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WALKS AND TALKS
(By Julius Chambers in PittsSurg
Dispatch.)
The he/art of every parent in the
United States will ache for -the
mother and father of the little Italian
boy carried away by the "members
of the "Black Hand." The child
is condemned to death unless hik
father, Vincenzio Mannino, will p'av
a large ransom. The letter from.the
child is one of the most pathetic
epistles ever written. Mayor McClenlan
has a great opportunity to act in
this case. The kidnapping of children
is bad enough, but the-murder
of them by professional assassins
cannot be tolerated in this commuVI.
?
liny. LICL mt: x\x.ct.j kji o uuiiiiwn ?*
special : meeting of the Board of Aldermen
and offer a reward of $50,000
if necessary for the capture and conviction
of these scoundrels! No temporizing
will suffice. The MaBan
methods of Sicily must never take
root here. Special laws must lie
passed to cover such outrages. Gov- '
fiSfeea' 'ernor Odeil could not do a more pop- 1
ular act than to call a special ses- '
sibn of the Legislature to deal with '
this Mannino case. The stealing of '
a^ young child by a stranger ought to be
punishable' by death. J
Judge James M. Mason, of Charles- .
town. W. Va., is in the city. He is a son (
of Commissioner Mason, who, with ,
Slidell, was taken from the English j
steamship Trent by one of the stren- (
nous Federal naval officers?an act .
that threatened to embroil the North ]
W&k- in a war with Great Britain. He is ,
. f a " fine gentleman of the old school. ,
The Judge was a brigade commander (
during the civil war, and was holding
important point on the line of s
| communication between Nashville ,
mm and Memphis in the spring of 1SG-1 j
; when a large lot of cotton was j
brought in as contraband. The own- t
e'r appeared and said his name was j
R. T. "Wilson; convinced the General j
X, that be was a Confederate, and the* (
cotton was allowed to go forward. .
ft?**' Mr" Wilson, the banker, tells this c
part of the story: "I was a young t
man then, and I was very much ,
afraid the cotton would be con- ,
demned;" said he. "When I went into t
the presence of the Confederate offi- j
cer who had all the authority in the j
case I took off my hat, with a feel- j
ing that I might placate him by my r
show of deference. To my surprise
his first words were. 'Put on vour "
hat, damn you!' I put it on and j
have made it a point to keep it on
i- i- when I had a favor to ask." t
Judge Mason went down into Wall i
street yesterday, and, as he was en- <
i tering Brown Bros." banking house. ;
met R. T. Wilson face to face. It (
was their first encounter in 40 years. t
Forgetting himself in his joy at rec- a
ognizing the Confederate officer who t
had saved his cotton for him. R. T. \
Wilson raised his hat and bowed.
"Put on your hat!" fairly shouted <
the Judge, recognizing the financier (
at once. The two men shook hands.
"Your act in ISO! saved my fortune,
and the money I made in that case
; \ became the foundation of ail that 1 '
have to-day," said Banker Wilson.
>.-V most graciously. He was leaving for c
Ndwport and would have been glad lo '
: " have taken the Judge with him. '
Judge Mason Is a close friend of Sena- '
tor Daniel; Banker Wilson is the
' , . lather-of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilr. 1
Lady Herbert, widow of the late "
ilnglish Ambassador, and Mrs. Ogdcn '
, Goelet, whose jewels have been re- '
covered. 1
. A neat row is brewing between two ,
V>.;? ladies of the high literary world. K
, Judged by success the young lady is
, one of the coming American novelists,
but the elder woman asserts publicly c
' that one whole chapter in the "big
seller" of last year is taken bodily
from a*volume of hers. It is a highly
acrimonious quarrel at present, and (
I positively refuse to become involved
in it?even though asked to state
both sides of the controversy. In ^
the language of Richard Carle. "Fade n
away, little girl!" a
Mr. Lewis Nixon, lately president j>
: of the United States Shipbuilding t:
Company, will arrive in Sebastopol 7
to-day. He has been summoned to a
Russia to advise about the outfitting a
of the vessels not ready to go to sea. a
It is very doubtful if Russia will tin- e
dertake to begin the construction of j.
