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VOLUME I. ^ ^ FAIRMONT. WEST VIRGINIA, THl KSDAVr AU<TrST II. "l'.HM." XOIBER 0!).
GOELET
FOUND
OWNER OF MISSING GEMS SAYS
SHE FOUND THEM HERE IN
SAFE.
ANNOUNCES THROUGH DETEC
. TJVE AGENCY THAT SHE
FOUND PEARLS WHERE
SHE USUALLY KEPT
THEM.
NEW YORK. Aug. 11.?More startling
than the publication of the mysterious
loss of $200,000 worth of rare
. gems from a Newport house was the
announcement authorized by Mrs.
Ogden Goelet yesterday through the
Pinkerton Detective Agency, that she
had found the missing jewels here in
New York in a safe deposit vault.
Mrs. Goelet does not attempt to ex- :
plain, nor do the Pinkerton detective i
heads attempt to explain, how it re- i
quired several weeks for their joint .
-efforts finally to solve a problem s
which astounded society by finding 1
missing treasure of such value in the
place where it was usually kept and 1
where it would he first looked for by j
its owner even in ordinary circum- t
stances. a
Although Mrs. Goelet arrived in this a
-city on Monday night expressly to I
search her safe for the missing jew''
-els, as is asserted by the detectives, "
she did not make the alleged discov- t
ery of the gems until yesterday after- t
noon. Alter a conference with the t
detectives, Mrs. Goelet, a representa- v
tive of the Goelet estate management 1
and. a member of the firm of Tiffany h
& Co., in this city, after the arrival
here of Mrs. Goelet, this statement" 1'
.'was authorized: s
"Mrs. Ogden Goelet's jewels, which v
were believed to have been lost, were, f
through the suggestion of the Pinker-' s
5 tons and Chief of Police Richards, of v
Newport, found to-day1 l5y her in her v
, safe in this city si
"Mrs. Goelet left New York for o
Newport on June 21. She took with c:
her her jewel case. . In the middle d
of July, she went to the case for some P1
of the jewelry. She missed and made b:
a thorough search for it in her New- w
port residence Failing to find it, in tl
the latter part of July she reported
her loss tt> the Pinkertons at New
York, and Chief of Police Richards si
at Newport hi
"After a thorough investigation by w
the Pinkertons, who concluded that sc
no robbery had been committed and H
that the jewels were probably in her tt
safe in this scity, she, at the sug- si
sestion, came here Monday, and to- to
day, on opening her safe, found the cr
jewels where she had placed them." fr<
The jewels had not been seen by ai
Mrs. Goelet since June 21. Missing w.
them about the middle of July, she th
called the Pinkertons. Their rigid
Investigation, conducted by Superin- i st:
tendent Dougherty himself, one of the | ta
shrewdest of detectives, resulted in a T1
search of the Goelet villa. Be
mi
FORTUNE AT STAKE "
we
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_A VERY INTERESTING CASE IN ^
WHICH TWO HUNDRED THOU- '
SAND DOLLARS ARE INVOLVED.
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CLEVELAND, Aug. 11.?Benjamin . .
'Franklin Fridlcy Needliam, ten years e(}
old, has a' remarkable - decision to ^
make. _ The lad's father is F. F. t]](
. Needham, but if Benjamin Franklin
goes to live with him he thereby fori*r?
(SatflEo wnrfTi OOO vt'l-i i.r?Vi
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was left him by his another. Ben's
, ' ' 'J-Jd]
father and mother were divorced
four years ago. When the latter died
a few months afterwards she willed j
.her entire'estate to the boy on the gu.
condition named, that lie stay away CQr
from-his father, the testatrx's former j
husband. The boy's father has
"brought habeas corpus proceedings in cQr
common pleas court to secure posses- c
sion of him, so that the decision be- st^
?.wccu xiis xttLuer ana nis lortune may
cor
rest with other hands than Benjamin yaj
^ Franklin's. j
Soi
Licenses to Wed.
v ' cor
R. S. Merrifield, 22, and Myrtle I.
Shaver, 20.
ert
John A. Bloom, 2S, and Nora Cal
. -t. nti<
Iaghan, 21. _
C,'< - ' x
The Giants, a juvenile ball team of J'j
this city, play the Farmington ^
youngsters this afternoon at Farming
Sc ton. :
. - nin
I have so>"- lots m Morrow A
Faace yet. tianham. x clof
PENT UP
RUSSIAN
FLEET
REPORTED TO HAVE EMERGED
FROM PORT ARTHUR?A SEVERE
BATTLE TOOK
PLACE IN THE
NIGHT.
