertaker Cunningham.
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4THE
WEATHER 4.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. July J
22.?Forecast for West Vir- 4.
ginia: Occasional showers to- 4.
night and Saturday; warmer 4*
Saturday in western portion. 4.
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