cruisers or battleships for use against e<
the Japanese. If she does they are
not likely to be completed until after n
-I the war is ended. Russian men-of-war Sj
; will not be bnilt on the Black Sea, p
because the Dardanelles question is u
one that Russia does not want to w
raise at this time. As the designer h
and builder of the battleship Oregon ti
Lewis Nixon has achieved interna- tl
tional fame. It is a misfortune that
Mr. Croker ever persuaded him to
go into politics. He is an amiable ^
man, witn me manners 01 a unester- |
field, but a fleeting memory, which
enables him to forget his "inter- p
views" when they look unwise in cold
type. Nixon left a great record for
scholarship at Annapolis. a]
All good Americans will take a re- P<
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newed interest in -the late WalUeckRousseau,
who has just died in Paris,
when they know that he was a stanch
ally of this- government in the plan
to purchase the property of the
French Panama Canal Company. My
authority for this statement is William'
Nelson Cromwell, who triumphantly
brought about the transfer.
The distinguished French statesman
is to have a resting place in the
Pantheon, beside Victor Hugo and
Sadi Carnot.
The prospective visit of Prince
Henry, of Prussia, will furnish occaofnn
frtr cm-pral hiah social events
at Newport. He will travel as a private
citizen, taut the Vantlerbilts and
Goelets will take occasion to return
many of the courtesies shown them
in His Highness' brother, the Kaiser.
Apropos the Emperor's new Herreshoff
yacht will he built at Bristol
this winter.
A close friend of former Senator S.
VV. Dorsey tells me this morning
:hat the famous star route statesman
who carried Indiana in 1SS0, is
toming back to New York. All his
troubles growing out of the Liquid
Air Company have been amicably adjusted.
Whether he and his asso- j
mates have followed the admirable J
ixample of Charles HI. Schwab is not
mown. There was a time when
'Stgve" Dorsey. as he was popularly
:alled. was the idol of his party. How
veil I remember the dinner given to
tiim at Delmonico's in the February
hat followed Garfield's election.
The proudest and most honorable
men in New York were there. He
ivas the guest of honor, and General
3rant sat by his side. General Arthur,
Vice President-elect, was there,
fohn Jacob Astor, father of "Wally,"
sat beside Dorsey. A few I recall
vere Beecher, Boutwell. Windom,
rrelinghysen, Hamilton Fish, Noah
Javis, E. W. Stoughton, Levi P. Moron,
Senator Piatt, Hugh Hastings,
Jepew, Governor Hoyt, George Bliss,
r. Piernont Morgan. Judge Dillon. Jay
lould, Frank Work, Horace Porter
md General Woodford. In all the
;peeches Mr. Dorsey was eulogized as
he exemplar of "practical politics."
Jeo. H. Boutwell, of Massachusetts,
vas particularly fulsome in his
>raise. This is the gentleman who
las now left the Republican party
>ecause it is nc>t good enough for
lim. It was not until July of the
text year that S. W. Dorsey explained
in his own signed testimony the
nethods he used in carrying Indiana.
Jere are his own words:
"Each one of these men, nearly five
housand in number, reported what
hey could do and how much it would
alte to influence people to a change
jf thought. We paid $20 to some
md as high as $75 to others, but we
ook care what the three men from
very township should know just
vhat, each got. There was no chance
or "nigging." There, that's all there
vas in carrying Indiana in October!"
Mr. Dorsev's assistance is not re
[Hired by Mr. Cortelyou. He would 1
lot have him around.
Engineer's Last Run.
.onisville Courier-Journal] "
"Drowning is not the only experi- j
nice that causes a man to read his j
iwn biography in the flash of a sec- j
>ncl," said F. C. Roberts, a locomo- !
ive engineer.
"I was running on the passenger
rains between Atlanta and Macon
everal years ago, and I was to meet
he northbound train at a certain staion
on the road. Well*, it was all my
ault. I hadn't slept any for five
lights, and the only rest I had was
n my cab. The last stop we made
>efore this experience or which I
peak, the fireman had to wake me
ip when the signal to go ahead was
eceived. 1 had gone to sleep in my
ah.