LONDON, Aug. 11.?A dispatch received
by the Japanese legation this
morning confirms to a degree ,the
press dispatches reporting the emergency
of the Russian fleet from Port
Arthur harbor and a subsequent naval
engagement. The dispatch to the legation
reads:
"Various reports from Talien-Wan
Rhnw T"h?t rliP Russian snnarlrnn
emerged from Port Arthur on the'
morning of August 10. A severe naval
battle ensued continuing until
sunset. In the. night hour torpedo flotillas
seem to have attacked the enemies
squadron for at dawn on August
il the -Retvisan and another battleship,
of the Pobieda type, appeared to
je taking flight toward Port Arthur."
The Tokio correspondent of the
fteuter Telegram Company wiring retarding
the fight outside of Port Arhur
says the result of \the torpedo
ittack is not known. The Retvisan
ind Pobieda were seen outside of
5ort Arthur this morning.
Continuing the correspondent says:
The Russian fleet consisted of six
lattleships and four cruisers. The
firnOrln hr??ifo r?f Bnecinnc
rhich are smaller than the Japanese
essels opened fire on the Japanese,
'he pursuit lasted for two and one
alf hours." 1
The press dispatches vary from the
sgation report, in that the former asert
that the Russian fleet eluded the
"atchful Japanese and steamed away
rom the port escaping the line of vesels
under Admiral Togo, until they '
"ere -well out to sea. The Japanese !
essels are said to have given x?ur- 1
uit, and a naval engagement in the (
pen sea is expected. These details '
mnot be confirmed, and are in part '
enied in effect by the legation re- ?
ort which states that the Russian s
attleships Retvisan and Pobieda
ere seen returning to Port Arthur ?
lis morning. 1
How /the News Was Brought. c
utiRR i'UO, Aug. 11.?Tlie Rus- =
an torpedo destroyer which reached 1
ire from Port Arthur to-day, and t
hich brought news of the Russian 11
irtie from the port is the Rechitelni. T
er captain confirms the report of 11
te sortie and states that the war- n
lips expected to join the Vladivos- a
ek squadron, which has been re- 11
uited by the purchase of the ships r'
om Argintina. The torpedo boats ?
id small craft generally, he said, w
ere to have remained at Port Arur.
According to the captain of the de- p:
royer, the Japanese continue to at;
ck Port Arthur in energetic fashion. rc
leir line. now extends from Luisa cl
iv, on the north shore to a point imediately
east of Tschi Bay, which is
out seven miles east of Port Ar- sl
ur. The Japanese, he says, are
isting lives by their reckless cour- S1
e. Positions are frequently lost and 'a
sn retaken only to be lost again. ll(
Five passengers aboard the destroy- S1
confirm the reports that the shells
>m Wolfs Hill are falling in Port. '
thur. Several civilians have been
lured. One of the shells destroy- ar
a store of oil tinder Golden Hill hl
tress. These passengers state that
3 sortie, according to their belief, ve
s made about 7 o'clock Wednesday. th
e hospital ship Mongolia, with on
men and children on board accom- a'
nied the destroyer to this port.
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Real Estate Transfers. a
I. P. Ashcraft and wife to J. D. ba
aimers, property in Urncm district; te<
isideration, $525. mI
ennie Atha et al. to Philip Lester
ah, property on Dunkard Mill run; sa:
isideration, $3,734.68. Pe
larah J. Parrish et al. to Lucy D. an
irm, property on Dunkard Mill run; ro<
laidern-rirm. one dollar and ottier till
uables. P?
olin J. Long and wife to Virginia E. be
ith, property on Buffalo creek;
tsideration, $1,900.
t. F. Millan to J. Fred Beaty, prop- yej
y in Mannington district; consider- ]e
m, $1,100. po;
". M. Calvert to Margaret A. Beaty. ror
perty in Mannington; considera- t
l, $S93.75. an
ilizabeth Calvert and husband to mij
rgaret A. Beaty, property in Man- yK
gton; consideration, $706.25. ins
11 25c white mercerized goods to to
se out for 15c yard. The Bon Ton. Col
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An overindulgence in a vegetable die
appearance.