"As we approached the next sta- j
ion the conductor may have signaled I
tie, as he claimed he did, but we
lashed through the town at about
0 miles an hour before I heard the
own brakes signal. The minute I
leard it I saw the headlight of the
orthbound train less than .100 yards |
way coming around a curve. I i
brew on the air brakes and reversed,
ut: it ail looked too late. The firetan
jumped, but 1 was paralyzed,
'he two great engines, one bearing
special train, rushed together like
ngry hulls, and I was frozen there,
nd while those trains rushed togethr,
I saw every incident of my life
ist as plainly as the day .it happen1.
That's all I know about it.
"They took me to the hospital, and
ine days later I woke up after a
pell of brain fever. The trains stoped
so close together that the pi>ts
sprung out of place, but etherise
there was no damage. They
nil 1 n fror o rintt* nno-inrinr lmfrtt-n TOO T -
ain pulled out. though, and that was
le last time I ever pulled a throttle."
We handle a straight line of furnitre,
window blinds, mirrors and pictres.
Fairmont Furniture Co. Oposite
postoffice. x i
If you once "get the habit," you will j
Iways buy your furniture from the
airmont Furniture Co. Opposite .
jstofHce. x b
Bow t&c 3la??el Travel*.
Of nil tlio absurd forms of locomotion
practiced by the creatures of the'
deep: the most preposterous is that of
tlie-mussel. Squids'.Will startle you by
darting backward, crabs bustle off
sideways at a lively gait. but nothing
. save the dull brain of "some kind of
elain critter." pondering over the transg
portntion problem in those remote
epochs when time was no object, could
have evolved so slow arid cumbersome
a method.
You may often see mussels climb up
the pile of a wharf toward the lilgh
water mark. Notice the black threads
attached to the clam. They do the business.
The mussel shoots out a spray
of gelatinous stuff in the direction be
wants to go and tills hardens into
those black threads. He lets go the
old ones and climbs up by tbe new.
.You can trace his progress up the pile
by tlie bunches of old threads, which
hn Ion noe lirititnrl n t (ntbuwo It; T h'lO
UC itu ? CO Ul * I "<?'
never been figured out whether he
could go a mile in less than a year,
but it would be safe to back the mussel
in the animals' "slow race."?Country
Life In America.
French and EnffliKh,
The celebrated Mrs. Ticknesse undertook
to construct a letter every
word of which should be French, yet
no Frenchman should be able to read
it, while an illiterate Englishman
should decipher it with ease, and wrote
the following:
"Pre, dire sistre, comuie & se us. &
passe the de here if yeux canne. &
chat tu mi dame; dine -here, & yeux
rnai go to tiie faire if yeux plaise; yeux
mal have fiche, mutin, pore, buter,
fouler hair, fruit, pigeon, olives, sallette
for ure dinner, & excellent te, cafe,
port vin, & liqueurs; & tel ure bette &
poli tu comme; He go tu the faire &
visite the baron. But if yeux dont
comme to us, lie go tu ure house & se
oncle, & se houe he does; for mi dame
ses he beant 11. But doux comme, mi
dire; yeux canne 11 here, yeux nos?if
yeux louve musique, yeux mai have the
harp, lutte, or viol here. Adieu, ini
dire sistre."?London Globe.
Tlie Heal TJnleorxl.
Early in the last century tlie unicorn '
of ancient myth came within the realm
of scientific knowledge in the form of !
the white rhinoceros, the largest, next l
to the elephant, of modern quadrupeds.
For long years the unicorn's only
known habitat was on a coat of arms, j
Ancient writers who had told of it (
were discredited until a one horned
rhinoceros, found by Marco Polo in
Sumatra, received this name. And ;
early in the last century Burchell also
discovered in South Africa, between
the Orange and Zambezi rivers, the
huge white pachyderm. It had, in
truth, two horns, but one was so small j
..IJS iu stiii peitciiiiuic, ? uiie lue
other, tufted with bristles at the base,
was so many as four feet long, curving
and tapering to a hard, sharp point.
i
It Im Good to Lau^li.
Health, an English publication, says:
"It is good to laugh. There is probably
not the remotest corner or little
inlet of the minute blood vessels of
the body that does not feel some wavelet
from the great convulsion produced _
by hearty laughter shaking the central
man. The blood moves more rapidly.
Probably its chemical, electric or vital
condition is distinctly modified. It con- C
veys a different impression to all the
organs of the body as it visits them
on that particular mystic journey when
the man is laughing from what it does
at other times. The time may come
when physicians shall prescribe to a
torpid patient so many peals of laughter
to be undergone at such and such
a time."
Easy Stairs. ?
The very acme of ease is reached in
stairs that have treads twelve to fifteen
inches broad and risers five to seven ^
inches high. The run or distance in
most houses is too short to allow of
this, but they should come as near it
as the architect of the house ***:U permit.
It is so easy to climb such stairs e
that one hardly is aware of any effort, tl
-if ,'nn.ir.ihlT- .Trm-ri TJ
women owe their bad health to the ti
steep stairs which they have been a
obliged to climb daily. Q
TZie .tlomeni. 11
One of the favorite maxims of Gen- fi
eral Grant and one certainly in ac- G
cord with human nature was that in a
every closely contested battle there ti
comes a time whpn both sides are ex- ^
haustod. When this condition arises, ^
he said, the army that first breaks the ^
lull and puts itself in motion is likely
to win. A blow then is worth a dozen c'
previous ones. ?
Duty Before J'leasure. 3
Hostess (to new curate)?We seem to
be talking of nothing but horses, Mr. ^
Southern. Are you much of a sportsman?
Curate?Realty, Lady Betty. I
don't think I ought to say that I am.
1 used to collect butterflies, but I have
given up even that now.?London TitBits.
It Didn't Pny. c(
Jones?Morris is now convinced that
advertising does not pay. Smith?Why.
I thought lie advertised for a wife and cc
trot one. Jones?So he dkl, and that's ie
why he says it doesn't pay. d<
I'nrcnuonnble. tr
Customer?The last fish I had from
you didn't seem very fresli. Fishdealer?Well,
mum, 'ow can you expect
l**esh fish to come out o' salt hi
water'/? New Yorker. hi
Different Points of View.
The Proverb Girl?A- burned child jyj
dreads the fire, you know. The Bach- gj
elor?Oh, but I don't know. The maJority
of widowers marry again.?Pittsburg
Press.
Some of the best lots on Fairmont a
ivenue for sale. See H. H. Lanham. gl
ANNOUNCEMENTS'
Of Reduced Fares Authorized via
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
Summer Season, 1904.
Atlantic City and Seashore.
Special low rate excursions from all
points east of the Ohio river on June
30th, July 14th and 2Sth, August 11th
and 25th, and September Sth.
Detroit, Mich.
Baptist Young People's Union of
America, International Convention.
July 7-10. One fare plus $2.00 for the
round trip. Tickets on sale July 5th
to 7th, good returning until July 12th,
inclusive.
Louisville, Ky.
Knights of Pythias, Biennial Encampment,
August 16-19. One fare
plus $1.00 for the round trip. Tickets
on sale August 12th, 13th, 14th and
15th, good returning until August
31st, inclusive.
i
San Francisco, Cal.
Triennial Conclave, Knights Tem
plar, aeptemDer o-y. une rare ior xne
round trip to Chicago or St. Louis
added to fares tendered therefrom
(Chicago 550.00; St. Louis $47.50).
Dates of sale to be announced later.
San Francisco, Cal.
Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
September 19-25. One fare for the
-ound trip to Chicago or St. Louis adled
to fares tendered therefrom (Chiiago
$50.00; St. Louis $47.50). Dates
3f sale to be announced later.
Toronto, Ont.
Friends' General Conference, August
10-19. One fare plus $2.00 for the
ound trip. Tickets on sale August
)th to 11th, good returning until Au;ust
31st, inclusive.
For additional information concernng
rates, routes, time of trains, etc.,
:all on or address ticket agents, Balimore
& Ohio R. R.
HOTEL "BELLEVUE"
AC1NG BEAUTIFUL OHIO RIVER.
Between both Depots, and best
location in City.
iverything about the house first-class.
Rates $1.50 and $2.00.
Baths and Bar Attacher to Hotel.
1208 to 1214 Water Street,
WHEELING, W. Va.
"You Can't Beat Us
Unless You Cheat."
DINNER'S TAVERN
At the Depot.