FAILED i
TO AGREE
ON PLANS FOR CONTINUING SUR- \
* VEV, DID THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
YESTERDAY.
The meeting held in the County
2ourt room yesterday by the commis- ^
sioners and surveyors of Wetzel, Mo- a
longalia and Marion counties to talk c
Dver and devise jilans for the contin-, F
ting of the survey of the three counies,
proved unsuccessful, the meeting P
idjourning without arriving at any
satisfactory conclusions.
One by one the commissioners and ^
urveyors were called into a separate al
oom and questioned as to their de- P'
:ision and the probable cost of the I11
urvej': the county surveyors claim- ''
ng that the work of surveying the 1'
hree counties would not and should A
ot exceed four thousand dollars, T
rbich would require a corps consist- m
ng of a surveyor and two or three Pr
ten. Six hundred dollars was the w:
mount agreed upon by the committee tu
i the matter of the cost of making es
ie map, claiming it would not take w'
ver sixty days for its construction, wi
hich would be ten dollars per day.
his was considered a big price, but
iey were willing to let it go at that,
roviding they could make some satisictory
arrangements with Mr. Mon>e,
the engineer who has been in
large of the survey.
There have been twenty-five hunted
dollars expended already on the
irvey.
Mr. Monroe claimed it would necestate
not less than five thousand dolrs
more to complete the work, but
; would not agree with the commis- a
ne'
oners to do it for that sum. In ad- .
tion he askfrt nnp' t hniicnnrl Hnllorc
Cli
r the making o? the map. Only oneurth
of the survey has been made,
id it has - cost two thousand five arn
indred dollars, hence it is hardly
tely, according to Mr. Monroe's surwing,
that the cost would be less s
an ten thousand dollars, plus the
e thousand for the map, making in
sw<
I eleven thousand dollars. (
Of course the commissioners could ^
it consider these huge figures for ^ i
five thousand dollar job. Monroe ^
s been working from ten to thir- ^
in men, which has cost, in round ^
mbers, about fifty dollars. a day,
ten four men are all that is necesry.
The commissioners have drop- ^
d the subject, failing to arrive at
y satisfactory figures with Mr. Mongot
?. The matter may be submitted to
to
3 governor and another man ap- H
inted, and if not, the question will
dropped'altogether.
To the Home For Incurables.
\.da Hillard, a young lady about 17
irs of age, who is subject to epi- He
nic fits, and is an inmate at the
or farm, will be taken to the Home
Incurables at Huntington. Yes- N
day in one of her fits she struck tion
old lad}-, inflicting wounds which of t
ght have proved serious, and for denl
t safety of the other inmates of the heai
titution, it was thought advisable be i
remove her. Her father lives in Is s
iambus, Ohio. ? pect
t is apt to produce a change in one's
?New York Herald.
DR. BOONE
COMING
V1LL BE HERE TWO DAYS OF ]
COUNTY INSTITUTE AND , ]
WILL LECTURE ONE I
NIGHT.
Two weeks from next Monday the
Iarion county teachers' institute will
ssemble lor a five clays' session,
lounty Superintendent Carter L.
'aust is planning some very excelmt
things for the teachers and peole.
The regular instructors will be
rs. H. ft. Sanford and C. H. Albert.
Q
r. Richard G. Boone has accepted
n invitation to be here two days,
jssibiv Tuesday and Wednesday, and .
a will give a lecture one evening. ^
his will be a rare treat for the
Q
^achers and people generally. Dr.
lbert will lecture one night also,
he W. C. T. U. may give a gold '
edaj contest one evening, and it is
obable that Mrs. N. R. C. Morrow
ill lecture one evening. The instite
promises to be of unusual intert.
Coming so late, the weather
ill likely be cool, so the exercises s
ill be more enjoyable than hereto- ^
re.