The largest anil handsomest
Sample rooms in the Country
located in the new $200,000.
Court House.
B. G. WILLIAMS, Prop.
Fairmont, W. Va.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
ery Low Rate Sunday Excursion
Tickets On Sale May 15.
Effective May 15 and continuing
.-ery Sunday thereafter until fur- ,
ler notice, the Baltimore & Ohio I
ailroad will place on sale excursion
ckets between stations of Wheeling
ad Grafton, good going East bound 1
a regular train No. 72, leaving Fairlont
at 10:52 A. M., and returning
a regular trains Mo. 71-55, leaving
rafton 12:40 noon, and 6:50 P. M.;
ad good going West bound on regular
ain No. 5, leaving Fairmont at 7:47 !
. M., and returning on regular train 1
0. 4, leaving Wheeling at 5:00 P.
1. For tickets and full information, ,
ill on ticket agent.
T. B. HENDERSON.
ALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
neap Excursions to the St. Louis i
World's Fair Every Wednesday
In August, September and October?Only
$13.00 Round
Trip From Fairmont.
Tickets will be good going in s
inches only on specified trains. s
Returning, tickets will be good in 1
? nlinn rinlv nn <-111 vnmilor troinc i I
lauucs "11 Ull ivouuu
aving St. Louis not later than ten E
tys, including date of sale.
Call on ticket agent for time o? ^
ain and full information.
If you are in the market for a re- ,
igerator, do not fail to see us. We
ive them at a bargain. J. L. Hall's
irdware store. x ^
1 pint Mason jars, 35c doz.; 1 qt.
ason jars, 39c doz.; 2 qt Mason jars, v
c doz., at' J. L. Hall's hardware
ore. x p
It is easy to get guesses by asking
friend to subscribe for the West Vir- c
aian six months. x. s
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SAFES LOANED ^
HOME SAVI
!
Put Not Your
TRUST
In Money But Put Your
MONEY
i Ti?i rfT nrui.
in ikum nun
LEVI B. HARR,
THE INVESTMENT BROKER,
FAIRMONT
REAL ESTATE.
loans
stocks
bonds.
Baltimore & Ohio
railroad.
PASSENGER trains will arrive at
and depart from Fairmont on the
following- schedule on and after May ,
22a, 1904- <
WEST BOUND. ]
No. 7.?Chicago Express. 4:24 A. M.
No. 5.?Wheeling Accom- ,
modatibn 7:47 A. M.
No. 55.?Wheeling- & Cincinnati
Express. 7:29 p. M.
No. 71.?Wheeling Accommodation
1:36 p. M.
east bound.
No. 8.?New York, Balti- (
more and W ash- '
ing-ton Express. 3:25 a. m. c
No. 72.?Grafton Accom'n 10:53 a. m. J
No. 46.?New York, Baltimore
and Washington
Express. 1:48 p. M.
No. 4.?Grafton Accom'n 8:38 p. m. s
I
F., SI. A\B P. BRANCH.
arrives.
No. 50.?Pittsburg Accom'n 1:00 p.m. c
No. 4.-^-Pittsburg Accom'n 9:55 p.m.
departs.
No. 3.?Pittsburg Accom'n 7:50 a.m. i
No. 51.?Connellsville Ac'm 2:10 p.m. !
No. 69 leaves daily for Morgantown
it 9:05 p. m. No. 62 arrives from Morrantown
at 6:55 a.m., daily except Sun- ~
lay: at 8:00 a. m. Sunday onlv.
HOXO.VGAH DIVISION.
No. 5.?Arrives at Fairmont 5:35 p. m.
No. 1.?Arrives at Fairmont 12:10 p. m.
No. 3.?Arrives at Fairmont 7:45 a. M.
No. 2.?Leaves Fairmont. .. 7:10 a. m.
No. 6.?Leaves Fairmont 1:53 p. m.
No. 4.?Leaves F airmont? y:oo e*. m.
All trains are daily except Nos. 3
tnd 4 on the F., M. and P. branch, ti
vhich are daily except Sunday.
For sleeping car reservations and
nformation concerning tickets and
ates, consult
T. B. Henderson, Ticket
Agent.