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NOT GUILTY ;
ic
) THE MAYOR DECIDED IN THE lK
CASE AGAINST BOB STUART
FOR CRUELTY.
m
rhe case of cruelty to animals er
linst Bob Stuart, one of Thomas- va
vers, postponed from yesterday, co
.8 heard this morning. Four wit- ,J'
?ses of the gentle sex were exam- m:
;d and one negro, an employe of
arles Randall.
rhe latter's testimony was rather tl<;
using, especially the part relative an
the off side or left hand horse, rt pe
s clear to his intellect and he was Ac
fhtly exasperated that the court s'r
1 attorney could not see it as he l'1'
The negro and one young lady tlu
:jre that Stuart did strike the horse s_?'
h a club. This Stuart denied ab- '*n
utely. Thomas, the owner, stated j)e
t he. examined the animal and inJ
t she did not have a mark on her. 1
also said that his men had strict ou
ers about whipping horses. At- ra
aey E. F. Morgan conducted the lr0
e for the defendants. 1 ed
hief Morgan swore that Stuart tor
I him just' after the affair that he 1
angry and told the woman to go Uo.
hell. c^'
[is Honor found the defendant not ^or
ty and dismissed the case. ou*
i
SENATOR SCOTT BETTER. he*
be
Is Still Confined to His Room, But tlle
Hopes to Be Out Soon. Cil1
the
EW YORK, Aug. 11.?The condi- J133
of United States Senator Scott, 11
Vest Virginia, who was taken sudly
ill in the National Republican
iquarters yesterday,-was stated to \
much improved this morning. He son
till confined to his room, but ex- tV.
s to be out shortly. * Job
TO WAGE
MIMIC
| WARFARE
GREAT PREPARATIONS ARE BE
ING MADE FOR IMITATION
BATTLES AND GENERAL
WAR MOVEMENTS.
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MEN
WILL BE IN THE SAME CAMPS
AND SECTIONAL FEELING
WILL BE ALLAYED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. . II.?Never
before in the history of the United
States has mimic warfare been conducted
on no large a scale as that
which will be waged on the old Dull
Run battlefield in Virginia. Between
September 5th and 10th under the
supreme command of Mnj. General
Henry C. Corbin, 40,000 regular and
militia troops, taken front nearly every
State east of the Mississippi river.
will participate.
Already the various staff departments
of the army are "preparing for
the war." Within the past week there
has been a noticeable bustle in the
usually cpiiet corridors of the War Department.
Supplies in great quantities
are being purchased by the va
rious departments of the army and
rushed to the scene of the coming
hostilities. Workmen are ealrady at
Manassas, Gainesville and Thoroughfare
Gap. digging trenches, laying
sewer pipes, repairing roads and boring
wells for the use of the troops. To
add to the popular interest in the
event General Fred Grant will command
one of the divisions of the maaeuver
army. The other will be tinier
the direction of Brigadier General
3ell, hero of the Philippines, and one
>f the ablest strategists in the Unied
States army. General Grant's
roops guarded the old time blue
douses and designated to the BLUES,
vill camp at Manassas. General
3ell's army will wear the new olive
irab khaki uniforms. and will be
mown as the browns. Going into
amp at Thoroughfare Gap it will be
leneral Bell's duty to move against
leneral Grant, who will supposedly
ie defending the approaches to the
lapital. Care will be taken to have
ach of the two armies mixed with
lorthern and Southern troops so that
he chances of sectional strife develping
will be reduced to a minimum. '
During the maneuver period, .the
egulars and militiamen will live just 1
s if in actual war. The thousands 1
f young men in National guard obli- !
ations, many of whom live in lux- :
ry at home, will for the ilrst time *
e given a taste of Uncle Sam's army
itions. The subsistence department 1
t the army is making purchases of s
aple articles, such as fresh beef and i
utton, potatoes, onions, bread and 3
e for them. One hundred tons of *
jtatoes will be consumed ' by the 1
oops. , 3
The signal _?orps is preparing to r
aintain perfect telegraphic and tel- a
ihonic communication between the t
irious divisions and brigades and a
>rps headquarters of General Cor- o
n at Gainesville, so that the com- a
ander in chief may be in close F
uch with his subordinates. t
There will also be hospital facili- P
;s. Great benefit to both the regular d
d militia troops participating is ex- t:
cted to result from the maneuvers.- s
:tual conditions of war- will lie
nulated as nearly as possible and t]
2 soldiers will be given the oppor- w
aity in time of peace to learn the h
and o? roaring artillery and crack- A
g .magazine rifles, as well as ex- tl
riencing the thrills of real fight- s<
' tl
Each commander will strive to
tdo the other in strategic move- sr
tnt and tactical disposition of F<
ops, with the hope of being award- T
the decision over the opposing fit
ces.