ONLY $4.00 TO WASHINGTON
\nd Return?Only $4.50 to Baltimore
and Return, Saturday Night. August
20, via Baltimore & '
Ohio Railroad. ?
b
Train No. 4 will leave Fairmont at v
!:3S A. 3VI., affording an opportunity to c
ipend all day Sunday among the at- _
Tactions of either the Capital or Montmental
City. ^
3ALTI MORE & OHIO RAILROAD. &
w
.
Srand Excursion to Mountain Lake ^
Park, August 9th, From Fair- ?
mont?Very Low Rates
For the Round Trip.
ir
Tickets good on day of issue only.
!et information from ticket agent. s,
A second prize of fifty dollars is ol
ery liberal; and a third of twenty- SI
ve is a really handsome gift. See
age eight of this issue. x. S1
Croquet is a pleasant pastime. Proure
a set at J. L. Hall's hardware
tore. x nl
LtjzUi
ro DEPOSITORS.
lar opens a Savings account.
; ?*?
t you the safe. We keep the
i?;rv?S'?~.V.
accounts draw four per cent,
ime being compounded semii
get a safe.. It will help you
NGS BANK.
Tiie Bank ot Fairmont,
FAIRMONT, W. VA.
J. E "WATSON. President.
J. S. HAYDEN, Vice President
WALTON AIILLER, Cashier.
Capital. SISO.OOO.OO.
Undivided Profits. Si60.000.00
DIRECTORS:
A. B. Fleming. J. S. Hayden,
J. E. Watson,
At. L. Hutchinson, F. E Nichols,
0. S. AlcKinney, C. E. Aianley.
Transacts a general banking business.
Accounts of corporations, firms and
individuals received upon the most
favorable terms consistent with sound
and conservative banking.
Interest paid on time deposits.
Separate vault with safety deposit
boxes for use of customers.
The First National Bafrk
of Fairmont, W. Va.
Capital Stock, - $100,000.00
Surplus and Undivided
Profits, - 165,000.00
Designated Depositary of the United _
oiaics uuu oicii-e yi vv est Virginia.
J. M. HARTLEY, President.
Hon. A. B. FLEMING, / ., >
Vice President
JOS. E. SANDS, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
J. M. Hartley, Hon. A. B.. Fleming
Benj. D. Fleming, "Wm. E". T^atson
Jos. E. Sands.
Chartered as State Bank in 1851.
Organized as National Bank in 1865
Rechartered as National Bank in
LS85.
"Wants business based on balances
and responsibility.
Collects on all points.
Sells domestic and foreign exchange.
Pays interest on special deposits.
Customers' pbivate boxes taken care
if in our fire and burglar proof vaul
ree of charge.
Hie People's Bank of Fairmont,
W. Va.
CAPITAL STOCK,
$200,000.00.
ieorge M. Jacobs President
ieorge DeBolt Cashier
r. M. Brov.-nfield .Assistant Cashier
Directors?G. M. Jacobs, S. L. Wat
ion, J. M. Hartley, Harry Shaw, W. 8.
laymond and C. E. Hutchinson.
Ali business Intrusted to us will ro-eive
prompt and careful attention.
SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNTS,
nterest paid on time deposits. Vault
s free to customers for private boxes
ind papers.
NEW CENTRAL HOTEL,
CORNER
Porter Alley and Monroe Street,
C. V. ABBOTT, Proprietor.
Rooms have been remodeled and
horoug-hly renovated.
Rooms with bath.
First class bar attached.
NOTICE.
Worthy H. Post has bought
tip M- R Post Grocerv on 8th
treet and will continue the
usiness at the old stand
/here he was formerly loafed.
J. L. INGRAM,
Contractor & Builder,
uarantees satisfaction in all his
ork. Screen doors a specialty. Esmates
free. 718 Gaston Ave. .
Camp Meeting.
A great camp meeting -will be held
l r.asi innlv, east. siue ui rue river,
nmmencing Saturday, the 6th in:ant.
and continuing 10 days. Best
! order will prevail, and the best of
leakers "have been engaged for the
eeting. Come everybody. Admison
ten cents..
REV. J. H. SCOTT, D. D. Mission.
Reliable Furniture at Fairmont Furture
Co. *