3esides all this, the new organizan
scheme of the army, with its 1,3
ief of staff and General staff, will,
the first time be given a thor- *11
;h test in a practical way.
t special camp located near the 15
idquarters of General Corbin will
provided for the representatives of
press association and ample fa- sa
tics will be extended them, so that- .
1 public may be kept posted from "
r to day on all the developments
the mimic war.
Married.
V*. P. Boothly and Lucy M. Dermiwere
married Tuesday by Rev.
H. Wiley, g.t the bride's home in
ntown. <g
ANXIOUS
EYES ARE
i WATCHING
FOR DEFINITE NEWS CONCERNING
THE SORTIE OF THE
RUSSIAN FLEET?SPECULATION
IS RIFE.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN A RACE
IN WHICH THE RUSSIAN
VESSELS OUTRAN THE
JAPANESE.
LONDON, Aug. XI.?Every one. interested
ill thi' progress of the Rus
sian-Jnpaneso war. and nava! men in
particular, is watching feverishly today
l'or news of the result of the forlorn
hope of the Russian fleet so long
bottled tip in Port Arthur. This hope,
a dash to the sea. tvas made yesterday,
the entire fleet of battleships,
cruisers and torpedo boats emerging
from the port. Official advices from -ilBIS
Tokio tell so much, but as to the result
of the sortie and battle they give CS
not a single word. -
Choc Foo gives additional news of
the sortie. If is reported to-day that
the Russian hospital ship Mongolian
arrived under convoy of a Russian torpedo
boat destroyer. The Russians
confirmed the news that a naval hattie
occurred off Port Arthur yester*
day, but they would not speak of itsobject
and could not fell its result
A later dispatch from Chee Foo stated
that sixteen Russian warships had
been sighted off that port and for a
time this made it look as if the Russians
had escaped with nearly their
entire fleet To have done this, they
must have been speedier than the
Japanese ships, or must, have re
pulsed Admiral Togo's strong fleet. .
Naval men. after a little thought,
quickly dismissed the first theory'Battered
and bruised as the Russian
Port Arthur fleet has been, and a lack
of drydoclcs for cleaning hulls, made
it plain that the Russian ships could
not possibly he speedier than the
ships of the Mikado, which, on every
opportunlty. has been welt groomed.
This left only the possibility that the
Russians had defeated Admiral Togo
and naval men hesitated to accept
this belief.
While they pondered, another dispatch
came from Chee Foo which, in
a measure, cleared the situation.
Tt u-tic tn Hin nffnnt rliot lltr/in Ton.
anese torpedo boat destroyers were
outside Chee Foo harbor watching the
Russian destroyer Rechitelnl. It was :'
?asy figuring that If Japanese destroyers
were there then the_ 16 Russian
ships would not be, as they would
speedily have swallowed up the Jap- *V~=Jf?
inese vessels.
A naval officer who has watched
he sea movements of the war closely,
;aid to-day that the latest developnents
indicated that the purpose of .'-'f
-esterday's maneuver was to get the
incnitni chin Mr.pirrtHo^
tVUAJL# UilfiWIlUll UUt. KJ i. J. \J t I.
U-thur to some friendly port. The
.longolian is known to have a large
lumber of sick and wounded aboard,
ud besides, there were women and
hildren whom the Russians were
.nxious to get away. The closeness
>f Japanese forces attacking by land
nd the fact that shell fire was drop-,
dng into town and harbor, prompted
he Russian admiral to take the des erate
resorr of giving battle. liner
cover of fighting, the naval man
bink.s. the Mongolian and the Rusian
stole away.
After the Russian admiral saw that
:e Aiongouan anu ner ( ronyoy w?re oil
on their way. It is probable that
c withdrew- his fleet again into Port
rthur. This is borne out by the fact
rnt two Russian battleships were j ?en
to return to the harbor after te
fighting.
What damage the Russian fleet
istained is not yet known. A Ch.ee,
ao dispatch reports that _ Admiral
ogo lost the cruiser Kasagi in the..
The St. Louis Stars, a feminine
se ball club, passed through here
is morning en route to Connells
25c colored shirt waists goods, only
c yard. The Bon Ton.
You should attend the white goods " -p]j\
le at the Bon Ton.
^ THE WEATHER. ^
Hunt Shade To-Morrow.
WASHINGTON, D. C? Aug,
11.?Forecast for West Virginia:
Showers and cooler tonight,
Friday warmer.